orientaltiger:

Broken Things - Livia Marin

oldsparky:

The founders of Harley Davidson.

NICE.

(Source: americabymotorcycle)

art-yearly:

Edouard Manet, The Milliner, 1881

19th Century Paris art history seminar ruined the paintings of the milliners. Whorehouses, really?

curethriftshop:

Hey fancy pants, your pet bird’s in trouble.

This makes me miss art history lecture!!

diveclearintotheday:

gestalt-a:

Jean-Luc Godard, Bande à part, 1964

Yes.

I hated that when I work in museums, I have to tell school children not to run through the museum. I know I ran through the Louvre to get to my favorite gallery.

bookporn:

Giovanni Boldini- Girl Reading in a Salon (1876)

I really wish those were my surroundings.

fotojournalismus:

A Chinese fisherwoman rides past old fishing boats on her motorcycle in Qingdao city, Shandong province, China, on May 14. Reports state that excessive fishing, ocean pollution and the high price of diesel have caused a sharp decline in fishery resources, nearly paralyzing the industry in East China.

[Credit : Wu Hong / EPA]

I think this should be in every classroom in America

(Source: blancaamore)

curioos-arts:

James Rawson (England)

Recycled Metal Sculptures By Julie Tremblay

Colourful messages transform the winding favela streets  

Earlier this year Boa Mistura, an urban art collective formed in Madrid, worked on a vibrant community project near São Paulo, Brazil

The collective worked with the children and other residents of Brasilândia Vila, a poor suburb on the outskirts of São Paulo, to fill the narrow streets with colour and words: beleza, amor, doçura, firmeza and orgulho (beauty, love, sweetness, firmness and pride).

These one-point perspective messages are carefully painted to reveal themselves to passers-by as they reach a certain part of the the street. The smiles of the participants clearly say it all.

Good Fucking Design Advice

(Source: alecshao)

helloyoucreatives:

Typographic Jokes by Gary Nicholson.

Street Art of the Day: A new Banksy has surfaced on the wall of a Poundland shop in London, and it depicts a child of Asian origin hard at work sewing Union Jack bunting. (Embiggen)

Chances are, the location of the work is significant: In 2010, Poundland launched an investigation after it was discovered that a 7-year-old boy was working 100 hours a week in an Indian sweatshop, producing items for the store. A spokeswoman said at the time: “Poundland does not tolerate child labor under any circumstances and will not work with companies that employ children.”

[highsnobriety]

Thanks, Banksy.

(Source: thedailywhat)

wearethedigitalkids:

My interview with filmmaker Charles Lanceplaine for Paper Magazine is up.

Here’s a bit from our interview:

What’s the best thing about being a filmmaker in China at the moment?

In Shanghai I would say there are two scenes: the people who are at all events and pretending to be cool (those are mostly foreigners) and the others, the people who are actually not at every party and who are actually pushing the scene. There are so many of them: Nini & Gregor at Idlebeats; Chacha, the singer of AM 444; Benoit Florencon, a French photographer who has been extensively documenting the music scene; Ka Xiaoxi. a local photographer, Keflione and Dezio, who are both really good street artists, to name a few.

Shanghai is really a place where with very little means you can make things happen. There is a very do-it-yourself culture out here. There are no real barriers if you really want to do something. 

Of course there always some touchy subjects you must avoid (if you do not want to get shut down) but as long as you don’t cross certain boundaries, it’s pretty safe.