25 5 / 2012
D.C. policeman Bill Norton measures the distance between women’s knees and the bottom of their bathing suits at the Tidal Basin bathing beach in June 1922. That summer, the superintendent of D.C. public buildings and grounds ordered that suits not be more than six inches above the knee.
Let’s hope Officer Norton isn’t in Rehoboth Beach, Del., this weekend…
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03 5 / 2012
The record price paid for an oil-on-canvas painting is the rumored $250 million for Cézanne’s Card Players. Prior to yesterday, the record price for a pastel was Degas’ Dancer at Rest, auctioned for $37 million in 2008. That suggests that a great painting is worth about 6.8 times a comparably great pastel.
Had Munch painted an oil-on-canvas version of the The Scream, an auction house or dealer would arguably be justified in projecting a value of 6.8 times $119.9 million, or about $810 million, in today’s market.
Remember when you thought you wouldn’t be using any algebra when you got older?
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19 4 / 2012
Madness de Utrillo
Utrillo es uno de mis pintores favoritos el era una persona increíblemente talentosa no tenía estudios muy profundos en pintura pero igual pudo crear algunas de las obras mas impactantes.
Madness es mi favorita.
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17 4 / 2012
While discussing how to fit an entire production team in an 8.5”x11” photo.
Client: Can’t everyone stand in the front for a while?
Me: Excuse me?
Client: Yeah, I saw that photo effect in a Harry Potter movie once. Isn’t that photoshop?
Me: No. That’s magic.
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