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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 703)

1. Fellini’s Forgotten Masterpiece Fellini Satyricon, or simply Satyricon, is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius’s work Satyricon, written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set in Imperial Rome. Fellini Satyricon was entered into the 30th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Pasinetti Award for Best Italian Film. It received acclaim from international critics,…

Forget Louboutin, Step into the World of André Perugia, the True Icon behind Modern Shoe Design

You name an avant-garde brand of note – Saint Laurent, Rick Owens, Moschino, Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto, Jacquemus – and chances are they’ve been overtly influenced by a shoe designer extraordinaire, André Perugia. Cage heels, no heels, disappearing heels, under-slung heels, corkscrew heels, float-in-the-air heels, needle-thin fetish heels – you name it, if they’re…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 702)

1. The Empty Louvre Paul Almásy, a Hungarian photojournalist who immigrated to France in 1934. Almásy’s photograph was taken at the Louvre Museum in Paris, articulating the theme of artworks needing to be remembered by documenting an actual historical event. In 1938 with the threat of war looming, the Louvre curators, under the direction of…

What Happened to Picasso’s Mysterious Teenage Muse?

For a few Spring months in 1954, a melancholy Picasso found himself enraptured by 19-year-old Sylvette David. Of all the muses who bookmarked his life — and there were many — she’s fallen to the wayside of history as one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood. For years, critics wrote the body of work she…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 701)

1. I did a breakfast podcast with the Earful Tower And I’m now known, according to the brilliant Oliver Gee, as the woman selling the Seine River. You can listen to the episode of our chat directly in the article. 2. The Secret Language of Stamp Placement It’s funny that I mentioned in the Earful…

Victorian People-Watching at the Beach

Today, our time machine is going for a pit-stop on a sunny, Victorian Era beach in Atlantic City, where the ponies are aplenty, and the bathing costumes make the women look like layer cakes. Sure, contemporary eyes may see a bunch of prudes, but for folks in the 1800s, showing off your bloomers at the…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 700)

1. The Bygone Baguette Mailboxes of French Polynesia Read the article on Atlas Obscura, found on Present & Correct. 2. State Guest Mansions, 260 abandoned villas in Shenyang, China The Story Behind the Many Ghost Towns of Abandoned Mansions Across China found on Architectural Digest. 3. The Ancient Tattoos made from Breastmilk and Soot 4.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 699)

1. Inside Andy Warhols Factory Andy Warhols Factory photographed by Timothy Hursley. An extraordinary set of photographs that capture the office elements to the factory as well as the terrific excitement at the sight of Keith Haring or Bianca Jagger at the end. I also think we should all make a note of the napkin…

The Inexplicably Fascinating Secret World of Thomasson

“Thomasson: noun \ to-ma-son \ a preserved architectural relic which serves no purpose”. We’ve all come across an example at one time or another– probably didn’t give it too much thought and surely had no idea these random urban oddities actually had a name, let alone an entire movement dedicated to observing them as conceptual art. That’s right, art. People have…

The Secret Code of Beauty Spots

You’re looking at a very rare portrait from 1650 depicting a Black woman and a White woman, both appearing to hold equal status, some 183 years before the abolition of slavery act. Curiously, rather than commenting on the race debate in 17th century Britain via the uncommon pairing, the anonymous artist chose to write an…

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