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"Gay Christmas," illuminated drones finishing monuments, a portable record player and more this week
Tag: Halloween
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Halloween’s Intrinsic Connection to Queerness
Throughout recent history—from the 1940s to the ’70s and ’80s—Halloween has been a vehicle for queer people to embrace who they are. Case in point: Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. In its first …
The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust’s First-Ever In-Person Halloween Event, Gorey 849
At NYC's Hotel Eventi, the macabre author and illustrator's work came to life
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Pagan turnips to jack-o'lanterns, contemporary art at the ancient pyramids, lab-grown brains and more from around the internet
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Artist Gary Baseman’s “Nightmares of Halloween Past” Art + Archival Photography Book
In his forthcoming hardcover book Nightmares of Halloween Past, LA-based interdisciplinary artist Gary Baseman pairs more than 300 archival photographs that he’s collected over the last two decades with 20 original Halloween-inspired paintings …
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Ancient Celtic Turnip Carvings Paved the Way for Jack-O’-Lanterns
Samhain (which means “summer’s end” in Gaelic) is the ancient pagan festival that ushered in the beginning of winter and the Celtic new year. It also evolved into All Hallow’s Eve, and …
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Nightclub Art Troupe House of Yes + Digital Platform Bramble’s Virtual Spectacle, “House of Hallucinations”
Halloween may be over but the reverberations from the “House of Hallucinations” still linger. In lieu of an in-person affair, nightclub art party programmers House of Yes built a spooky world within …
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A guide for anxious voters, haunted hotel tales, a stylish car collaboration and more from around the web
Link About It: This Week’s Picks
3D Mona Lisa, NASA's "Galaxy of Horrors," overlooked women artists, modular homes and more from around the internet
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NASA Unveils Two “Galaxy of Horrors” Posters
Just in time for Halloween, NASA has shared two posters featuring the distant exoplanets, HD 189733 b (Rains of Terror) and PSR B1257+12 c (Zombie Worlds). For this series, meant to showcase …