Behold: the Galleria department store in the Korean city of Gwanggyo, 25km south of Seoul.
Designed by OMA/Chris van Duijn, the facade features a replicating mosaic of precision cut triangular stones and bulging triangular opal windows apparently inspired in part by the nearby Suwon Gwanggyo Lake Park.
(Thanks Hempland (other legal ganja-based product outlets are available))
The work of Spanish artist José Manuel Ballester – familiar old canvases with the humans removed – newly apposite in the current climate.
(Above (from top): Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” (1498); Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” (c.1486); Francisco Goya’s “The Third of May 1808” (1814); Jan Vermeer’s “The Allegory of Painting” (1668); Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” (1937); Diego Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” (1656) and Théodore Géricault’s “The Raft of Medusa” (1819)
Behold: the 1956 Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta Prototipo – one of a handful of long wheelbase Columbo V12 powered prototypes of the legendary 250GT designed by Pininfarina before Carrozzeria Boano was brought in to finish the production run.
This car – originally made for Enzo Ferrari’s personal friend Guido Cantelli, who died in a plane crash just a few months later – was bought back by Ferrari from his widow, passing through the garages of several serious collectors since then – hence the near mint condition.
Price on application.
A short about anxiety and depression written by Alix Ablaza of Good Form Studio about a girl who finds herself swept out of her day by a sea of worry and negative thoughts.
The Good Liars respond to Donald Trump’s ‘Open America’ plan on the streets of New York.
Previously: Signs Of The Times
‘Foxhall Zafira’ by Roger Cox – the winning entry in the UK Mammal Society’s 2020 Mammal Photographer Of The Year competition.
A prescient 2013 version of the ‘Wuhan shake’ from The Derrynane Robot Club.
We liked it then and we like it better now.
(Thanks for the reminder, Cormac)
