Japanese Firework Prints
Open Culture has a lovely gallery of prints of Japanese firework designs. See hundreds of these prints online at via the Yokohama City Library. (Thanks, Todd!)
“The Road to the Fantastic Four, the Road to the Fourth World”
At Them Darned Super People, friend of the Gutter Colin Smith writes about comic covers by Jack Kirby from 1958. “In which the blogger, keen to learn more about the period, writes about two different 1958 Jack Kirby covers and the way in which each appears to point […]
“The Calaveras of Jose Posada”
Check out this sweet gallery of José Posada’s calaveras!
“I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh.”
The Guardian profiles filmmaker Agnès Varda. Nowadays, Varda is spending less time researching new ways of making cinema. Not because she hasn’t got the energy but because she believes she can do more groundbreaking work with art installations. In the end, she says, all art is about communication. […]
“The Great Chinese Art Heist”
“Strange how it keeps happening, how the greatest works of Chinese art keep getting brazenly stolen from museums around the world. Is it a conspiracy? Vengeance for treasures plundered years ago? We sent Alex W. Palmer to investigate the trail of theft and the stunning rumor: Is the […]
Tlingit Artist Alison Marks’ “Burt Reynolds”
Behold the wonder of Alison Marks’ depiction of Burt Reynolds in a traditional Tlingit painting design! “The cedar paddle depicted the iconic image of a naked Burt Reynolds on a bearskin rug.” (Thanks, Sarah!)
The Cultural Gutter 