oh, lots of cool stuff, i'm sure.
Artists attack illegal billboards. 5 arrested. Posted: 3 weeks ago by jasontho
Over 80 artists, and a large group of volunteers lashed out at illegal advertising that is encroaching deeper into the public space in NYC. 5 artists were arrested for their efforts. Imagine that, police protecting illegal activities against other illegal activities...
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ever wondered just how small an atom really is? Posted: 4 weeks ago by jasontho
The University of Utah built an interactive sliding scale to illustrate the size of REALLY REALLY small things like cells, atoms, HIV, water molecule, etc. Click the link to see. Very cool.
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Guggenheim Museum Turns 50! Posted: 1 month ago by jasontho
To mark the anniversary, The Daily News dug up 50 intersting facts about the NYC landmark museum.
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Da Vinci drawing discovered using CSI Posted: 1 month ago by jasontho
Leo's fingerprint was found, proving authenticity.
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High Art Graffiti Posted: 2 months ago by jasontho
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losing a chunk of graffiti history Posted: 2 months ago by jasontho
Important building in San Francisco's graffiti history about to be demolished.
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Shepard Fairey threatens artist with lawsuit for repurposing work Posted: 2 months ago by jasontho
At the same time that Shepard Fairey is defending himself against the AP for copyright infringement, the artist's lawyers are sending cease and desist orders to other artists for the same thing.
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Museum Security Guard Fired For Changing Yoko Ono Artwork Posted: 2 months ago by jasontho
An off duty security at the Seattle Art Museum named Amanda Mae was fired when she removed papers museum visitors had put on a work by Yoko Ono. It is a public participation piece entitled, "Painting to Hammer a Nail." After working for about a half hour, the museum's curator came into the gallery and told her to stop. She was fired the following day when she came in to work. The museum's spokeswoman, said, "The intent of the piece does not include taking things away, only adding things."
Amanda called her intervention, "Yoko Ono Excavation Survey" (Y.E.S.}.
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Shepard Fairey in tiff with blogger Posted: 3 months ago by jasontho
A blogger from LA wrote a story about how Shepard Fairey has used preventative measures to keep graffiti off his gallery building in LA. Shepard didn't like the story...
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