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 something like [...]
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Holy crap: Pope on a purse
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 [...]
Bridgebot or maybe Burghbot.
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.
Two acts of intentional destruction
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 the police affidavit, the [...]