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Archive for May 14th, 2008

Artist and designer of the now-iconic Vuitton handbags, Takashi Murakami, is auctioning off several pieces in Sotheby’s upcoming spring auctions. The most valuable, estimated between $3-4 million, is a sculpture of a manga dude, um, “ejaculating in lasso-like form,” titled “My Lonesome Cowboy.”
Hey, it’s not NSFW if it’s art.
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Takashi Murakami, the artist known in part [...]

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Beijing-based artist Zhan Wang sculpted the San Francisco cityscape out of pots, pans, graters, and other kitchenware. The piece is part of a new exhibition of Wang’s work at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum running until May 25.
Zhan Wang is among the most respected artists in China, having become world-renown for his stainless steel sculptures [...]

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Mariah Carey is winning the battle with Madonna.
The numbers are in and Madonna’s Hard Candy has dropped from its #1 spot debut to #5 in the U.S. album charts in just one week.
Whereas Mariah Carey’s E=MC2, in its 4th week of release, comes in 4 for the week, despite being out much longer than [...]

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