Murals on the newly unveiled Art Yard behind ABV Gallery, featuring murals by (L-R) Greg Mike, Sami Jacq, AGPNT, Drew Borders, Broly Su, Paper Frank, Smeesh, Alex Koenig, Glittertoad, Wolfdog. (Photographs by Art Rudick) Pop Quiz: Which Atlanta neighborhood has the highest incidence of llama sightings? If you guessed East Atlanta, you would be correct! East Atlanta is not only home to a llama preserve, you can also find llama pub crawls, llamas featured in the annual neighborhood parade and the animal has also been adopted as one of its four mascots. It should come as no surprise that such…
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The Judd Foundation reached a settlement with Kim Kardashian and Clements Design earlier this month, according to court records, after the reality TV star promoted knockoff versions of the late artist’s minimalist tables and chairs. The lawsuit centered around a now-deleted 2022 promotional video in which Kardashian tours the offices of her Skims by Kim company, therein boasting about what she called her “Donald Judd tables.” The tables in question are reminiscent of Judd’s La Mansana Table 22 and Chair 84. The video received more than 3.6 million views before it was removed. In 2024, the foundation sued her over false claims, as the…
If you want the best way to relax and unwind after a tiring day, getting the best electric recliner chair is your path to the ultimate comfort — you work hard, so there’s nothing wrong with a little self-pampering, isn’t it? Recliners are extremely comfortable, and especially an electric reclining chair makes your life so much easier with its built-in motor that allows you to recline the backrest or turn on the rocking function with just a push of a button. No more awkwardly pushing yourself back into the “perfect” position or wrestling with manual levers. You also get a…
Tie-ins are trick for the Fantastic Four. You can’t just make one thing; you have to engineer something for all four members of the team. In the past that lead to events like Denny’s gargantuan Fantastic Four menu which had four different entrées, each one themed to a different member of the group. There was a Thing burger with a rocky-looking cheese bun (and, uh, “Thing Sauce”) for the Thing, Invisible Woman pancakes with “clear citrus glaze,” and so on.There is a new Fantastic Four movie coming to theaters, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and instead of a menu with four different items to choose from, Marvel…
With the release of several new productions, the world of cult science fiction is enjoying a resurgence. Classic science fiction is enjoying something of a renaissance these days. With the popular new Dune and Blade Runner films fresh in people’s minds, the time to invest in classic first editions is now. Generally, the older the book, the more valuable it is. Older first editions often had smaller print runs than the mass-market paperbacks of the ‘60s and ‘70s. When the author has signed a copy of their book, prices can skyrocket, sometimes increasing by a factor of ten or more.…
Italian artist Nicola Bolla’s sculpture Van Gogh Chair was seriously damaged earlier this month at Palazzo Maffei in Verona, Italy when two tourists tried to snap a photo with the work. Surveillance footage revealed that the visitors waited for museum staff to leave the gallery before posing with the sculpture, which partially collapsed as one of them sat on it. The sculpture is Bolla’s reinterpretation of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 painting Van Gogh’s Chair, which depicts a simple wooden seat on a tiled floor. Bolla’s version, created between 2006 and 2007, transforms the familiar image into a shimmering object coated…
While there are physical representations of Bitcoin currency, one investor has lost access to his funds after throwing away a hard drive that contained verification keys for what is now worth $742 million, but remains unrecovered. When we think about hunting for treasure or mining for gold, we conjure up images of pirates and explorers setting off on epic quests. For one man, however, a more modern quest has been ongoing for the last twelve years, and while he hasn’t discovered the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, he is still searching for his fortune. James Howells…
In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor (and several other characters) experienced prophetic visions that teased the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At the time, everyone (including us!) assumed these visions were all about the arrival of Thanos and the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. And, to some extent, they were.But Ultron also predicted humanity was doomed. And he focused most of his hatred on Tony Stark, who in some form or fashion is about to turn into Doctor Doom in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. And the more you dig into Age of Ultron and its visions, the more you realize that Ultron could have been…
17th-century painting by Dutch artist Frans Post.Image Source: Sotheby’s via Robb Report Last month, auction house Sotheby’s sold a painting from 17th-century Dutch painter Frans Post for $7.37 million, according to the Robb Report. The sale comes after the painting, View of Olinda, Brazil, with Ruins of the Jesuit Church, was recovered from a barn attic. George Wachter, chairman and co-worldwide head of Old Master paintings at Sotheby’s, said the painting may have been in a barn for one hundred years. When the painting was discovered, it was “filthy, black, (and) dirty,” Wachter noted. Wachter also indicated that people could…
All The Naked Gun reboot/sequel needs to do: Be funny. If you’re going to make a new version of one of the best comedy franchises ever, it’d better make people laugh.The new trailer for the new Naked Gun made me laugh out loud three separate times. So it’s off to a pretty good start.Granted, you can make a bad comedy look like a winner by putting every single funny moment out of 90 listless minutes into a two-minute trailer. But The Naked Gun, based on the old Zucker brothers cop spoofs starring Leslie Nielsen, was directed by the very funny Akiva Schaffer, and produced by Seth MacFarlane. And…
