[itscolossal]

Full Grown: Trees Grown into Furniture and Art Objects

[mtaartsdesign]

At the public open house for the new 96th Street #2ndAveSubway station! At 14,000 square feet, #SarahSze’s “Blueprint for a Landscape” is the largest permanent artwork in the #MTAArts collection!

[mtaartsdesign]

Written to honor the historic opening of the #SecondAvenueSubway, we are thrilled to present Poetry in Motion’s newest offering: “Subway” written by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins! Artwork features a detail from Sarah Sze’s immersive work “Blueprint for a Landscape” installed at the new 96th Street station.

[clupster]

[aquanite]

get The Heck out my seEDS

[discourseofwalls-deactivated201]

The brutality of the animal kingdom. TKO.

[itscolossal]

New Glitched-Out Rugs Designed from Traditional Textiles by Faig Ahmed

[itscolossal]

The Japanese Museum of Rocks That Look Like Faces

[itscolossal]

My New Old Chair: Artist “Fixes” Broken Wood Furniture with Opposing Materials

[installator]

“Richmond Ferry church all dressed up in old quilts. It was fun to check out @browdertown & co at work, excited to see the final product! #spectrallocus” (jack_murphy_stadium)

[nickholmes]

“Pass these out to the guys.”

[knaggen-blog]

Peter Campus

[bazaardotco]

[b22-design]

Instant City - José Miguel de Prada Poole - 1971

[ummhello]

[stillwatermelon]

Thomas Schütte, Melonely (1986) wood, paint, 11 parts

[archivesofamericanart]

Ninth Installment: A to Z Wednesdays

Each Wednesday we feature gems from our collections in alphabetical order.

Today is brought to you by the letter I: Illustrated Letter.

This week we highlight an illustrated letter from Joseph Frueh to Giuliette Fanciulli from January 10, 1913. The letter opens up into a little gallery of pictures, and was meant to educate Ms. Fanciulli before visiting a gallery.

Alfred Joseph Frueh to Giuliette Fanciulli,  January 10, 1913. Alfred J. Frueh papers, 1904-1993. Archives of American Art.

[itscolossal]

Surreal Views of the Marqueyssac Topiary Gardens Photographed by Philippe Jarrigeon

[itscolossal]

WATCH: Footage of Osaka’s Skyline Transformed into a World Where Architecture Grows Organically [video]

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drawings by Renzo Picasso