Untitled

think-progress:

Here are the 12 most memorable images of 2012. 

sfmoma:

Happy birthday to Jean-Michel Basquiat, who would have been 52 years old today.  

A remarkable capacity for introspection and distillation made itself apparent in the graffiti work of Basquiat’s teen years, wherein he adopted the pseudonym SAMO and sprayed messages onto walls throughout NYC.  This craft of creating metaphors, and a sense of play in staging opposing dichotomies (integration and segregation, wealth and poverty, etc.) came to define his work as a painter. 

Pictured here is a detail of Untitled (Venus/The Great Circle), a work currently on view as part of the Logan Collection at SFMOMA.

tumblropenarts:

Triangular fox

think-progress:

Newspaper headlines and school officials from across Connecticut blast the NRA.

asiasociety:

International Migrants Day: Time to Commit to a Pro-Migrant Future

For the wealthiest nations of the world, with the resources to act with foresight, now is the time to move away from divisive and often ilinformed biases toward migration challenges, writes Andrew Billo.

Read the full story here.

asiasociety:

Milestone for South Korea: Nation Elects Park Geun-hye, First Female President [UPDATED]

Earlier today South Korea elected a new president, Park Geun-hye, the nation’s first female president and the daughter of its longest-ruling dictator, Park Chung-hee. Asia Society surveys reactions to the news.

Read the full story here.

buggirl:

My Flower Mantis died of old age, so I decided to pin him and keep him forever. Beautiful creature. 

sfmoma:

Wise words from artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who would have turned 52 years old today.