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Mark Rothko, Sketch for “Mural No.4”, (1958, 265.8 x 379.4cm) as seen at The Rothko Room of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art.
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́нев) on a Soviet-era stamp circa 1968, celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth.
“In 1885, Repin completed one of his most psychologically intense paintings, Ivan the Terrible and his Son. This canvas displayed a horrified Ivan embracing his dying son, whom he had just struck and mortally wounded in an uncontrolled fit of rage. The terrified face of Ivan is in marked contrast with that of his calm, almost Christlike son.” (Via Wikipedia.)
Michael Greer is a Bookbinder. I interviewed him to find out more about his unusual profession and his recent creation, the binary Genesis.
Via boingboing.
“On this page are images of a few items that I have pulled from the trash cans of various libraries.” (Via The New York Times.)
Some museums don’t want you clomping around in your street shoes, damaging their famous floors. So they offer specialized footwear. (Via The New York Times.)
The poster above is for the German film Six Girls Seeking Shelter (Hans Behrendt, 1927).
Via mubi.
Tram 7 in Riga. Went all the way to the end of the city and back. I love using public transport in foreign countries.
Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends. —Truman Capote
This would be a lovely time to listen to Truman his friend Marilyn Monroe from our LQ Podcast.