by Paddy Johnson and Matthew Leifheit on June 2, 2014
We’re departing from our usual art GIF focus to highlight this promo GIF for the RadioLoveFest at BAM. As you can see above, the bars cleverly mimic a digital visualization of volume and complete the shape of a heart.
The event itself sounds amazing; during this five day festival, running from June 5th to June 8th, WNYC will re-imagine some of public radio’s most loved programs in the form of live theatre. The schedule for all this fun can be found here.
Read the full article →
by Paddy Johnson and Matthew Leifheit on May 30, 2014
Real estate mogul Luke Brugnara can’t stay out of headlines. In 2010 he was sentenced in federal court to 15 months in prison for poaching steelhead trout in a creek on his farm, and an additional 15 months for failing to pay $300,000 in taxes. Now, he’s accused of art-based mail fraud; federal prosecutors have accused him of accepting a delivery of art and then refusing to pay for the pieces or return them. In total, prosecutors allege he owes 10,785,000 million dollars to an unnamed art dealer from New York for 16 paintings by Willem de Kooning, an Edgar Degas sculpture, and three works by George Luks, Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso, according to the FBI.
Read the full article →
