Kiss, Love, Goodbye...

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Eclipse by Lena Macka

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"World Peace"

On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Daredevil urban climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov (aka BEERKUS) scaled the 1,454-foot antenna spire of New York’s Empire State Building. At the summit, they unfurled a "world peace" banner before BEERKUS proposed.

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Courtesy: Glen Martin Taylor

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Graffiti plate by Glen Martin Taylor

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Betye Saar (July 30, 1926 – July 26, 2026)

Miss Saar was an iconic American visual artist and a pioneer of assemblage art.

Best known for her powerful, politically charged sculptures constructed from found objects, she was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement and the feminist art movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

Over her seven-decade career, she masterfully transformed derogatory Black stereotypes and discarded memorabilia into symbols of liberation, resistance, and ancestral power.

(Betye Saar, Palm of Love, 1966, Etching with relief printing, 48×66 cm. Courtesy: MoMA, New York)

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Microdot Tattoos by CipherX

Microdot Tattoos represents the world's first commercially available painless, permanent tattoo technology.

Developed by the London-based skin technology startup CipherX, this system entirely replaces traditional, vibrating tattoo guns with a disposable patch containing dissolving microneedles.

Engineered from a combination of carbon black tattoo ink and a biocompatible polymer, the micro-scale needles penetrate only the very top layer of the skin.

When they come into contact with the skin's natural moisture, they dissolve completely within 10 to 15 minutes, depositing a permanent ink design with zero vibration, no visible blood, and minimal physical discomfort.

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Amy Winehouse

Remembering Amy Winehouse on the Anniversary of Her Passing ⠀ Amy Winehouse (September 14, 1983 – July 23, 2011) was one of the most extraordinary singer-songwriters of her generation. Blending soul, jazz, R&B, and pop with remarkable honesty and emotional depth, she created a body of work that continues to resonate with audiences around the world. ⠀ Her landmark album Back to Black became a modern classic, featuring unforgettable songs such as Rehab, Back to Black, You Know I'm No Good, Love Is a Losing Game, and Tears Dry on Their Own.

Her unique voice, fearless songwriting, and timeless artistry earned her five Grammy Awards in a single night and secured her place among music's greatest talents. ⠀ Today marks the anniversary of her passing in 2011. Amy Winehouse's remarkable voice and unforgettable music continue to inspire new generations, ensuring that her legacy will never fade.

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Andy Warhol, Heart-Shaped Candy Box (True Love), 1984,

Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen ink on canvas,

10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.),

Courtesy: Christie's

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"I kiss you a thousand times with all my heart"

Painted in 1966,

Roberto Matta, Oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 27 in. (67.3 x 68.6 cm)

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Alessandra Aita Art !

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Franco Anselmi, "Always Together,"

mixed-media collage and textile intervention

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An Egyptian limestone pair statue of the royal acquaintances Nebeday and Mrs-Sat,

The hieroglyphic inscription identifies the couple and their son, Meh-er-nefer, who is recorded as the dedicant of the monument in honour of his parents. 

Mes-sat puts her arms around him in a loving embrace

Old Kingdom, mid- to late 5th dynasty, circa 2400-2300 B.C.

24⅜ in (61.8 cm) high.

Courtesy: Christie's

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Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026)

Born in 1930 in New York to parents from the Virgin Islands, Rollins began playing alto saxophone around age eight. He also played piano, and at age 16, picked up the tenor saxophone after being inspired by Coleman Hawkins. He began performing professionally after graduating from high school in 1948, playing with the likes of Bud Powell and Roy Haynes.

In the 1950s, he began releasing albums at a steady clip, first as a sideman to Miles Davis before delivering a series of records as a bandleader, including Work Time, Tenor Madness and his celebrated 1956 album Saxophone Colossus. He took hiatuses from music in 1959 and 1966, but always eventually came back to making music. His last album was 2006’s Sonny, Please.

He received a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy in 2004, and is a National Medal of Arts honoree and a Kennedy Center Honoree, in addition to having received honorary doctorates from six universities, including Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music.

Mr. Rollins retired from performing in 2014 due to respiratory issues from pulmonary fibrosis, and in 2017, he donated his archives to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Rest In Power !

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1937 Evening Coat

A collaboration between Elsa Schiaparelli and Jean Cocteau

Photograph courtesy of © 2025 ADAGP DACS Comité Cocteau, Paris.

Photograph © Emil Larsson.

Drawing for Schiaparelli by Jean Cocteau. Pencil and coloured pencil on paper, 1937.

On loan from West Dean (The Edward James Foundation)

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BRASSAÏ, Graffiti, c. 1930s

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"LOVE"

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Su Richardson, "Unfinished Hearts," 1977,

Signed, inscribed and dated 'Postal Event May '77./"INCOMPLETE HALF/HEARTS - BELONGING TO: - /SUE + MICK."/Lyn/From/Sue R./with hope/with despair/depending on how you/look at them, or, how/they look today.' (on the artist's label attached to the crochet hook),

Crochet yarn, crochet hook and painted plaster with pins, paintbrush and handwritten tag,

5 in. (12.7 cm.) high