Website: Frida Kahlo’s 103rd birthday celebrated with Google doodle
In the image, Kahlo is depicted in front of the Google logo; a giant flower blooming behind her with its vines snaking around the “Google” emblem and Kahlo’s neck.
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Art: Street Artists Add A Little Porn To The iPad
The group Freedom From Porn has been going all around the city and altering the iPad ads to add a little porn to them. To be clear, these aren’t really explicit additions, instead, they’re more subversive. For example, see the Steve Jobs’ Facebook page below.
New Art: Destoryer 2 by Maron Resur.
This is an original portrait painted in oil and acrylic on wood panel.
My wife, Molly surprised me with a trip to San Francisco over the weekend, where we celebrated Thanksgiving and my birthday. She booked us a suite at the Hotel des Arts. The Hotel des Arts presents the contemporary work of local artists, and for the last year some of the world’s top emerging artists have been painting rooms with full artistic control. Wow, talk about life imitating art!
We stayed in the Shepard Fairey + Tracy Choi Suite. I didn’t care so much for Tracy Choi’s art, but being a collector of Shepard Fairey’s work, it was a surreal and totally awesome experience. The suite itself was spacious, and for the most part, very comfortable. The location was great for both Union Square and Chinatown, and is conveniently located just a few blocks away from a BART station.
Warning: The hotel is right smack in the middle of the finical district, so it can get pretty noisy, and it doesn’t help that the walls are paper thin, so be sure to bring earplugs!
And then there was the mosquito from hell. Damn thing was buzzing around the room all night, trying to drain us of our life blood - die you bastard!
All in all, we had a great stay and would recommend the Hotel des Arts to anyone who’s looking for a unique experience, in an authentic cosmopolitan setting, that only a great city like San Francisco can provide.
Oakland based Deth P. Sun (pronounced Death P. Sun) is one my favorite artists.
Last week, I was fortunate enough to purchase one of his drawings.
Tittled: “Cat banging on “Yes” drum.”
Out of all of Deth’s works I’ve collected over the years, this one so far is my favorite.
