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Corcovado from the Jardim Botânico

This was taken on 7 November 2009. The view is not from the grand allées with the imperial palms at the front of and along the central axis of the garden. We were on one of the interior pathways when … Continue reading

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A Link Week, part two

And now for something completely different: Scale: The American Museum of Natural History has created this video showing travel from the face of the Earth to the cosmic horizon, a journey of 13.7 billion years at the speed of light. … Continue reading

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A Link Week (pun intended)

Been kind of busy/procrastinating/not habit-building this week, so herewith a makeup session with interesting art news: Obituary: Bob Noorda, co-designer of the signage system used in the New York subways, dies at age 82. His corporate standards for Eni was … Continue reading

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Off to Antarctica!

DH and I are leaving for our very exciting vacation in Antarctica today. We’ll be going to Santiago, then meeting the boat in Ushuaia. I’ll post many sketchbook pix on my return in early/mid-January. Meanwhile, I’m turning off comments to … Continue reading

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Identity Theory's guide to art museum denizens

Polly Frost has an essay at Identity Theory about the ladies who lurk in the undergrowth of our nation’s museums. Very funny and spot-on characterizations of  the different species of art ladies!

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