“Rene François Ghislain Margritte, The Fifth Season” At the Museum of Modern Art San Francisco René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating witty and thought-provoking images, often depicting ordinary objects shown in unusual contexts. His work is known for challenging observers’ preconditioned perceptions of reality. Surrealism was […]
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The Omni La Costa Resort ARTS & FOOD presents a first-person look at what to consider while hosting a 3-day gathering when you want a break from the usual chain-motel-drudgery. A place to go that’s set up for fun and a memorable family reunion! Megan and Damon Black’s family group was made up of 23 […]
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Museum Quality Art For Your Walls! The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art now has a Custom Print on Demand Wall Art Service! Have you ever wanted true museum quality art on your walls? The traditional museum posters have always been printed in fugitive offset printing inks that fade over time leaving your framed […]
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The ancient Romans called the hottest, most humid days of summer the “DOG DAYS.” Their name came from astronomy. They associated the hottest days of the year with a constellation prominent in the summer sky known as “Canis Major,” and the brightest star in that constellation known as the “Dog-Star” or “Sirius.” You and I now enter these […]
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House – Relocated and Reconstructed as an Architectural Exhibit on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, AR. Alice Walton, the founder and creative force behind Crystal Bridges Museum, has purchased and moved Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bachman Wilson House (c.1954), originally located in Somerset County, N.J., to a plot […]
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By Robert Atkinson THE ONLY HOTEL IN THE WORLD WITH A BEATLES INSPIRED THEME! Your luxury hotel in Liverpool’s Cavern Quarter Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool, offers guests a truly unique experience right in the heart of this vibrant city. Standing as the world’s only Beatles inspired hotel, this magnificent building offers luxurious accommodation and […]
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GARDEN DESIGN is the perfect location for showing off large metal SCULPTURES. Pixelated: Sculpture by Mike Whiting opened April 28, at the Denver Botanic Gardens featuring the sculpture of Mike Whiting. Whiting’s works explore the relationship between digitized images and the natural worlds contrasted over the grounds of Denver’s Botanic Gardens. The exhibition is up through September […]
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Most people have some memories of homemade ice cream. If you don’t have those memories, now is the time to start churning them out. In this article we offer a selection of homemade ice cream machines – from the old school hank crank version, to the latest highest tech version you see on the TV […]
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Designer, Typographer, Art Director and Very Good Guy: Herb Lubalin. By Jack A. Atkinson I met Herb Lubalin when I was 24 years old. In the world of graphic design and art direction, he was at the highest level of success in that field as there was, at the time. I had met a partner […]
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Atlantic White Fish was a popular choice on the Grand Hotel menus of the East Coast of the USA and in England and Europe during the early years of the 20th century. A French chef named Adolphe Duglere, invented the dish using Dover Sole, he anointed it with his own name “Sole Duglere, it was originally […]