things I like, vol. 43 (art edition)

I have been saving up for this post since May, apparently, which means I am officially taking the "this week" out of the title for good.

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I adore Carey Mulligan, and the twenties, and Fitzgerald, and my only significant disappointment with the recent movie was Tobey Maguire's incessant whine (they really should've cast James McAvoy, who would've done it justice). The Vogue article about Carey was lovely, not just for the pictures but also for the insight into her character development; in the accompanying behind-the-scenes video, she reads in her natural accent one of my favorite passages from the book.

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It is a bathtub hammock. Now if only it were accompanied by a fireplace . . .

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A fascinating article about David Hockney, who proposed that artists were using a lens to help them sketch images long before art history had traditionally acknowledged it.

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Two of my favorite tango people, Homer and Christina. If you've ever struggled to put a visual to musicality, this is it. (It gets more impressive as it goes on, so keep watching.)

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Two paintings from Ugallery.com, which is devoted to providing an online gallery space for emerging artists (often university students).

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A photograph of a girl who has been painted on and placed in a milk bath. (more at the link)

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Chain link fencing as art, from 22 Dreamy Art Installations You Want to Live In. 

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A stunningly beautiful set of engagement photos in Iceland.

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What struck me most about these pictures is how modern they look, despite the four decades that have passed since they were taken. 

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Yes, please. 

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The article title says it all: Abandoned Walmart is Now America's Largest Library. If only all our Walmarts were so magically transformed.

things I like this week, vol. 39

I have it on good authority that this performance is entirely improv - that these dancers never choreograph a performance (unlike most professional dancers).

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It's the entire text of The Great Gastby on a 20x30 poster.

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My friend Bree, photographed for an article on the local brewery Borderlands. Her fiance is the brewer. Their beer (and I don't like beer) is awesome.

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Angelina Jolie in an interview for Vanity Fair in 2010, talking about her kids becoming teenagers:

“I had some great advice: ‘You’ll know they’re teenagers when they close the door.’ And when they start closing the door, don’t talk to them, listen. Because there’s nothing you could say. You’re not going to be able to tell them you know better. You’re not going to be able to correct them. . . . You have to raise them right before that. Then you need to listen for a good five years, just keep your mouth closed. Just be their friend—don’t try to always tell them they’re wrong.”

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 I would like to spend my entire summer like this - swimsuit, nailpolish, turban, everything. From a blogpost about American designer Claire McCardell.

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There's part of me that read this article and the accompanying NPR interview and wanted to become a street musician.

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Although pianos are hard to transport and I could never be as fast-fingered as this guy.

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Casey Legler, who is a woman working entirely as a male model. So awesome.

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Simple and elegant roses from a Slim Paley post . . .

 

. . . which inspired me to get these the following morning . . . 

 

. . . which looked about the way Sauvignon Republic's 2012 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc tasted, which is to say, like grapefruit and sunrise. I highly recommend it with your next brunch - it's $8 at Trader Joe's.