Archive | February, 2009

ANB on the Encyclopaedia Britannica Blog



Encyclopaedia Britannica BlogArt News Blog will now have an article posted on the Encyclopaedia Britannica Blog from time to time. I even have my own profile page here. I have a little giggle to myself when I see my name on a list of real writers. Most of the others on the list seem to have books published and/or have “Ph.D” after their name. So I feel a tiny bit inferior as I didn’t even finish my arts degree and have never wanted to be a writer.

I do like a challenge though, so if you see me starting to use words that you have never seen before, just know that it’s me trying to look more important. I’ll keep the dictionary close by and do twice as much fact checking before I click publish on each post now. I wonder if I should get an editor in or maybe even a ghost writer too. ;-)

Here’s some posts of interest on the Britannica Blog (not by me)..

Cybercrime on the Rise – Online theft is estimated to cost $1 trillion per year!
Art in the Eye of a Needle ($20 Million Worth) – The tiny sculpture of Willard Wigan.
Architecture: The Year in Review (2008) – A look back at some notable buildings.
Body Art, Wallpaper, & More – Emma Hack shows some of her body art.

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JR Finishes His Most Ambitious Project Yet In The Slums In Kibera, Kenya



Exciting news from our friend JR who emailed us just a few moments ago from Kibera, Kenya – on of the largest slums in all of Africa.

Today, after more than a year of planning, 2000 square meters of rooftops have been covered with photos of the eyes and faces of the women of Kibera. The material used is water resistant so that the photo itself will protect the fragile houses in the heavy rain season. The train that passes on this line through Kibera at least twice a day has also been covered with eyes from the women that live below it. With the eyes on the train, the bottom half of the their faces have be pasted on corrugated sheets on the slope that leads down from the tracks to the rooftops. The idea being that for the split second the train passes, their eyes will match their smiles and their faces will be complete.

This new work, by far JR’s most ambitious to date, can be seen from space and will be seen in Google Earth.

Bravo, JR!

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Reordering an O2 billboard in East London. A FIlm From CutUp Collective



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Fresh Stuff From Antonio Laguna Cabezuelo

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Fresh Stuff From Davide Zucco (aka Rekal)

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Shit We’re Diggin’: The Art Of Xenz

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If you are in London, be sure to check out XENZ’s new show, “Unforscenery’ which is up at the Forster Gallery until February 28th. .

You can see more of XENZ’s work here.

Photo above nicked from Romanywg’s Flickr stream.

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Seen On The Steets Of Toronto

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(From Vandalist on Torontoist)

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One To Watch: “Becoming Bert Stern”

You may not know the name, but you’ll know the photographs.

Last night my father (a contemporary and friend of Stern’s) told us that Stern’s muse, Shannah Laumeister, has been working on a film about Bert Stern’s life.

We found a trailer on YouTube. Looks terrific…

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