Tag Archives: USA

1966: Doctor Strange Meets Eternity

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Steve Ditko: Strange Tales #146 (July, 1966) Eternity was created as the second sentient force supporting Creation. Before Eternity, there was a single universe, whose animating force was the primal cosmic being that would later call itself The First Firmament. … Continue reading →

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2009: Do You Remember When?

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

For their 2009 piece Do You Remember When?, the indigenous arts collective Postcommodity cut through the floor of the Arizona State University Art Museum, exposing the earth below. A recording of a Pee Posh social dance song played in the … Continue reading →

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1874: The Wreckers

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

William Holbrook Beard: The Wreckers (1874)

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1489: Versions

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leonardo da Vinci: Lady with an Ermine [Cecilia Galleran] (1489–1490) Awol Erizku: Lady with a Pitbull (2009) Hans Holbein: Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling [probably Anne Lovell] (c. 1526-28) Frida Khalo: Self-Portrait with … Continue reading →

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1891: Wolf

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ernest Thompson Seton: The Sleeping Wolf (1891)

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1943: Miniature Mount Vernon

Posted on August 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

This miniature reproduction of the West Parlor of George Washington’s Mount Vernon was crafted by Narcissa Niblack Thorne. The photo on the left shows the room being prepared for exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1943. Thorne’s detailed … Continue reading →