On this date in 1973 a bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden turned into a five-day hostage crisis. During that time the hostages began to sympathize with their captors, leading to the psychological condition known as “Stockholm syndrome”, coined by psychiatrist Nils Bejerot, who assisted the police during the...
If I had to take a guess, I’d assume this next museum is a personal favourite of the Chicken Lady. Once located in the centre of Seoul, the Museum of Chicken Art has now moved to northern Gyeonggi-do as the Maniker Museum of Chicken Art. If you’re wondering if it...
I need to stop the wax museum posts. But I feel it’s my responsibility to share the creepiness with you. Please don’t try this at home.
In honor of the London Olympic Games, with its official opening ceremony, let me tell you about the World’s First Sand Sculpture Museum that has been built in Japan. What does 100,000 years of accumulation of rock and mineral particles over 323 acres, the largest such dune in Japan, have...
As promised, I begin this round of guest posts with an acquaintance of mine, Chicago artist and writer Dmitry Samarov (check out his artwork, his book, his other writings, even his twitter). Thanks to everyone who has submitted a piece or has promised to send one. Look for yours in...
I mentioned a Russian museum yesterday, so I thought I’d share something somewhat related. Last year there was a Russian Criminal Tattoo exhibit by Fuel Design in London. It included 120 original drawings by Danzig Baldaev, a prison guard from 1948 to 1986, who documented the art and meanings of...
Elvis is alive and well and lives at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland.
Label: Matreoschkas (a common name for a Russian woman). Its history is linked with S. Malyutin, a famous designer from the Talshkino circle. His designs gave rise to the first painted, lathe-turned wood doll in 1890s. Pollock’s Toy Museum takes its name from Benjamin Pollock, the last of the Victorian...
Final drawing for “Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or, There Must Be More to Life”, 1967. Part of the Maurice Sendak Collection at the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadephia, home to over 10,000 Sendak objects, including original drawings, preliminary sketches, manuscript materials, photographs, proofs and rare prints of his books. R.I.P....
Like most people, I absolutely detest anything to do with spiders. But Anne Bradshaw Clopton was a bit different. In 1889 at 11 years old, Clopton discovered a magazine article about a German artist who used gossamer, or extremely fine spider silk, as his canvas. Clopton decided to give it...
