these beautiful #pantoneposts are by designer Lucy Litman and are stunning.
What do you think?
further readings:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/lucy-litman-pantone-posts
https://www.instagram.com/lucialitman/
SO i am back. after a week of feeling completely out of my depth I think I might be okay for now. So to get started. FIRSTLY! HAPPY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY! And to celebrate I found this cool tumblr during my week hiatus called: http://art-conservation.tumblr.com/
Did you know that good ol’ Blue Boy once had a dog standing next to him? The Huntington had this famous Gainsborough painting x-rayed in 1995, and that’s when the furry pooch was discovered.
caption: Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-88), The Blue Boy, 1770, oil on canvas, 70 5/8 x 48 ¾ in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. X-ray images from 1995. GIFed by The Huntington.
Designers Giorgia Lupi (New York) and Stefanie Posavec (London) launched a postcard project called Dear Data. Each week the two artists measure one aspect of their daily lives and then represent that information with a drawing on a postcard. They have only met twice in person,so this project is about the two of them getting to know one another as it is about finding creative ways to record details of their own lives.
I love this project and who knew data could be so beautiful.
Here some images:
further readings:
some cabinet of curiosities to fill your monday.
If you don’t know by now. It is #museum week.
So for museum week, institutions are sharing their secrets (or just lesser known facts) This is being shared through through the hashtag #secretsmw. The social media collaboration is one of seven themed days for Museum Week, which is organised by Twitter and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Now, we could go delve further into this particularly looking at how twenty-first century technology is changing these institutions but rather lets just look at what some of these tantalising tidbits are.
The Brooklyn Museum shared this archived image on Tumblr and Instagram showing their casts of European sculptures.
The rest are from Twitter and are the following:
The last few #secretsmw I want to share are actually vines and they are the following:
The Royal Institution’s A SECRET DOOR
And the Walker Art Centre’s travelling exhibition crates
How cool is museum week? What do you think of these secrets? Have you found any other museum secrets? Do you have any to share?
further readings:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/secretsmw
http://hyperallergic.com/192898/for-museumweek-institutions-share-their-secrets-online/
https://blog.twitter.com/2015/museumweek-2015-kicks-off-around-the-world
http://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2015/mar/23/its-museum-week-on-twitter
I was watching tv one afternoon and this marvellous tv show came on. I stopped what I was doing and just got engrossed. What is this show?
Extreme Collectors
It is classic American tv show. It is part road trip, part treasure hunt. Andrew Zegers travels around North America discovering amazing collections.
Here are some images of people’s collections.
Donna collects Coca-Cola Memorabilia
Tom collects Antique Toy Boats
Cathy collects Antique Dolls
Rick collects Board Games 
Gail collects Black Memorabilia
Dr. ‘Lucky’ collects Yo-Yos
Steve collects Action Figure
Lee collects Washing Machines
And just because I found an episode on youtube I am going to post it here for you all to watch:
further readings:
http://www.ephemerasociety.org.au/2015/02/extreme-collectors-another-tv-show-on-collecting/
http://tenplay.com.au/channel-one/extreme-collectors
Wow. There is a museum in East London called The Last Tuesday Society’s Museum of Curiosities. It sounds super interesting and as well as being a surrealist’s dream.
The eccentric creator/artist/curator Victor Wynd states he is “… so bored of contemporary museums and their desperate attempt to classify and make sense of everything. The world is one big, glorious mess and we should celebrate that.”
The ‘museum’ holds numerous events throughout the week. It is open as a bar from Wednesday through Sunday.There are also cocktail masterclasses, as well as several times a month you can attend a “meet & greet” with live pythons, frogs and chameleons to face your fears and learn about the animals from an experienced natural historian. The museum has a large range of courses, as well you can rent the space out for your own unordinary evening of frivolity.
Now, what is interesting about Wynd’s Museum of Curiosities, is how it is and isn’t a museum. What do I mean? Well, firstly the space has a varied bizarre collection but to contrast the museum of curiosities could also sound like a glorified bar? I am not one to judge and I just find it highly interesting the blurring of a definition of what a museum is.
It sounds like Wynd has created a modern-day wunderkammer/cabinet of curiosities and personally I would love to go visit it.
Just look at some of the images below:
Viktor Wynd below:
further readings:
http://oskarproctor.com/index.php?/viktor-wynds-cabinet-of-wonders/
Even in death there is beauty.
In Rome, a network of underground tombs containing thousands upon thousands of early Christian matyrs was discovered in 1578.
These holy supposed saints were taken to various Catholic churches around Europe. Once placed in their new holy resting place, these skeletons were enshrined in costumes, wigs, jewels, crowns, lace and armour.
Paul Koundnaris has spent the past few years photographing these holy skeletal remains for the first time in history. The photos have been collected and placed in a book called Heavenly Bodies.
I love the idea that someone is archiving and photographing these beautiful holy skeletal saints.
Here are some of the photographs and they are quite stunning.
further readings:
http://hyperallergic.com/83446/medieval-bling-skeletons-encrusted-in-jewels-and-gold/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0500251959/hyperallergic-20
I love Tracey Emin.
I remember seeing her work in the Tate Modern when I was little and not really understanding it. Only later when I was older did I understand the significance of her work.
If you are not familiar with her work, here some images below:
The Last Great Adventure is you, 2014, Neon, 177 3/16 x 67 11/16 in. (450 x 172 cm)
Good Body, 2014, Gouache on canvas, 10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
My Bed, 1998, Mattress, linens, pillows, objects, 79 x 211 x 234 cm
Everyone I have Ever Slept With, 1963 – 1995, 1995 Appliquéd tent, mattress and light 122 x 245 x 214 cm
I’ve Got It All 2000 Ink-jet print 122 x 91 cm 48 x 36″
Currently, she is in Sydney working with the City of Sydney on a new public artwork and with her busy schedule was able to do a talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia.
Unfortunately, I missed out on tickets but thankfully they recorded the talk and you can watch it below:
further reading:
http://whitecube.com/exhibitions/tracey_emin_the_last_great_adventure_is_you_bermondsey_2014/
http://www.cityartsydney.com.au/artwork/the-distance-of-your-heart/
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