Historian Of Jewish Life In Medieval Egypt Wins MacArthur ‘genius Award’: Http://dlvr.it/CJHfz3

Brad Wilson’s Affinity II series of animal portraits || See gallery

Photographer Brad Wilson, based in Los Angeles, started his Affinity series of animal portraits in 2010. These are the second part of this series. Brad takes the pictures in a photographic studio, just feet away from the animals. Some, such as the mountain lion and tigers, are deadly. 

On Wednesday, July 29, over 700 people attended the members’ opening at The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) for Amy Winehouse: A Family Portrait and the companion exhibition, You Know I’m No Good which are on view through November 1, 2015

#ThrowbackThursday In honor of Sukkot, here’s a celebration from 1908 in a sukkah on our terrace.

Charming Baker • “Intelligence is No Match for Adaptability,” 2008 • The House Sale • Aug 19 — Sep 01

The company that makes Legos has landed at the center of a social-media firestorm after Chinese artist Ai Weiwei complained that it refused to supply a bulk order of the toy bricks for his art.

Ai said he wanted to use the bricks for an exhibition on free speech at Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria. The museum attempted to place an order but was told by the company that it “cannot approve the use of Legos for political works."A post on Ai’s Instagram account said:

"As a powerful corporation, Lego is an influential cultural and political actor in the globalized economy with questionable values. Lego’s refusal to sell its product to the artist is an act of censorship and discrimination.”

A free-speech advocate who was imprisoned by the Chinese government, Ai suggested that Lego was acting under pressure from authorities. The privately held Danish company recently announced that a Legoland theme park will open in Shanghai. 

In response, fans of the artist flooded Twitter and Instagram with offers of Legos, and Ai said he was setting up drop-off points for donations. He also posted a picture of Legos that had been left inside a car on a street in Berlin, where he is serving as a visiting professor at the University of the Arts.

Fans Flood Artist Ai Weiwei With Offers Of Legos

Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

HBD, #Chagall.

Here’s his painting, Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers which hangs at stedelijkmuseumbureauamsterdam

Marilyn and Marlene

Photo by Milton Greene, 1955

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A History of True Detective’s New Theme Song, ‘Nevermind’

Going into the premiere episode of True Detective season two, we knew the answers to almost all of the show’s most basic, production-based mysteries: who’d star, who’d direct, and where the season would be set. But there was still one crucial piece of the puzzle missing: Who would sing the theme song? As we learned, the answer to that question turned out to be pretty awesome: none other than Leonard Cohen.

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There was a burgeoning interest in posters and poster art in the US in the 1890s. One manifestation of that interest was the appearance of magazines dedicated to the subject. This poster is taken from a short-lived example of the genre, called The Poster. It lasted only 5 issues, January-May, 1896. This fiery poster is from the April issue.