Lists at the Morgan Library
“Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art.”
The Steins collect
The Steins collect paintings on walls of painting.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog’s journey into the Chauvet cave
Van Dyke Parks on Bananastan
“Not every record label has a logo designed by Art Spiegelman.”
Antique Packaging
Antique Packaging is a book of photographs of old cardboard boxes.
Random Title Exhibit Generator
“Apposite Banality: The Dysfunction of the Local”
Thornton Dial in Indianapolis
A retrospective of his art
IBEW logo
“It’s the juxtaposition of crackling electricity and proper attire that gets me.”
“Painters and Poets”
Three slideshows for “Tibor de Nagy Painters and Poets.”
Pet Sounds cover, reimagined
Art by Andrew Kolb, from 33.3 Art Show of redesigned album covers
"[A]rt's about limits"
Film critic Richard Schickel: "If I may just say so, I am so irritated with young people who proudly claim never to have seen a black-and-white movie. They don’t understand: art’s about limits. It’s not about limitlessness."
Caroline, yes
Caroline's Crayons, drawing again
Dik Browne’s Christmas cards
From the man who drew Hi and Lois
Penguin Great Ideas, fifth series
New covers
“Creative Personality Checklist”
Which pencil are you?
Richard Wollheim on looking at art
It takes hours to pay attention
"R. Crumb's Depression Graph"
Tracking time, place, age, appearance, activities, mood
Harvey Pekar (1939-2010)
A great chronicler of dailiness
Telephone Brand Agar-Agar
From Thailand, in a beautiful package
Review: Liza Kirwin, Lists
Review of a book of artists' lists
Worry Wheel
By Andrew Kuo
David Hockney and the iPad
He's drawing on one
Greenwich Village and coffee house
Illustrations from Hart's Guide to New York City (1964)
MOMA's @
The @ sign in the Museum of Modern Art
Artists' lists
A Smithsonian exhibit
Caroline's Crayons' telegram story
A story in pictures, from Caroline's Crayons
Solari e Tufte
Edward Tufte plans to repurpose Solari board as art
Geo-B's art
A hospital stay turned into pictures
Movie recommendation: Forever
Heddy Honigmann's documentary on Père-Lachaise
Sam FInk's letters
Letters from a 93-year-old illustrator