Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s - 1970s. Vivian's work was discovered at an auction in Chicago where she lived for 50 years but was originally a native to France. Her discovered work includes between 30-40,000 negatives.
Duchamp's, enigmatic, sprawling masterpiece is explained here in fantastic detail. The animated version is sublime. This and all his other works are detailed.
Sometimes smack bang between tower block estates or next door to the crumbling colonial houses, fresh fruit and vegetables are growing in abundance. Article and footage from the bbc's "around the world in 80 gardens".
Columbia University's own radio station specialises in "American" music. A awful lot of jazz. Some Classical. Reggae. Latin. Birdflight, scheduled weekdays, is a forensic study of charlie parker's music. Watch out for the 'Birthday Marathons'.
“I'm descended from the Kings you know, from the halls of Tara. It's like this… we're doing a job in London… tis the Albert Hall-at-all and we've run right out of the jelly.” scroll to 8.10min.
When you think of Pop Art you think Warhol, The Factory, The “Velvets” and Celebrity. The Immaculate Heart Community and a bunch of nuns… get sort of overlooked. You might argue with the message but the execution is peerless. View the slideshow & buy the book!
Both his Heavy Metal Madness and Scanning Around series have been brilliant, humorous forays into the history of graphic design, typrography, photography and 20th Century culture.
The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today.