Stuart Davis and Jazz

 

Very interesting blogpost on artist Stuart Davis by Seth Saith which includes an analysys of the influence of jazz on Davis's art by Ben Sidran. See here is Hot Still-Scape for Six Colors - Seventh Avenue Style, 1940


Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des manuscrits

 

Thanks to Gallica for this amazing manuscript:  

Kustaa Saksi


Thanks to Arcademic for this overview of Kustaa's Saksi beautiful textile embroidery.

Umberto Eco and Ur Fascismo



Audio, full article and List 

Marina Marcolin


Intervista a Marina Marcolin e altre bravissime illustratrici su Radicelabirinto.it, libreria per bambini e ragazzi.

Sonora art village

On Designboom is featured a beautiful project of fictional architecture by Davit and Mary Jilavyan, 
also to be found on their Behance site, it is a joy to wonder how this artists community could exist and how wonderful would be to be part of it.

neli0 street murals


neli0 is a French visual artist has a very interesting range of variations on a theme based on geometry and abstraction, thanks to the Coolist for the post.

Holy Bible / Divine violence

We-heart on a re-interpretation of the Holy Bible by artists' duo Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin using the Archive of Modern Conflict archive. Also a critique on their work by Lewis Bush on Disphotic.

Italian Renaissance Textile Designs

Very comprehensive blog with inspiration such as this on embroidery and needlework, thank you to Mary Corbet and her Needle 'n Thread blog.

Manual Refresh Rate


Art book by Rotterdam artist Mike Ottink on show at Frank Taal Gallery. I also like his PcP book:

La fabuleuse HISTOIRE des MANGAS

I just acquired La fabuleuse HISTOIRE des MANGAS compiled by Pierre-Stépahne Proust, an exhibition and a book, great resource of historical facts on the origins of this fascinating art form.

Commedia all'Italiana

Blog full of comedic Italian 'Carry on' film scenes from Commedia Sexy all'Italiana.

Familiar face

Review by the excellent Solrad of Drawn & Quarterly comic by Michiel Deforge.

Dreams is what Le Cinema is for...

Dreams is what Le Cinema is for...  is a blog full of filmic inspiration arching back to movie history and insightful reflections on know and less known movies, thank you for the wonderful posts!

Okamoto Kiichi (1888–1930)

Thanks to 50 Watts for showcasing beautiful artwork by Japanese artist Okamoto Kiichi (1888–1930), 

Woshibai

Fascinating review by Solrad of talented Shangai based cartoonist Woshibai.

Jérémie Fischer

From the inspiring blog of Picture book makers also comes this children book 'Little Duke’s Tales' by illustrator Jérémie Fischer and text by Jean-Baptiste Labrune.
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