7seconds, Young til I Die

A new exhibition all about Kurt Cobain opened at the Seattle Art Museum over the weekend.

Grunge music is arguably Seattle’s greatest cultural export of the past 20 years, and Kurt Cobain was that movement’s central figure. The historical impact of Kurt Cobain cannot be denied or overestimated. During and after his brief career—which came to a premature end in 1994—his life and work have reverberated across the globe. Kurt celebrates that influence, in particular the effect he had on the creative lives and thought processes of artists.

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K-Solo, Your Mom’s in My Business, 1990

Andrew Kuo‘s My Wheel of Worry, May 2010

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Watch these two ads: one for Apple’s iPad and the other for the Newton (after the jump). Quite similar.

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What do you think?  That padded shoulder is kind of fresh.

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The Pentax 645D is coming soon – May in Japan, other countries soon after. Medium format, digital, 100-1600 iso, ideal for the field or studio. It’s got a giant 43mm x 33mm sensor that grabs images at 40 megapixels. Dual SD slots- you can throw RAW images on one card and JPGs on the other. Hefty monster.

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Chinese astronauts eat dog meat to keep their strength up as they orbit around the earth

Pra quem mora lá o céu é lá (To those who live there, the sky is there).  Opening tonight.

FUNDAÇÃO DE ARTE MODERNA
E CONTEMPORÂNEA – COLECÇÃO BERARDO

Praça do Império
1449-003 Lisboa
Portugal

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Miss Michigan Rima Fakih. Hachi Machi!

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After making his way across North America, Banksy quietly showed up in New York over the weekend. Expect to see more of this fun in the next couple days.

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Dead Kennedys – Rawhide (lost session tapes)

Dave Schubert, Margaret Kilgallen

This week…

Frank Frazetta, Rest in Peace

We dug up an old interview with Mike Giant

This Commuter bike by Tato looked sick

We stopped by Rick Owens new opening

and

Andi Muise couldn’t have looked more fine

Created by Jake Sumner with Spike Lee, the short film debuts tonight at Nike’s new Stadium Space at 276 Bowery.

These are just some of the works of art that go on the auction block tomorrow (5/15).  See the full catalogue here