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Paintings of Tattoo Guns from a Mexican Prison
Willingly spending two months in a Mexican prison and collaborating with the inmates, artist Scott Campbell built tattoo machines out…
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Ancient Roman Brutalism? This Tomb Defies Classical Expectations
Two thousand years before concrete brutalism, this ancient Roman tomb built to honor a former slave appears staggeringly modern, but…
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The Lost Art of Internet Game Guide ASCII Art
In which we rediscover the overlooked trend of ASCII art hidden inside fan-made video game guides from decades ago, created…
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The Belgrade Phantom: The (Mostly) True Story of Yugoslavia’s Most Legendary Car Chase
A stolen white Porsche 911 in 1970s Yugoslavia turned an ordinary car thief into an urban legend. For several nights,…
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When Google Earth Breaks, It Accidentally Becomes Art
New York–based artist Clement Valla has been steadily collecting images of the Earth, but not the Earth as we know…
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A Door Dedicated to Death in the World’s Most Powerful Church
To the left of the main entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City stands a controversial bronze door that…
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80s Youth Culture in a Dying English Industrial Town
Between 1979 and 1989, photographer Christopher John Ball documented the people of Blackburn, the Lancashire industrial town that shaped his…
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Decades Ago, Pharmaceutical Drugs Were Advertised Using Fear, and It Wasn’t Subtle
In the postwar era, pharmaceutical print advertising, especially for psychiatric drugs, was blunt, graphic, and often disturbing, using fear and…
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How a Forgotten German Expressionist Painting Influenced Iggy Pop and David Bowie’s Berlin Era
Moving to West Berlin, David Bowie and Iggy Pop found unexpected inspiration in German Expressionism, most notably in the form…