Maya Angelou Gone

from TIME Magazine Maya Angelou: A Hymn to Human Endurance Remembering a life of relentless creativity. When Maya Angelou was 16 she became not only the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco but the first woman conductor. By the time she was 40 she had also...

When Boogers Just Won’t Do

from artnet.com Norwegian Performance Artist Eats His Own Hip Benjamin Sutton A Norwegian artist named Alexander Selvik Wengshoel has kicked his art career into high gear with a stunt that’s equal parts Chris Burden and Hannibal Lecter: He claims he ate his own hip....

Memorial Day by artnet

from artnet.com Your Memorial Day Weekend in 12 Artworks Cait Munro Leo Villareal, Flag (2010). [ click to continue viewing at artnet.com ]

H.R. Giger Gone

from GALLEYCAT Sci-Fi Artist H.R. Giger Has Died By Dianna Dilworth Swiss artist H.R. Giger has died. According to reports in the Swiss press, Giger died of injuries after he suffered after sustaining a fall. He was 74 years old. The surrealist artist was known for...

Tort Tort Godzilla!

from The San Jose Mercury News Protecting Godzilla: Even giant monsters need lawyers By Anthony McCartney / Associated Press LOS ANGELES — He spews radioactive fire, razes cities and pummels creatures from Earth and beyond, but even Godzilla needs a good lawyer...