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    • minds of mush

      Kids Design Cute Heinz Ketchup Packets, Learning Important Early Lessons In Mass-Market Commodification

      Today my sandwich came with these Heinz ketchup packets with cute little designs on them, part of an insidious plot to sell more ketchup. More »

      4:24 PM on Tue Oct 20 2009
      By Ben Popken
      5,067 views, 45 comments

      Most discussed GitEmSteveDave_RockinL...: No one where a mommy and daddy tomato are walking with a baby tomato, and he's lagging behind, so the more »

    • art

      Move Over Museum Curators, Bank Of America Wants Your Job

      Cash-strapped art museums across the country are turning to an unlikely source for new exhibitions: Banks. According to a story in the New York Times, Bank of America, Chase, and a number of other global entities have put together traveling art exhibits and are offering them to museums across the country. More »

      11:39 AM on Wed Aug 26 2009
      By Carrie McLaren
      3,004 views, 18 comments

      Most discussed MaxSmart32: I'm not sure what the big deal is about this. Being a museum-person by training, this is just a different more »

    • frickin' laser beams

      Laser Engraving Gone Wrong? Just Fill It In With A Sharpie

      If you spent about $150 to have the case of your laptop computer laser-engraved with a cool design and something went wrong, would you expect to be told to fill in the problem areas yourself with a permanent marker? That happened to Haje. He's sympathetic to the technical issues involved, but not happy with the end result. More »

      6:12 PM on Wed Jul 22 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      15,676 views, 45 comments

      Most discussed Shane Silcox: This is BS. I've operated a laser engraving business for the last two years, and can tell you exactly what more »

    • kitty plate

      Buy Tchotchkes At Yard Sale, Make Up A Story About 'Em, Sell Both On eBay

      Have you ever picked up something at a yard sale and wondered where the heck it came from? Like a disturbing clown painting that the owner has a hard time parting with, or a queer Hummel knockoff. The bloggers at Significant Objects seem to have. More »

      10:32 AM on Mon Jul 20 2009
      By Ben Popken
      11,487 views, 24 comments

      Most discussed dragonfire81: I'm sorry but to me this seems borderline fraudulent. As a buyer, I think I have a right to an more »

    • pretty

      Fancy Fast Food Makes Your Favorite Junk Into Eye Candy

      We're really intrigued by Fancy Fast Food, which takes standard fast food items and, using only those ingredients, transforms them into something approaching haute cuisine. The recipes are available on the site if you want to try at home. (Pictured above: the Tacobellini)

      12:32 PM on Fri Jul 10 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      12,607 views, 35 comments

      Most discussed BuddyGuyMontag: But what does Performance Artist KORN and Fortune Teller Kazuko Hosoki think!? more »

    • art

      Thomas Kinkade, Painter Of Crap, Must Pay $2.1 Million To Former Gallery Owners

      Thomas Kinkade calls himself the "Painter of Light," and allegedly uses his "faith" to lure in investors to his gallery business. Now two former gallery owners have won a judgment from Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that forces Kinkade to abide by a 2007 arbitration decision that awarded the former owners $860,000 in damages and more than $1.2 million in attorneys' fees and arbitration expenses. Ouchy. More »

      3:13 PM on Fri Jun 19 2009
      By Meg Marco
      18,529 views, 84 comments

      Most discussed Keith Welch: Some day I'm going to start a business that sells Jesus-themed pornography, thereby combining America's two greatest obsessions... more »

    • ikea

      Disguised As Dishcloths Pile, Man Hides Inside IKEA

      Some German's art project is to engage in "urban camouflage" by creating three different ghillie suits made of bulk IKEA items: piles of dishcloths, boxes, and shopping bags. Then he goes and "hides" out in the open inside the IKEA, blending in with his surroundings and only disturbing shoppers when he moves. Hilarious, brilliant! Here are the videos so you get the full effect: More »

      6:37 PM on Fri Mar 6 2009
      By Ben Popken
      31,991 views, 53 comments

      Most discussed Jay Dutton: It would have been a lot cooler if he jumped out and scared the crap out of shoppers. more »

    • stanford

      100 Kilos Of Gold Art Show Cancelled

      100 kilos of gold bricks will not be arriving at the Gagosian Gallery in Santa Monica, California this weekend. The bricks were to have been the centerpiece of a show called One Ton One Kilo by artist Chris Burden. The gold was bought from Stanford Coins and Bullion, part of the Stanford Financial group. You know, Stanford, the mini-Madoff guy accused of bilking investors in an $8-billion ponzi scheme. Now the transfer is frozen while the SEC investigates Stanford. It appears that large-scale conceptual sculpture is but the latest unexpected casualty of the economic crisis.

      Announcement [Gagosian Gallery] (Thanks to Dan!) (Photo: bhrgunatha)

      11:09 AM on Fri Mar 6 2009
      By Ben Popken
      2,510 views, 15 comments

      Most discussed GitEmSteveDave_RockinL...: It's a cover up. The real gold was stolen by two ex-rappers, an ex-diver, a actor, and a hot more »

    • hot topic

      The Hits Keep Coming: Hot Topic Is Selling Another Eerily Familiar Design

      We really hope there's a good explanation for this. Hot Topic is selling Twilight perfume, a fragrance that comes in a bottle very similar to Nina, by Nina Ricci. More »

      10:11 PM on Sun Jan 4 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      8,266 views, 40 comments

      Most discussed JulesNoctambule: Can we officially set fire to the entire franchise now? Please? more »

    • hot topic

      Hot Topic Steals Yet Another Design And Sells It As Its Own

      Once again, Hot Topic is selling someone else's art as original work. The mallternative retail chain purchased the supposedly original design from Newbreed Girl, which has its own history of ripping off designs.

