Hrag Vartanian

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Caught My Eye

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

College Art Association - Unusual Art Spaces in LA
Some odd locales worth a look (via Contemporary Confections)
(tags: art museums)

NewYorkShitty - Southside Photo Du Jour: Hanukkah-ish Edition
Miss Heather discovers “Darth Dreidel”…for Jewish Star Wars fanatics?
(tags: nyc streetart brooklyn williamsburg)

Friendly Atheist - I Would Feel Uncomfortable Renting Here…
Umm…you have to see this ad on Craigslist Vancouver…try to [...]

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Caught My Eye

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Hyperbodega - A New Bushwick/East Williamsburg Delivery Service
Open 10:30pm to 4:30am, this service allows you to order stuff straight to your door. Indispensable for shut-ins & stoners. (via BushwickBK)
(tags: nyc bushwick brooklyn popculture)

Dawoud Bey's Blog - Advice to A Young Artist
Some good thoughts for aspiring artists (via Jen Bekman)
(tags: photography art)

We Make Money Not Art [...]

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Caught My Eye

December 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Art of the Prank - Knitting for Psychos
Just in case you were wondering where you could find a knitted doll stabbed by scissors or a teddy bear getting his head sawed off.
(tags: design popculture)

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Bush II & Laura Portraits Unveiled at National Portrait Gallery (Corrected)

December 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The American Il Duce has had his portrait revealed at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. As expected it perpetuates the fiction of the Bush II administration was a relaxed and homey administration. It is a well-painted portrait but steeped in sentimentality, though it isn’t out of character from the other Portrait Gallery images which are [...]

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