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Mysteries of the Marabou
Richard MüllerRecently Sebastiano and I spent a weekend in Brescia to attend the opening of the collective show Marabù Vizi e Virtù. A big thanks to Chiara Padova who invited Sebastiano to participate...
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Foxy Tricks
Yuri VasnetsovA couple of years ago I dedicated a post to the fox character in Russian tales. Since then, the theme has continued to hold my interest, and I've gathered more images and information. As...
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Smiles and Tiles
Kenneth Townsend (1931-99) was a British artist and freelance designer based in Hastings. His humorous pictures were utilized by various companies to decorate pottery, textiles, children's games, and...
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Public Transport
Valerio Vidali, Il viaggio di Miss TimothyPierre Van HoveDasha LarionovaPage TsouFiep WestendorpSéverin MilletSieb PosthumaIrene SchochSeo Eun-JiDavid Merveille, Fait pour ça Piet Broos, Juffrow Spits...
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The amazing visionary art of Andrew Thomas Huang combines puppetry, performance and CGI. Mesmerizing and unlike anything I've seen before.
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Nature Girls
Camilla EngmanHappy Women's Day, Girls and Ladies!Colette CalascioneBélen SegarraDaniela TieniCatrin ArnoSandra DieckmannEveline TarunadjajaSandrine RevelAmy CrehoreKathleen Lolley Nathalie...
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Peacock Power
Umberto Bottazzi, stained glass window for Casina delle Civette, Rome, 1912Of the 711 posts published on Animalarium up to now, this one has been the most visited by far.So, back by popular demand, we...
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The Rainbow Book
The more work I see by Mai Miturich, the more I am impressed by his humor and childlike joy, the sophisticated spontaneity of his brush technique, and his whimsical, creative approach to page layout....
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Wolf, Sheep & Cabbage
This animated short by the German director Gil Alkabetz provides a winding, surreal solution to the traditional riddle. Winner of the Funniest Film Award at Annecy in 1997.
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Put Your Nose in a Book
Mai MiturichIn case you wonder where I was... having been recently diagnosed with a congenitally deviated nasal septum, last week I went to the hospital to undergo surgery. Now I am starting to feel...
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Thread, Paper & Feather
Catherine Frere-SmithSoft sculptures are one of the trends in animal art I am always drawn to,wheter they be made of felt, fabric or paper; and stitched, knitted or glued to form sweetly simple or...
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A sweet and soft video by the young Japanese animator Asami Ike, for anyone who's ever loved a dog.
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La Dame et le Chien
Georges Clairin, Sarah Bernardt, 1876Last Friday I gave a lesson about the posters of the Belle Epoque,which reminded me of how much I enjoy that period, and of how much lovely stuff I is hiding in my...
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Basking in the Light
Žabáček, 1982The loveliness of the first sunny days of this late-coming Spring inspired me to post some picturesfrom the gentle green worlds of Czech artist Jan Kudláček. Born in 1928 in Moravia and...
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East Coast Frolics
Thanks to Paul Malon for letting me share these delightful posters I just discovered in his wonderful vintage poster set on flickr.The series of six ads was created by Frank Newbouldin 1933 for the...
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Art Attacks
Hugo Horita Alice and Martin Provensen, The Color Kittens, 1949(one of my favorite books when I was child!)Celestino PiattiDale Maxey, back cover of Nurseryland Annual, 1969 Vladimir Pivovarov, 1971,...
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