Dana Tanamachi

via Dana Tanamachi

Graphic designer Dana Tanamachi combines the minimalism and vintage flair that are quintessentially Brooklyn in her custom chalk lettering. She is emerging as the go-to lady for such old-timey signage and is being scooped up by clients from Google to the rest of us everyday Google minions. See a gallery of Tanamachi's work which includes time lapses of their creation.

Ignacio Torres

"This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies."

I love GIFs as high art. These are making my heart sing! See the rest of Torres' project Stellar in all its ethereal glory.

Colossal

Kim Hyun's Dice Figures via Colossal

Christopher Jobson's blog Colossal is full of art, craft, and design inspiration. Go check it out!

Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983-1993

Ai Weiwei outside Tompkins Square Park, 1986 via Asia Society

Celebrate the release of Ai Weiwei from Chinese government detainment by seeing over 200 of his photographs from his time as a New Yorker. They're now on view at Asia Society Museum until August 14th.

See more photos from Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs here.

Rouge 58

Installation view via Rouge 58

Rouge 58 is a brand new gallery and pop up show room in Williamsburg. Currently on view is FANATIC: Recent Works and Fan Art by Ruvan Wijesooriya. There are dozens of photographic prints and collaborations with illustrators that are "made to be accessible to new art collectors"!

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Artist Spotlight: Stephanie Liner

From Momentos Of A Doomed Construct via Stephanie Liner

"This work explores the connection between the human body and architecture, specifically the relationship between Interior and Exterior. I am interested in the way social expectations shape and dominate the exterior, both physically and interpersonally, and how those forces impact the interior."

This is irresistible. See more on her site.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Werner Herzog bridges a gap 30,000 years long when he takes us to southern France’s Chauvet cave in his latest documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams. This site of the oldest known cave paintings was discovered in 1994, and had been sealed for about 20,000 years pior. This allowed its paintings to remain fresh and for glorious champagne pink calcite to grow and sparkle upon nearly every surface. Shortly after its discovery, it was sealed once again by the French government.

In true Herzog fashion, he plows through obstacles to show us the unknown and unseen. We appreciate the journey all the more after he outlines the numerous restrictions to shooting, such as the film crew’s confinement to a two-foot wide walkway. He interviews the charming, often animated research team. They shed light on the purpose, techniques, and merits of the paintings. Most eerily, we see the path of a single cave painter whose handprints consistently show a crooked pinky finger throughout the cave. The Paleolithic painters used the rounded walls of the caves as dynamic canvasses and Herzog astutely chooses 3D to enhance their artistic choice. We witness the film crew’s discovery and the reverence for the people who displayed artistic sensitivity so mind-bogglingly long ago. The doc is filled with poetic moments, as Herzog probes into the origins of art, humanness, spirituality, and the continuing evolution of life on earth, which he illustrates in an odd but thought-provoking postscript of albino alligators swimming in nuclear plant water.

You won’t see this anywhere else.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams is now playing

Running time: 95 minutes

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