Category: Art

LOST Valentine’s Day Cards »

Artist Lee Bretschneider from www.adventuringcompany.com has been busy crafting some serious Lost Love! If you dig these and send em, consider participating in Lee’s fundraiser for Haiti (really cheap art).

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You Should Judge A Book By Its Cover »

Featuring Steven Heller, Rodrigo Corral and Chip Kidd. In his one-man multimedia show, You Should Judge A Book By Its Cover, Borelli takes on non-classics like Cooking With Pooh (featuring Winnie the Pooh stirring a batch of brown cookie dough) and other gross miscarriages of literary design.

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Movie Trailer Review: The Art Of The Steal »

If you love greed, and backstabbing and rich people acting very very nasty — oh and art — this should be a fun viewing. The film chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of art valued at more than $25 billion.

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Superman, Houdini and Hitler All Used Letterhead »

Letterheady is the new site from Shaun Usher who has been collecting “offline correspondence, specifically letters” for a good while now on his  www.lettersofnote.com site. This new online showcase highlights the design, not the content. Good, I’m tired of reading.

There’s only a handful of pieces up now, but I’m sure more sheets of 24Lb bond [...]

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Gift Idea: Ben Franklin’s Abraham Lincoln Robot »

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If you live in Philly then you know Ben Franklin invented everything — electricity, bifocals, stoves, the printing press, cars, space travel, donuts, skullets, pogo sticks, Epilady razors — I’m talking everything. Artist Scott C reminds us Ben was also a visionary who was quite handy with robotics. Details: archival giclee art print, printed on 100% acid free- cotton rag archival paper, hand signed edition of 50, dimensions: 11 inches x 14 inches (includes 3/4 inch border).

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Gift Idea: “The Jerk” Family Portrait »

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If anyone is looking to get me a gift this year, may I point you to the above piece of art. “The Jerk” is my all-time favorite comedy. For you younger kids out there, the guy in the middle is Steve Martin, he used to be hysterical. Then, tragically, he forgot how. I suppose he just lost his special purpose. This spectacular giclee print by Kirk Demarais entitled is “The Johnsons.”

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Amazing Lists of Awesome and Not So Awesome Achievements »

Hungry for some tasty, low-cal distractions before the big holiday? Here’s a bowl of some cheese-filled trivia nuggets to feed your ever-expanding pop culture belly: 50 Best Restaurants in The World, Longest Running TV Shows, Most Expensive Domain Names; Largest Roller Coaster Drops, Most Expensive Photographs Ever Sold, World’s Fastest Drummers, Top-Selling Video Games Of All Time & More

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Book Painters »

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Mike Stilkey – see profile by David Kinsey at Fecal Face.

Todd Marrone – see Withdrawn.

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Gift Idea: "Five O'clock Tea" Print »

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For your refined tea-drinking friends. “After a hard day of work, Mr Alfonso likes to have a cup of tea while Poncho takes an afternoon nap.” Silkscreen print on 280 gm paper: 10 x 13.5 inch, 4 colors silkscreen, numbered and signed by Argentinian illustrator Sollinero.

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Gift Idea: "animals and objects in and out of water" by Jay Ryan »

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Music nerds and art lovers unite! Enjoy 140 of Ryan’s best color illustrations promoting some of your favorite bands with his signature muted colors and whimsical edge. Steve Albini puts it best, “Jay Ryan takes the germ of an idea and makes it uniquely great. His genius is in knowing what matters and what doesn’t… His genius is in having the image matter.”

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