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Oh, yes! I saw that yesterday. Such an odd little creature
December 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Oh, yes! I saw that yesterday. Such an odd little creature
…and, if we’re talking about things in art that may or may not be there
There’s no specific date for this one, but *during* May 1961 Italian artist Piero Manzoni shat in some tins, so I think we can all agree that – precise or otherwise – this is a 64th anniversary that simply cannot go unmarked
December 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
…and, if we’re talking about things in art that may or may not be there
Klein-related footnote: “Friedman’s plinth supports both nothing and something at the same time, for the space above it has been cursed”
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Klein-related footnote: “Friedman’s plinth supports both nothing and something at the same time, for the space above it has been cursed”
Splendid, thank you
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Splendid, thank you
Thank you. All the best people love Freddie
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Thank you. All the best people love Freddie
Yes, it doesn't sound wise
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Yes, it doesn't sound wise
(in the spirit of Freddie Mercury’s “As a daffodil, my dear!”, just to clarify)
December 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
(in the spirit of Freddie Mercury’s “As a daffodil, my dear!”, just to clarify)
Yes, that’s right:
Roses are red
Daffodils are gay
Roses are red
Daffodils are gay
Sex-mad Dave the Duck had penis removed after mating 30-plus times a day
Poor Dave has physically recovered - but his owner says he's no longer his old self
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December 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Yes, that’s right:
Roses are red
Daffodils are gay
Roses are red
Daffodils are gay
...AND – THE VERY SAME DAY:
December 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
...AND – THE VERY SAME DAY:
AND it’s the sixth anniversary of the giant Swindon Hula Hoop
Eight-year-old Tom discovers massive Hula Hoop (and he hopes it's a world record!)
STUNNED Tom McGrath has told of his delight a finding a super-sized Hula Hoop.
www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
AND it’s the sixth anniversary of the giant Swindon Hula Hoop
In case you can’t be bothered to click through for the full details:
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In case you can’t be bothered to click through for the full details:
It’s the 18th anniversary of the headline ‘Cyprus court jails eggs-in-underpants sorceress’ – a story in which “an elderly woman” is jailed for 20 days for... well, yes: “casting a spell that involved breaking an egg in a man’s underpants”
Cyprus court jails egg-in-underpants sorceress
A Cypriot court jailed an elderly woman for 20 days on Thursday for casting a spell that involved breaking an egg in a man's underpants.
www.reuters.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It’s the 18th anniversary of the headline ‘Cyprus court jails eggs-in-underpants sorceress’ – a story in which “an elderly woman” is jailed for 20 days for... well, yes: “casting a spell that involved breaking an egg in a man’s underpants”
Still, feel free to download any of the pictures in this thread. I will only charge you £1,000 each for the privilege
But I haven’t finished yet, because 7 December offers us an embarrassment of riches...
But I haven’t finished yet, because 7 December offers us an embarrassment of riches...
December 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Still, feel free to download any of the pictures in this thread. I will only charge you £1,000 each for the privilege
But I haven’t finished yet, because 7 December offers us an embarrassment of riches...
But I haven’t finished yet, because 7 December offers us an embarrassment of riches...
If all this sounds a bit familiar, the guy who sold it said “The latter work foreshadows the NFT phenomenon. It’s a revolution” – apparently forgetting that the receipt actually exists
An Art Market Maverick: In Conversation With Legendary Collector Loïc Malle
'Collecting is a compulsion,' says Loïc Malle 'An addiction even. I don’t want to be cured. I still want to discover, learn and enjoy.' As the legendary collector brings a unique and dynamic group of ...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If all this sounds a bit familiar, the guy who sold it said “The latter work foreshadows the NFT phenomenon. It’s a revolution” – apparently forgetting that the receipt actually exists
...but he sold at least seven Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility receipts, most of which were burnt as planned. According to Klein, this “rebalanced the natural order” between buyer and seller. One survived, though, and (well, of course) sold for €850,000 in April 2022
Anonymous Buyer Pays Over $1 Million for a Piece of Invisible Art
The receipt for one of Yves Klein's "Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility" was described by Sotheby's as an early NFT
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
...but he sold at least seven Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility receipts, most of which were burnt as planned. According to Klein, this “rebalanced the natural order” between buyer and seller. One survived, though, and (well, of course) sold for €850,000 in April 2022
The most famous manifestation of Klein’s obsession with voids is probably still his leap into it www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The most famous manifestation of Klein’s obsession with voids is probably still his leap into it www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
(A couple of years later, a friend of Klein’s created Le Plein – The Full-Up – by filling the same room with so much rubbish that the work could only be seen through the window)
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
(A couple of years later, a friend of Klein’s created Le Plein – The Full-Up – by filling the same room with so much rubbish that the work could only be seen through the window)
One account of the night says “A blue drink (a combination of gin, Cointreau, and methylene blue) was served to the 3,500 attendees, who apparently ended up urinating blue the next day (much to the artist’s delight)”
Two Exhibitions at Iris Clert Gallery, Paris: Yves Klein’s Le Vide...
Recently my work with color has led me, in spite of myself, to search little by little, with some assistance (from the observer, from the translator), for the realization of matter, and I have decided...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
One account of the night says “A blue drink (a combination of gin, Cointreau, and methylene blue) was served to the 3,500 attendees, who apparently ended up urinating blue the next day (much to the artist’s delight)”
It opened on his 30th birthday at a gallery whose windows had been painted International Klein Blue, and whose entrance had been specially draped with blue curtains. At least 3,000 people turned up, “requiring 3 wagons of police to control the mob” web.archive.org/web/20080719...
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It opened on his 30th birthday at a gallery whose windows had been painted International Klein Blue, and whose entrance had been specially draped with blue curtains. At least 3,000 people turned up, “requiring 3 wagons of police to control the mob” web.archive.org/web/20080719...
This was a room which had been entirely emptied, except for an empty cabinet, and painted completely white, saving Klein from creating actual work by instead creating the idea of it in the minds of viewers – who came in droves
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This was a room which had been entirely emptied, except for an empty cabinet, and painted completely white, saving Klein from creating actual work by instead creating the idea of it in the minds of viewers – who came in droves
This work followed his famous La spécialisation de la sensibilité à l’état matière première en sensibilité picturale stabilisée, Le Vide (The Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State into Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility, The Void)
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This work followed his famous La spécialisation de la sensibilité à l’état matière première en sensibilité picturale stabilisée, Le Vide (The Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State into Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility, The Void)
Klein, you see, was selling ‘Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility’ – empty space in exchange for 20 grams of gold. Then, if the buyer agreed to burn the certificate, Klein chucked half the gold in the Seine. Obviously
December 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Klein, you see, was selling ‘Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility’ – empty space in exchange for 20 grams of gold. Then, if the buyer agreed to burn the certificate, Klein chucked half the gold in the Seine. Obviously