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Breaking: The media tends to exaggerate, especially when it comes to a so-called gay caveman. Researcher Kristina Killgrove aka Bone Girl, said the UK’s Telegraph and Daily Mail took enormous liberties with their “reporting” on a set of male human remains that were discovered on the outskirts of Prague in a position typically found in female burials. As it turns out, scientific things are a little more complicated.
Well, $35,575 to be exact. And it’s not even a one-off. The art-like hemp rugs adorned with handmade dolls are being released as an edition of 10, but don’t expect to find ‘em at ABC Carpet. It takes the hype that only a gallery can provide to get someone to spend that kind of money on a floor covering.
Artist Travis Louie has a new series of stylized, Victorian WTF portraiture. Those also partial to his brand of fantasy can now commence imagining Tompkins Square Park dog run suddenly overun by yetis and giant, giant land-swiveling catfish-monsters, hopping heads and crawling squids pets and their owners. In grayscale. Yes. “The Creature Show,” Travis Louie, Apr 8 – May 7, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, Washington
“Pro-Cro” is the latest hybrid being adopted by realtors desperate to tame the scary sounding neighborhood known as Crown Heights and marry it to the more pleasantly branded Prospect Heights. Not surprisingly, the locals are just getting wind of it and Gothamist filmed their reactions.
When the Russian Health Ministry agents unleashed that horrifying squirrel anti-alcohol PSA (3 million hits on YouTube), they failed to think through two things. First, they should have copyrighted the trademark of said squirrel. Second, we Slavs have a wickedly absurd sense of humor. Ta-da! Here comes a Rusinvest’s new brand of 40% proof vodka, clearly referencing the demonic rodent on the bottle for an ironic-as-hell… win? Read more »
Here’s a video of young optimists skateboarding mid massive earthquake damage in New Zealand – over ripples and rips in concrete, ruins-buried cars and gorges. “Christchurch for life. Nothing can stop us.” Read more »
According to the latest Census numbers, lots of New Yorkers own vehicles. Streetsblog analyzed and Google-mapped the data: All that red indicates areas where car ownership increased and the blue represents where its decreased. This translates to about 120,000 more cars clogging up the city’s streets. No wonder so many people are bitching about the bike lanes.
This recently unveiled sculpture in the window of East London’s Premises Studios immortalizes the King of Pop’s infamous over-the-balcony jiggle of son Prince Michael II. Now, the studio is being bombarded with hate mail, death threats and arson-menacing ultimatums. That’s hilarious since Swedish-born, Los Angeles-based artist Maria von Köhler actually intends the Jacko Madonna and Child to comment on extreme, worshiping fandom, ’cause there it is. The sculpture will stay so tensely poised through May 1st when it heads to LA. Uh oh.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is very excited to regale you with the following tale of international intrigue: In 2007, an Arizonian bought an Andy Warhol silkscreen of Mick Jagger, signed by the artist and the Stone, in the Buenos Aires antique district. “Unbeknownst to him,” it was an original. Read more »
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