Category: Art

As reported on Wired. BY RACHEL EDIDIN Are you a Christmas Person? Do you spend the last five months of every year in breathless anticipation, stockpiling decorations and preparing holiday playlists in October so you’ll have them on hand the moment the clock ticks past midnight after Thanksgiving Day? Go away. This isn’t for you. This one’s for the rest of us: the ones for whom Christmas is frustrating and fraught and painful. It’s for the…

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris For the best part of a decade, Paris’ Magasins Généraux Pantin has played host to street artists from all over the French capital and beyond. Originally an embodiment of French industry, the building closed at the turn of the century, only to be reimagined as “Graffiti Général,” a five-floor monument to graffiti. The building is now scheduled for refurbishment in a story that’ll sound familiar to anyone following…

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As reported on Wired. BY JAKOB SCHILLER Stockwell Ave and Bellfields Rd, Brixton Dewhurst Rd, Hammersmith Hoxton Sq, Hackney Danbury St, Islington Clapham Rd, Clapham Bayham St, Camden St Pancras Cruising Club, Camden Liverpool Rd, Islington St Matthews Rd, Brixton Crofton Park, Lewisham Regents Canal, Camden Laurie and Fergus, Camberwell Tree Farm, Newbury View as gallery   ‘Tis the season for Christmas trees. It’s hard to drive down the street and not see one strapped to…

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As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris Photography can be the difference between an average story and a great story.Reuters has put together a compilation of its best photos of the year, comprising of 93 stories from around the world. The collection covers a huge range of subjects, from extreme poverty, disasters, and death, to more lighthearted moments like Saudis performing two-wheel stunts in Toyota pickups. Each photo is accompanied by a caption from the photographer, explaining how…

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As reported on Wired. BY JAKOB SCHILLER Sky Waves Eastern Passage Caribbean Sea Airstream Hopewell Cape Spring Sea Uncharted Cape Spear Skylight Afterglow Breaking Storm Tor Bay View as gallery   Jeff Friesen’s project Beyond Here is a collection of serene, exaggerated ocean landscapes that border on graphic art. Each image is actually a composite of many imperfect shots Friesen took as an experiment. “I just started going crazy,” says Friesen, who lives in Halifax. “I was purposely over-…

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As reported on The Verge. By Carl Franzen The Knights of Ni will ride again: Monty Python, the seminal British sketch comedy group best known for its long-running TV series Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and movies Life of Brian and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is reuniting for a live stage show, according to The Sun. The five surviving members, now all in their 70s — John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones — have reportedly signed on…

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