Russian Graffiti Portraits

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On the walls of an abandoned WWII hospital in Yekaterinburg, Russia, street artist T-Radya creates poignant portraits of fallen Russian WWII soldiers by assembling bandages on wooden boards and then setting them on fire.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

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1. Mass Modern Auction Nearly 500 modern designs from Alvar Aalto to Sori Yanagi will go up for sale at Wright’s final spring auction in Chicago on 9 July 2011. With no set reserves, you might just get lucky. 2. Rainbow Flag Redesign The design team at Worldstudio recently took on the task of modifying the widespread symbol of gay solidarity, updating the rainbow stripes …

Mass Modern Auction

The history of petty theft, fire graffiti, American Le Mans cars and more in our weekly survey of the web

Nearly 500 modern designs from Alvar Aalto to Sori Yanagi will go up for sale at Wright’s final spring auction in Chicago on 9 July 2011. With no set reserves, you might just get lucky.