Forms in Space… by Light (in Time) by Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans – a convoluted kilometre and a half of neon lighting suspended from the ceiling of London’s Tate Gallery.
The swooping, abstracted forms were inspired by Japanese Noh Theatre (sure that’s noh theatre at all, etc.) and choreology, wherein dance is expressed as notational form.
Noh for yeh.
Behold: the 59 carat, oval Pink Star Diamond, which just sold at auction to a Chinese jeweller for HKD533,037,500 (€66.7 million).
The largest internally flawless diamond ever graded, it required two years of cutting and polishing to achieve its current appearance.
A huge chocolate-covered crystallised candy ‘geode’ made by baking and pastry student Alex O’Brien Yeatts and cake decorator Abby Lee Wilcox.
While they’re vague on the methodology, it’s clear thaNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
YIKES!
Cristianao Ronaldo helped unveil the statue as the airport for the Portuguese island of Maderia was renamed ‘Aeroporto Cristiano Ronaldo’ after the Portuguese island’s most famous son. The bronze bust spawned a host of memes as observers compared the likeness to a number of obscure personalities including Niall Quinn, Paul Konchesky and the talking head from the British TV programme, Art Attack.
(H/T: john Gallen)
A world-touring installation created by Bristol based artist Luke Jerram – a seven metre (1:500,000 scale) diameter model of the moon illustrated with detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface, illuminated from within and displayed in various outdoor and indoor locations.
