Sunday, October 04, 2020

Sunday Links

Photograph: CAAI.

The Wave art gallery (above) on the coast of Tianjin, China, is clad in thousands of aluminium tiles and resembles a giant surge of water.

Read this: Early Life isn’t Everything  Robert A. Nichols replies to Simon Callow’s review of Life Isn’t Everything, the biographical portrait of his brother, Mike Nichols in which Callow refers to their mother Brigitte as "nightmarish".

Edward Hopper Purse

This week's house envy: In The Stockholm Archipelago, Villa Kymmend Connects To Nature

This Tiny Boat is designed for a single passenger. I want one.

The Violins Of Hope survived the holocaust. During the Covid 19 pandemic they were quarantined beneath a California stage.

Tired of your dull Covid skin? Here's how to do a Korean salt scrub at home. Via Rusty's Electric Dreams

Ships of the desert? Where Camels Take to the Sea 

THE FIRST DAY, performed by Kendie Jones, is a dance interpretation of Elizabeth Eckford's historic walk into the racially segregated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas sixty-three years ago.

These are lovely:  Glasses Inspired by the Camera Lens

Make your day better with these baby octopuses Via Memo Of The Air

The Art & Origins of Running Across Paris Rooftops

Perhaps it is the only dining room in the world that is completely secured against Covid-19. Table For One

The 25 Most Expensive Things Ever Sold on eBay. Topping the list is a $168 million Gigayacht.

Christopher Kieling's  paintings of his girlfriend at home during quarantine 

 "The crackdown was among the most aggressive police responses to protests across the United States following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota." Systemic Police Brutality and Its Costs in the United States 

Just gorgeous! Spain’s most beautiful villages you’ve never heard of 

 Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language Thanks Bruce!

Download Hundreds of Frames from Studio Ghibli Animations for Video-Chat Backgrounds for Free 

Unpublished Children’s Notebooks Reveal Poignant View of History

Bohemian castle for sale but it needs a bit of work…

The fascinating story of Kaspar Hauser . (His art is shown below the article.)

Photorealist Painter Robert Bechtle died earlier this week at age 88.

"Noir never goes out of style." Lots of links to great noir articles.

Finalists from the 2020 Comedy Pet Photo Awards

When critics get it wrong ‘My review hasn't aged so well’ Via Things Magazine

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