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Banksy Blasts Hollywood, Disney In Latest Prank Installation, “Dismaland”

This isn’t Mickey’s park. Dismaland, street artist Banksy’s most recent and most elaborate endeavor, contains everything you’d expect to find at an ordinary theme park—a ferris wheel, fair games, rides, and colorful attractions—and yet manages to circumvent any and all semblances of happiness. Banksy’s theme park opened Saturday, August 22...

By Kiri Picone Aug 28, 2015
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Banksy Blasts Hollywood, Disney In Latest Prank Installation, “Dismaland”

This isn’t Mickey’s park. Dismaland, street artist Banksy’s most recent and most elaborate endeavor, contains everything you’d expect to find at an ordinary theme park—a ferris wheel, fair games, rides, and colorful attractions—and yet manages to circumvent any and all semblances of happiness. Banksy’s theme park opened Saturday, August 22...

By Kiri Picone August 28, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXVIII

The First Color Photographs Of The United States On some subconscious level, most of us imagine that the world before, say, 1920 existed in black and white. And why not? That’s what the photographic record of the era would have us believe. But as far back as 1889–14 years before...

By John Kuroski Jun 26, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXVIII

The First Color Photographs Of The United States On some subconscious level, most of us imagine that the world before, say, 1920 existed in black and white. And why not? That’s what the photographic record of the era would have us believe. But as far back as 1889–14 years before...

By John Kuroski June 26, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase Jun 14, 2015

What José Guadalupe Posada’s Skeleton Cartoons Teach Us About Life

In José Guadalupe Posada's world, we must start by affirming one truth: we will all one day be skeletons. Life becomes a lot simpler once we accept that.

By John Schellhase June 14, 2015

Bizarre, Wacky & Awesome: Public Art Around the World

Art (literally) comes in all shapes, sizes, mediums, and perspectives. Similarly, public art fulfills a variety of purposes: it brings color to dark cities, visually comments on important social issues, creates conversation between people and their surroundings, and entertains both locals and tourists. No two pieces are quite alike, as...

By Kiri Picone Jun 10, 2015

Bizarre, Wacky & Awesome: Public Art Around the World

Art (literally) comes in all shapes, sizes, mediums, and perspectives. Similarly, public art fulfills a variety of purposes: it brings color to dark cities, visually comments on important social issues, creates conversation between people and their surroundings, and entertains both locals and tourists. No two pieces are quite alike, as...

By Kiri Picone June 10, 2015
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