In the mid-19th century, Parisian art museums implemented an unusual program known as the "Morning Visits" exclusively for their women patrons. Every Friday from 10-11am, museums would allow access solely to women, displaying young male athletes strategically posing as living sculptures amongst the classical nude statuary.
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Permanent Banksy Exhibition is Now Open
Basically all art by Banksy is known to have a short life span due to it’s highly publicized and unapproved street art locations. But now his work has found some stable permanince in East Londons Hang-Up Gallery. “There’s currently nowhere in the capital to view a permanent Banksy collection,” stated the gallery’s director Ben Cotton in Time Out. “So we thought we’d change that. It’s an intimate space packed full of a broad cross-section of his work from the start of his career to the present day – so whether you’re a Bansky aficionado or a seasoned collector it’s certainly worth a look.”
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Ecotone 2014 by artist Jacob van Loon
Jacob van Loon’s Ecotone is a mixed media portrait that feels raw, deliberate, and quietly confrontational. Created as an assemblage on panel in diptych form, the work explores tension, overlap, and contrast, both visually and emotionally. It sits in that charged space between beauty and disruption, where nothing feels accidental and everything asks you to look twic
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Paradise Lost, photographed by Nick Knight
Nick Knight’s Paradise Lost is unsettling precisely because it redirects violence toward something we are conditioned to treat as harmless. Roses, symbols of romance, devotion, and ceremony, are shown being shot through the head. The gesture is abrupt and wrong-feeling, not because flowers are rare or fragile, but because they are culturally protected from this kind of outcome.
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Dan Luvisi’s Disturbingly Awesome Illustrations of Childhood Characters
Familiar characters from our childhood in disturbing nightmarish situations in a highly detailed series. Artist Dan Luvisi has been adding to the intricate collection for some time and is happy to include Mickey, Goofy, and Tigger to the mix. Enjoy the creepiness of your tainted innocent characters. source:
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Boxers: Before and After the Fight
Young boxers retake the same portraits after their boxing matches. At first you don’t see much of a difference, but the longer you compare the more you see has changed within the two. Flushed, tired, and some bleeding. Nicolai Howalt – Boxers: Before and After the Fight (2012)
