Surplus Cats

I’m not quite done talking about the trip. I forgot the most important part — the mystery artwork that I swore I would ask the Internet to explain. Our hotel room featured the following huge print: What is happening here? There seems to be a table coming through either a window or a mirror, holding [...]

What you are looking at is a rack from a thrift shop, and on this rack is a small handbag printed with a photo of a pope that I could not resist snapping with my crappy camera phone. The reddish background of the bag is actually somewhat shiny and iridescent, shifting from red to wine [...]

This guy was hanging out behind a bus stop where I was waiting last night. I have no idea how long it has been there, and bet a lot of people walk by without noticing, thinking it’s just more construction equipment lying around. Very Pittsburgh.

First up we have Timur Serebrykov, a 27 year old security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art here in Pittsburgh, who was caught on video destroying the painting to the left, Night Sky #2, by Vija Celmins, with his keys. His response? “I didn’t like the painting… I’m sorry.” The Post-Gazette reports: According to [...]