      9:00 PM on Tue Dec 30 2008
      By Alex Chasick
      17,068 views, 56 comments

      Most discussed unobservant: Please. Who hasn't thought of putting a moustache on a moustache?* *Kidding. This is r-tarded. more »

    • walmart

      Jdimytai Damour, RIP

      Artist Jeremy Scheuch made this digital image of Jdimytai Damour, the Walmart worker who was trampled to death by a crowd of Black Friday shoppers after they broke down the front doors and stormed in.

      "Art is subjective, but I didn't mean to cause offense in any way," said Jeremy. "People were shopping at the Wal-mart the next day as if nothing had happened. I was appalled at the events that happened and this was my reaction."

      Black Friday [jeremyscheuch]

      4:53 PM on Thu Dec 4 2008
      By Ben Popken
      15,326 views, 169 comments

    • money meltdown

      Artists To Stage Literal Meltdown Of American Economy

      On October 29, the economy will melt down. Not the general economy per se, but a 5 foot tall, 15 feet wide, 1,500 pound ice sculpture of the word "ECONOMY" in Manhattan's Foley Square, relatively near to Wall Street. Artists Ligorano/Reese say, "this sculpture metaphorically captures the results of unregulated markets on the U.S. economy." October 29 also happens to be the 79th anniversary of Black Tuesday.

      Main Street Meltdown - New Ice Sculpture - Oct. 29, 2008 [voices4demoracy]

      12:46 PM on Tue Oct 21 2008
      By Ben Popken
      3,037 views, 36 comments

      Most discussed shoegazer: Subtle and nuanced, this is not. How about I come to Wall Street instead with a giant plastic balloon that says more »

    • hot topic

      Hot Topic Likes Your Art So Much... They're Selling It!

      I'm glad I'm bad at everything so I never have to worry about anyone plagiarizing my work. Sadly, this is not the case for Nina Matsumoto. Whoever is in charge of "designing" Halloween merchandise for Hot Topic is apparently a big fan of Nina's. More »

      11:44 AM on Tue Sep 30 2008
      By Meg Marco
      33,708 views, 102 comments

      Most discussed GitEmSteveDave_RockinL...: There's no map, does that count? more »

    • annoying

      Despite Your Manly Bits, Art.com Signs You Up For Working Mother Magazine

      Reader Brian doesn't have a womb, so when he saw a copy of Working Mother magazine in his mailbox, he was pretty sure that he didn't order it:
      Last December I placed an order at art.com for a framed print which I intended to give as a Christmas present. I placed the order well within art.com's recommended time frame for delivery in time for christmas. During the order they promised delivery by December 17th. Well, as you may guess December 17th came and went with no package (they shipped it on the 15th via DHL.) December 24th came and went with no package. DHL finally delivered it on the 26th after I had been forced to go out and purchase another gift to replace the one that had not arrived.
      More »

      10:52 AM on Thu Feb 14 2008
      By Meg Marco
      3,895 views, 44 comments

      Latest by Ilovemygeek: I just received a random copy of Nylon today addressed to me. This is on top of my husband getting more »

    • sad

      Polaroid Instant Film Is Dead

      Polaroid has announced that they will no longer manufacture instant film or instant cameras and will instead concentrate on TVs, digital cameras, and printers, says the Chicago Sun-Times: More »

      8:31 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
      By Meg Marco
      8,949 views, 77 comments

    • consumer alert

      Cruise Ship Art Auctions Scams

      Here's a fun scam: buying art at auction on cruise ships. In one case, a woman paid $20,000 for what she thought were high-value Salvadore Dali, but when they got shipped to her, an independent appraiser told her they were worth maybe $700 each. The business is conducted on international waters, so there's no consumer protection laws to throw you a lifesaver. Consumerama says they're not even run under real auction rules, but are instead, "coordinated inebriated sales hysteria."

      Cruise Ship Art Auctions: Disasters at Sea [Consumerama]
      (Photo: jimg944)

      10:24 AM on Thu Dec 13 2007
      By Ben Popken
      5,181 views, 30 comments

      Latest by MYarms: LOL I used to be the audio engineer on a major cruise line and since I had to run the more »

    • childhood fantasies

      Man Builds Secret Apartment At Mall, Gets Away With It For Four Years

      An artist in Providence, Rhode Island was apprehended the other day by mall security as he left the secret apartment he'd built almost four years ago, in an unused utility space in the mall's parking garage. The apartment had no running water (they used mall bathrooms), but it did include "a sectional sofa and love seat, coffee and breakfast tables, chairs, lamps, rugs, paintings, a hutch filled with china, a waffle iron, TV and Sony Playstation 2," according to the Boston Globe. More »

      7:10 AM on Wed Oct 3 2007
      By Chris Walters
      20,269 views, 50 comments

      Latest by Colleen: This may be an extreme case, but this sort of thing is common to Providence. A lot of RISD (Rhode more »

    • Whether or not Paho Mann's pictorial taxonomy of all of his and his partner's personal possessions, sortable by color, cize, material, location, owner, cost, use type, and use amount, cause you to reevaluate your personal politics of consumerism is up for debate, but it's unquestionable that his site is neat. [Sort]

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