Category Archives: Ephemera

Pointing out the transitory stuff, whether floating world or sinking feeling.

Le syncrétisme n’est pas un croque-madame!

Posted on 21 March 2009 by David Byron

With the vernal equinox upon us, the winter of our discontent can now be made summer by this son of baroque. While I prepare the rhetorical onslaught, pause for a moment to consider what may come of a culture that … Continue reading →

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But will it sell?

Posted on 1 August 2008 by David Byron

From Vincent van Gogh we have over 900 paintings as well as over 1000 drawings. He made nearly all of them during the final five years of his life. 365 times 5 would be just over 1800 days for those … Continue reading →

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Of Neighbors and Fences

Posted on 1 August 2008 by David Byron

From Patrick at Popehat comes news of a blockbuster art theft. Someone with no intention of selling the thing, and every intention of savoring it (or perhaps eliciting ransom for it), has contracted a crack team of pane-removing window climbers … Continue reading →

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She’s five and a half feet tall and weighs about a ton

Posted on 11 July 2008 by David Byron

Once in a while, the world sees the discovery of an ancient artifact in good condition that isn’t a forgery.  In this case, excavators near Skopje have unearthed a relatively awesome late Roman Venus pudica: All too often, things like … Continue reading →

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Topsy-Turvy World, Kitsch Edition

Posted on 8 July 2008 by David Byron

From Patrick at Popehat, we learn of a simple but amusing deconstruction of Thomas Kinkade’s mass market landscapes. A sample: There is an inexplicable absence of people, despite the presence of livestock, abandoned agricultural implements, raging chimney fires, what have … Continue reading →

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