Bowling Balls (1890-1910)

These antique walnut bowling balls on the rack look like a Dada "readymade".

Found here: Wyeth (via Dinosaurs and Robots via Anonymous Works)

Ye-Ye Girl Sylvie Vartan

Photos of Sylvie Vartan

And...Wikipedia link (Thanks, Jad Fair)

Bo Bartlett's New Work

Bo Bartlett has an interesting show opening soon at PPOW Gallery (NYC) Oct. 14- Nov 13, 2010 called "Paintings of Home". One of my favorites is "School of the Americas" (oil on linen, 82"x 82") shown above.

LINK

New Drawing (Crehore)

"A Moonlit Ride" by Amy Crehore 2010

I've been drawing on acid-free kraft paper with pencil and white gouache.

Here is one...a dream landscape....drawn from my head.

The Art of Amy Crehore

Ancient Mosaic of Girls in Bikinis (4th Century AD)

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I simply love this. Here we have a "bikini girls" mosaic (found by archeological excavation of the ancient Roman villa near Piazza Armerina in Sicily), showing women exercising, running, or receiving the palm of victory and crown (for winning an athletic competition). LINK: Bikini Mosaic Villa Romana del Casale M. Disdero

The Art of Amy Crehore

Louise Brooks' Private Journals to be Revealed

Louise Brooks (1927 photo by Eugen Robert Richee)

"Brooks passed away in August of 1985. Before her death, she bequeathed her private journals to the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, with instructions that they remain sealed for 25 years." They have now been opened. Read more: LINK

The Art of Amy Crehore

RIP Tony Curtis

Scene from the movie "Some Like it Hot" (1959):