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Random And Ridiculous Acts Of Vandalism That Are Borderline Geniusby memolition · October 4, 2016 You can’t even complain when it comes to acts of vandalism like these ones, they’re just too-funny-to-be-illegal.

Controversial Illustrations By Polish Artist Reveal The Darker Side Of Modern Societyby memolition · October 5, 2016 Polish illustrator, artist, and co-owner of Morski Studio Graficzne Igor Morski creates surreal images imbued with hidden meaning. He graduated with honors from the Interior Architecture and Industrial Design Faculty at the State Higher School of Fine Art in P..

From left, Constantin Brancusi at his studio in 1921, with the poet Tristan Tzara, the photographer Berenice Abbott, the poet Mina Loy, the publisher Jane Heap and the editor Margaret Anderson. Credit Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery/©Succession Brancusi — all rights reserved ADAGP, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2016 The Artists and TheirAlley, in Pos..

Who Says Michelangelo Was Right? Conflicting Visions of the Past in Early Modern Prints Monique Webber The Public Domain Review Feb, 2016 When the lost classical sculpture Laocoön and His Sons — lauded as representing the very highest ideal of art — was dug up in 1506 with limbs missing, the authorities in Rome set about restoring it to how they imagined it onc..

Who Pays Writers?Maggie DohertyDissent/ Winter 2016 Ellen S. Woodward, Assistant WPA Administrator in charge of the Government Creative Work Program, testifies to the House about the value of federal subsidies for creative work, 1938 (Library of Congress) In 1967, the novelist John Barth, then teaching at SUNY Buffalo, made an infamous argument for literary experimentation. Fir..

Beethoven, Anguish and Triumph, review: 'wonderful' Ludwig van Beethoven Credit: Wesley Merritt By Ivan Hewett, Classical Music Critic The Telegraph17 December 2015 • 7:00am Ask anyone to name the archetypal genius, and chances are it will be Ludwig van Beethoven. This is hardly surprising, as Beethoven largely created the image of what genius should be. When he was youn..

Arts feature Why would a dissolute rebel like Paul Gauguin paint a nativity?Martin Gayford investigates how this splendid Tahitian Madonna came about and why religion was ever-present in Gauguin’s artMartin Gayford Spectator 12 December, 2015 ‘The Birth of Christ’, 1896, by Paul Gauguin A young Polynesian woman lies outstretched on sheets of a soft lemon yellow. She is wr..

The new “Horror Victorianorum” by Michael J. Lewis On the irrational hatred of the Victorian era. New Criterion, December 2015 via In 1954, writing as art critic for The Nation, my late colleague Lane Faison described a memorable evening with a party of art students summering in Vermont. They were suitably bohemian—“black beards, blue jeans, and all”—and th..

Future of canvas printing Memolition November 23, 2015 Many people choose to pick canvas prints from stock images that fit in well with their home decorating style; it’s an easy way to find something that’s the perfect colour match and a great fit for your décor without splashing too much cash on expensive original pieces of art. Beautiful sunsets, landscapes and pictu..