Dorian Gray, Yinka Shonibare, 2002

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The Bronx: Louis A. Risse’s Grand Concourse of 1897

The Bronx

“Nature has provided a Grand Boulevard and Concourse for the North Side and the City of New York such as no other city in the world possesses. Northward from the Cedar Parks, west of the Harlem Railroad stretches a magnificent ridge extending all the way to Mosholu Parkways near Van Cortlandt Park, a distance of four and one quarter miles. Its varied topography, charming views, natural condition and peculiar adaptability for a Grand Boulevard and its location, geographically considered, is in the centre of the upper half of  New York City, where means and access for the entire Metropolis can be furnished. The location is selected on top of an almost continuous crest and the solution of the most difficult question, how to cross the Concourse without interfering with the unimpeded use of it is by constructing transverse roads under the same.” 

Map: Map of the 23rd and 24th Wards, New York, compiled for an index to volumes of Important Maps. (1888-1897) / E. Robinson

"Little," instigator of Indian Revolt at Pine Ridge, 1890

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Opens Tues, June 18, 6-9p: “Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Works on Paper 1962–2010”  Ken Price The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St., NYC This exhibition marks the first survey of drawings by Ken Price, an artist best known for his sculptural work. A selection of 65 works on paper will track Price’s pursuit of drawing over 50 years and will demonstrate a wide range of characters and techniques. This exhibition will open concurrently on June 18 with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s presentation of the traveling retrospective of Price’s sculpture that originated at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  - thru Aug 18

Mr. Fantastic and Dr. Doom chase each other through time.

Burning Idols, Game of Thrones S02E01

Each snowflake is algorithmically generated using some randomness to create infinitely many snowflakes where no two are exactly alike.

Mathematica code:

rr[n_] := (SeedRandom[n]; RandomReal[]) H = Table[{Cos[n*Pi/3], Sin[n*Pi/3]}, {n, 0, 5, 1}]; SnowFlake[Q_, x_, y_, R_, S_, k_, h_, o_, s_, N_, PR_, IS_] := Graphics[{ Rotate[ Translate[ Scale[ Table[ Table[ Rotate[ Translate[ Scale[ Table[ {AbsoluteThickness[k*h^(n - 1)], Opacity[o], White, Line[ {{0, 0}, H[[i]]}]}, {i, 1, 6, 1}], s^(n - 1)], {If[n == 1, 0, rr[Q*n]], 0}], If[n == 1, 0, (j + rr[Q*n])*Pi/3], {0, 0}], {j, 0, 5, 1}], {n, 1, N, 1}], S], {x, y}], R, {x, y}]}, PlotRange -> PR, ImageSize -> IS, Background -> Black] Manipulate[ SnowFlake[Q, 0, 0, rr[2 Q] Pi/3, 1, k, h, o, s, N, 2, 500], {Q, 1, 1000, 1}, {{k, 1}, 0, 2}, {{h, .9}, 1, 0}, {{o, .75}, 1, 0}, {{s, .75}, 1, 0}, {{N, 10}, 1, 20, 1}] Manipulate[ GraphicsGrid[ Table[ SnowFlake[Q*W, 0, 0, (-1)^(Round[rr[4 Q*W]]) (t + rr[2 Q*W]) Pi/3, 1, 1, .85, .8, .5 + .2 rr[3 Q*W], 15, 2, 100], {Q, q, q+6, 1}, {W, w, w+4, 1}],  Background -> Black, ImageSize -> {500, 700}, AspectRatio->7/5], {q, 1, 100, 1}, {w, 1, 100, 1}, {t, 0, 1 - 1/25, 1/25}]