Monday, July 27, 2015

"Papa Was A Rodeo" Kelly Hogan and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts. Bloodshot Records.

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It seems rather odd that I had not ran across this amazing cover of this Magnetic Fields song. But I did and thats all that matters. The ...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

The incredible tapestries of British artist Grayson Perry (b. 1960)

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These huge tapestries may be the coolest things I have stumbled upon in a long time. For more details of Grayson's interesting life and...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Incredible portrait by South African artist Irma Stone (1894-1966). Arab in Black. Discovered on a house call by Hannah O'Leary of Bonhams London.

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Arab in Black by Irma Stern, which was donated to fund Nelson Mandela’s legal defence in the 1950s, found covered in bills and lett...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Archives from the Detroit Public Library now available digitally. Tens of thousands of awesome old sports, automotive, architectural and cultural photographs and ephemera available for free viewing and download.

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The Detroit Public Library just completed the digitalizing of all of the historical photos and ephemera in their extensive collection. It i...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Antique Austrian enamelware souvenir cup from the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair. This cup commemorates the Louisiana Purchase by Thomas Jefferson.

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This is a neat and inexpensive way to start a collection of Americana or Worlds Fair memorabilia. It is not in perfect condition. Intere...

One of my very favorite American paintings. "The Janitor Who Paints" by Palmer Hayden (1890-1973). Property of The Renwick Gallery in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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 Harlem Renaissance ca. 1930 Luce Center Label Palmer Hayden was known for his paintings of the African American scene. In a 1969 int...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941): The Indian Frida Kahlo by Kathryn Hughes. London Telegraph.

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The daughter of a Sikh aristocrat and a Hungarian opera singer was never going to be ordinary. But Amrita Sher-Gil – in her art, in h...