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Potato heads are cool

May 26, 2009 – 4:09 pm

Stand aside Mr Potato head, the root vegetables of Lebanon are here and they’re awesome. Artist Ginou Choueiri paints these realistic potato portraits and exhibits them all over the world. Check out the website.

By Eleri Harris | Posted in Stuff we like | Comments (2)

Stuff we like: artists rolling in their graves

December 8, 2008 – 11:28 am

Crikey intern Michael Griffiths brings you today’s talk of the towns.
Rolling in his grave. Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia, Barcelona architectural icon, is famous for two things: being a masterpiece and being unfinished. Now, 125 years after building began, a group of Spanish intellectuals are saying it looks crap and has betrayed Gaudi’s vision (sort of [...]

By Jane Nethercote | Posted in Stuff we like | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)