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The Banquet by René Magritte

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A UFO Abduction on the Streets of Dresden by OakOak

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FRANK STELLA, an iconic figure of postwar American art, is considered the most influential painter of a generation that moved beyond Abstract Expressionism toward Minimalism.

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Recently named the most popular artist of 2014, Yayoi Kusama (HF Vol. 25) has currently taken over two expansive spaces at David Zwirner Gallery in New York. Her exhibition, “Give Me Love,” which closes this week, includes a reenactment of her popular installation, “The Obliteration Room” (2002), new pumpkin sculptures, and paintings. They share the hallucinatory, obsessive, and energetic qualities we’ve seen throughout her career, something this exhibition aims to embody.

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The truth must be the main objective of any one who seeks a form of literary expression … If a person doesn’t want to involve himself with the truth he has no business trying to write at all.

Lillian Hellman (via jamesgrantbrown)

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Today’s Classic: Photographs of Famous Painters Palettes taken by Matthias Schaller

1. Palette of Vincent van Gogh

2. Palette of Marc Chagall

3. Palette of Henri Mattise

4. Palette of Wassily Kandinsky

5. Palette of Edgar Degas

6. Palette of Pablo Picasso

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Me after using Duolingo for a week.

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Nick van Woert.

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Empathy Cards, A Wonderful Line of Plain-Spoken Notes to Help Truly Connect With Someone Who Is Ill

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when i asked my dad about these he just said “she likes van gogh” 

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Simply, Thank You

I may not be a Phoenix yet, but I’m getting there thanks in part to your inspiration.

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Julien de Casabianca - Outings Project

© All images courtesy of the artist - New York - Dallas - Los Angelas

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“I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.”

Jean-Michel Basquiat, born today in 1960. (via whitneymuseum)

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We love design. How things look. How they work. How they make us feel and behave.  Learn more about SFMOMA’s Architecture + Design collection and to see some of our pieces: from plans for a futuristic photon kite (!) to an alphabetized Bible.

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Find the thing in you that is different, that’s as sharp as a diamond and jagged as a razor. Hone that, because that’s the thing with which you’ll cut the world. If you try to stay a safe and soft and average, then you’re going to get lost in the sea of all those other things that look just like you. Find the things about yourself that are weird and cultivate them because, eventually, those are the things the world is going to want to reward you for.

Clayton Cubitt (via brycedotvc)

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