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Cannery Row in a can
Created by artists Peter and Donna Thomas in 2003.Info from UW Milwaukee library:
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 17, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Books
Mother Goose Controversy
1937: I don't know how Khrushchev would have felt about the Mother Goose mural painted on a wall at the Glenn Dale Sanatorium outside Washington D.C., but health officer Dr. George Rhuland felt it was "grotesque" and ordered it painted over. I think he was eventually overruled.I'm not sure what he found objectionable about it. Perhaps he didn't like the modernist style.
Meanwhile, the Glenn Dale Sanatorium has since become an abandoned relic, which remains standing, rather than being torn down, because of the asbestos remediation costs.
North Adams Transcript - Nov 19, 1937
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 12, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, 1930s
The Torre Galatea Museum
Created by---who else?--Salvador Dali.A nice write-up with more pix at this link.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 09, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Museums, Europe, Twentieth Century
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 43
Somehow, this series of posts has become shockingly relevant!
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 28, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Russia, Twentieth Century
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 42
This series has suddenly become topical!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 24, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Dogs, 1930s, 1940s
Olfactory Art Keller
A small new gallery in NYC that features smell exhibits.Read about it here.
Their homepage.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 07, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Museums, Smells and Odors
The Haus-Rucker-Co Live Exhibition
Source.
View the official catalog for this happening here.
One of the catalog pages below.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 04, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Pop Art, Museums, 1970s
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 41
The artist's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 16, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Fashion, Technology, 1950s, Asia
Andy Warhol on The Love Boat
Acting was clearly not Warhol's strong suit.More info: MeTV.com
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 11, 2022 -
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Category: Art, Television, 1980s
Reading Position For A Second Degree Burn
For somewhere between $15,000 to $20,000 you can buy a photograph showing the sunburn that artist Dennis Oppenheim got on Long Island beach in 1970.According to wikipedia:
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 21, 2021 -
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Category: Art, Photography and Photographers, 1970s, Skin and Skin Conditions
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