Richard Avedon iPad App

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In 1944, at a mere 21 years old, Richard Avedon began his prolific career at Harper’s Bazaar, working as a staff photographer. Boundary-pushing Avedon, under the guide of art director Alexey Brodovitch, broke the norm and brought models to life, transporting them from the studio to the street and using the city as his canvas for more youthful, energetic photos. His extensive work can now …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

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1. Porcelain Pieces Combine Street Fighter with Ai Weiwei’s 1995 “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” piece and you get the work of German artist Martin Klimas. In his “Porcelain Figurines,” the Düsseldorf-based photographer drops the fragile statues to the ground and captures them as they shatter, injecting a dynamic quality into the rigid pieces. 2. An Ocean on Pluto’s Moon According to a new NASA …

Hamilton’s Unfulfilled Ulysses Quest

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Britain’s father of pop art, Richard Hamilton, once sought to create the definitive collection of illustrations for James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses. While he wasn’t able to complete the mission, he did amass 60 drawings and prints. The British Museum exhibited the works back in 2002 and a selection once again went on display for free on 16 June 2014—but only because they were turned …