Peter Huestis
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Self-Portrait with industrial ketchup bladder, 2014:
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He was so good, a "funny rapper" but also an accomplished jazz musician. He put out a few great albums in the 90s and then mostly withdrew from the music industry.
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I didn't love everything about my institution's rebranding, but I did appreciate that they avoided all corny and ugly eagle logotypes of exactly the kind that the Art Museum of Philadelphia just picked up in the Fourth of July picnic section at Dollar Tree.
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Can't even wrap my head around how dumb this is.
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Kind of brainless and quaint. Not unlikable!
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Yeah, similar to me moving from Tucson to San Diego originally: not that different. I was a "Foothills Kid".
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Perfect, well chosen. It is a good city!
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My hometown! Which neighborhood?
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Counterpoint: sure it will.
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Safe to say that every single one of us has been bracing for this:
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Tintin is probably my favorite. I just wish he had spent more time creating new adventures than revising old ones.
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It's National Badger Day! Travelers Startled by a Badger's Gigantic Scrotum, color woodcut by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1881:
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It has a beautiful "live with" tone, I'm sure. Really nice.
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That show was so good for the first few years, and she was the funniest thing about it.
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How much more can we endure as a nation? (Toilet paper marketing.)
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Yes, yes, yes, LOVE the TV Buddhas.
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When it comes to fancy boutique tabletop ornaments (not derogatory!) and picturesque public sculptures, it's hard to beat Barbara Hepworth. Consistently chic, beautiful forms, sharp craftsmanship, rewarding secondary views... what's not to love?
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In an inventory 1,000 years from now: "Perhaps an ornate cheese slicer?"
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It is a successfully precious object in every way.
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Yeah, maybe a little under a foot tall?
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Just spotted in a video about sculptures in the Royal collection: this exquisite golden Barbara Hepworth on a dramatic slate pedestal: