Tag Archives: 21st Century

2016: Non Orientable Nkansa II. 1901-2030

Posted on October 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ibrahim Mahama: Non Orientable Nkansa II. 1901-2030 (2016) (source)

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2017: The Sky

Posted on October 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

New additions to the gallery.

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2011: Visualization

Posted on October 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

“The 1,318 transnational corporations that form the core of the economy. Superconnected companies are red, very connected companies are yellow. The size of the dot represents revenue.” (source)

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2016: Correction

Posted on October 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

A correction in The New York Times, April 10, 2016: An article on March 20 about wave piloting in the Marshall Islands misstated the number of possible paths that could be navigated without instruments among the 34 islands and atolls … Continue reading →

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2006: Wilderness

Posted on October 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Mark Dion: Mobile Wilderness Wolf Unit (2006)

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2010: Cracks

Posted on October 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Koen van den Broek: Untitled (c. 2010)

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1870: Cento

Posted on October 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

A cento is a poem composed of lines taken from other poems, either by different authors or from the same author. (Homer and Virgil are traditional favorites.) The word comes from the Greek κεντρόνη, which means “patchwork garment.” The following … Continue reading →

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2004: Diane Abbott MP

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Stuart Pearson Wright: Diane Abbott MP (2004); in 1987, Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament. See a video of her talking about this portrait here.

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2001: Crying Landscape

Posted on October 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Yang Jiechang: Crying Landscape: Three Gorges Dam (2002)

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2015: Police

Posted on October 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kerry James Marshall: Untitled (policeman), 2015

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