With storage spaces filled with works that may never be shown, some museums are rethinking the way they collect art, and at least one is ranking what it owns.
Source: New York Times
Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements
Category: Art
Mosaic Bird Bath
I’ve never really thought of myself as being particularly artistic and I’m certainly not patient, but for some reason I enjoy doing mosaics. A number of years ago after seeing a demo at the Getty Villa, my wife and I went to the Bay Area (closest!) to take a mosaic class. We learned the basics such as how to cut the media and how to properly grout a project. I’ve since gone on to make a half dozen or so mosaics as gifts to family or to keep for myself. I’ve wanted to do some sort of outdoor mosaic and the opportunity finally presented itself when my daughter gave me a concrete bird bath that was sitting unused in her back yard. Continue reading “Mosaic Bird Bath”
Was Mona Lisa’s Enigmatic Smile Caused by a Thyroid Condition?
Doctor theorizes that the sitter’s lank hair, weak smile and yellowing skin point to post-pregnancy hypothyroidism
Source: Smithsonian
Long Exposure Photos Capture the Light Paths of Drones Above Mountainous Landscapes
Photographer Reuben Wu creates images that reveal an alien splendor in natural and manmade landscapes across the globe. Previously he has explored the brilliant blue rivers of molten sulfur in Indonesian volcanoes, and photographed the thousands of glistening mirrors that compose Nevada’s SolarReser
Source: Colossal