sexta-feira, 19 de fevereiro de 2016

Rent a Re-creation of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom on Airbnb — Just Don’t Chop Off Your Ear






by Carey Dunne on February 10, 2016





Now available for rent on Airbnb is a full-size, 3D replica of Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “The Bedroom” (1889), complete with rustic twin bed, pale violet walls, copper-green wood floor, and straw hat on a peg. Created by the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), the installation part of a promotion for the exhibition Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, centered around three paintings he created while living in his “Yellow House” in France, from 1888 to 1889.

terça-feira, 16 de fevereiro de 2016

The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA










GLENDALE, Calif. — The warm, electric glow and mid-century charm of neon signs are enduring features of Los Angeles’s historical buildings

terça-feira, 9 de fevereiro de 2016

The Mysterious Folk Art of America’s Secret Societies








Almost every US town has one: that mysterious Masonic lodge with its borrowed Egyptian or Greek details, arcane symbols, and windows and doors that rarely open. In New York City, the huge Grand Masonic Lodge has the moon and sun painted over its entrance on West 23rd Street, while Guthrie, Oklahoma, has the even more formidable Scottish Rite Temple,

sábado, 6 de fevereiro de 2016

As Casas na Coleção do CAM






Numa época caracterizada pela mobilidade, desorganização do espaço e vivência num mundo virtual, as casas continuam a distinguir-se por constituirem lugares de intimidade, abrigo e segurança, repletos de memórias