Another nearly perfect, topical piece of art has floated up in the interwebs. Although it’s quite blunt as far as metaphors go, looks like mixed media artist Francis Baker is really onto something with this Armament. Baker was inspired by the Arab Spring, replete with visuals of hurled, flaming Molotov cocktails. You know what would make for great visuals to work with? Clouds of pepper-spray and tear gas. Get to work, Baker. Read more »
Sorry for the skinfest we seem to be having today, but it should be pointed out that Ukrainian’s protest crew FEMEN is quickly approaching avant garde theater territory with their latest protest against the dictatoresque leader of Belorussia. Read more »
Though the majority of all Black Swan craze has fizzled since last year, many dudes and bi-curious females will be happy to know that magazine editorials are keeping the fantasy alive, much like in this first issue of new French magazine, On The Field. Shot by photographer Boris Ovini, we’re given an intimate look at model pair Anastasya & Ela (City Models) as they practice in their studio with stretches and leaps, subtly teetering on the boarder of friendship and lustful admiration. Um…where do I sign up? Read more »
Spanish animal rights group AnimaNautralis has pulled a PETA style nudie protest in Barcelona, featuring a slumped, young, naked, brave protestor into a giant replica of a dinner at Barcelona’s Santa Caterina Market. Read more »
Despite Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy issue getting leaked on the internet ahead of its newsstand date, Hugh Hefner boasted on Twitter this weekend, that the magazine is “breaking sales records.” Even a homeless man in the Financial District was recently spotted taking advantage of the zeitgeist. (Photo: Joe Stevens/ANIMALNewYork)
Human caricature and North Korean leader with many, many titles, Kim Jong Il, has died of heart problems brought on by the “great mental and physical strain caused by his uninterrupted field guidance tour for the building of a thriving nation,” according to state television in Pyongyang, which reported his death. A son who’s only one name away, Kim Jong Un, was introduced as a successor in 2010. (Image: Alex Kuehn/flickr)
“Brother” in Tremont, Bronx has built an immaculate in-apartment pigeon coop that dozens of birds enter through the vents in the windows. (Photo: Chris Arnade/Flickr)
Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang has created his largest display of “daytime fireworks” in three years, detonating 8,300 microchip-equipped shells at the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, Qatar. See fire, smoke and explosions hanging in the air like so many colorful bits of cloud and jet back ink-stains. Read more »
Ghost “Bloodytitties” is back again this year to wish Nikolai Azarov, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, a Happy Birthday. Thusly, the wild girls of the FEMEN protest crew would like to remind Mr. Azarov that there’s a criminal under-representation of women in the parliament. Watch her climb to the very top of the parliamentary gates and boo and screech there until the fire department comes to crash the party. Read more »
Watch as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director and sweding enthusiast Michel Gondry reshoots Scorsese’s gritty NYC thriller as a psychotically adorable short. Heads will explode… with paint driblets. Read more »
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