thisistheverge:

Ill-gotten gains: how many museums have stolen objects in their collections?

Met’s move to return two statues to Cambodia among many disputed objects worldwide

motherjones:

patrickt:

I recreated Piet Mondrian’s Trafalgar Square in Excel. You can view the original here. 

Best spreadsheet ever.

laughingsquid:

Half, Before and After Composite Portraits of Drug Abuse

Not the first time this has been done. Also see E-J Major’s project Marie Claire RIP.

flavorpill:

The coolest trains in the world 

Jonathan Borofsky, Hammering Man, 1984–1985, painted steel plate, Cor-Ten steel, and motor, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas

(Photo via Diorama Sky on Flickr)

Sandro Botticelli, Venus and Mars, c. 1485, tempera and oil on wood, The National Gallery, London

Grant Wood, Parson Weems’ Fable, 1939, oil on canvas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

I was in a grocery store a few days ago and saw a display promoting cherries as the patriotic, holiday-appropriate fruit because of this story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Um, yeah, I think that’s reaching a little, there.

cincopation:

The Dallas Museum of Art is getting smart, offering to trade the technical/programmatic expertise of an accredited American museum for the temporary exchange of cultural treasures of museums in places where standards of care, conservation and programmatic dialogue are at a standstill.  Article linked above. 

This is very cool.

Frank Lloyd Wright, dining table and six side chairs, designed for the Robie House, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL