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It Belongs in a Museum!

It Belongs in a Museum!

Smuggled Tyrannosaur Skeleton Returned to Its Rightful Home

by Susana Polo | 4:13 pm, May 6th, 2013

If you follow the world of fossil hunting, you may remember this story. And if you don’t, you might remember it anyway, because there’s little that piques the interest of weird news reporters than headlines that include phrases like “dinosaur smugglers.” Dinosaurs all over the world can rest easy tonight, knowing that the most complete skeleton of Tyrannosaurus bataar ever found is being shipped back to its place of origin, Mongolia, now that the court case United States of America v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton (actual name) has been settled.

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How Should Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Have Ended? Hint: More Dead Nazis [VIDEO]

by Rebecca Pahle | 6:00 pm, April 28th, 2013

Be sure to stay past the credits. Trust me on this.

(via: Laughing Squid)

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Food Artist Ida Skivenes Recreates Classic Works of Art on Toast

by Rebecca Pahle | 3:30 pm, April 3rd, 2013

As part of her Art Toast Project, Norwegian food artist Ida Skivenes has made famous paintings by artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Salvador Dalí much, much tastier than they originally were. Some samples of her toast-tacular art is after the jump. As a bonus, I’ve included Skivenes’ toast versions of Batman and Wonder Woman. If anyone tries to tell you Batman and Wonder Woman aren’t works of art in and of themselves, they are wrong.

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I’m A Sucker For These Octopus Chandeliers

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:33 pm, March 11th, 2013

You may be one of those people who already find tentacles beautiful but artist Adam Wallacavage makes them even more so. And suitable for home use! Take a look as some of the gorgeous chandeliers he’s created using the creepy-crawly bits  (you can also see more on his blog).

(via io9)

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Mondo’s Game of Thrones Art Show Makes Me Really Wish I Were in Austin Right Now

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:30 pm, March 10th, 2013

We’ve already shown you two pieces from Mondo’s Game of Thrones exhibit, which opened on Friday to coincide with the start of SXSW. And now we have ten more examples of awesome Game of Thrones art you could be seeing if you happened to be in Austin right now. Which I am not. Not that I’m bitter or anything.

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George Lucas to Open Art Museum of Just His Stuff

by Susana Polo | 2:44 pm, March 6th, 2013

I realize now that this title is a little vague. I assure you that George Lucas is not attempting to open an art museum just for things he has painted or drawn, rather he’s looking to found an art museum full of art that he owns. That includes illustrators like Maxfield Parrish, Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth and yes, indeed, plenty of design art and props from the Star Wars movies.

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Minimalist and Not-So-Minimalist Poster Designs for Marvel, DC, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park, and More

by Rebecca Pahle | 3:28 pm, February 20th, 2013

Matt Ferguson‘s poster designs please me. And apparently they please Marvel too, since they’ve been known to use his art for their Blu-ray releases. I hope they please you, too. They’re pretty cool. I think the Jurassic Park poster is my favorite, but that might just be my Jurassic Park bias rearing its head, Velociraptor-style. It happens.

Click on the images to see them larger. It’s worth it.

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High Art Meets Pop Culture With Geeky Versions of René Magritte’s The Son of Man

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:30 pm, February 3rd, 2013

We previously ran ben6835′s mashup of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and René Magritte‘s surrealist self-portrait “The Son of Man,” which originally featured the artist’s face covered by an apple. Except when it’s TMNT Leonardo’s face is covered by a slice of pizza, because when did the Turtles ever eat healthy? Well it turns out that ben6835 has done a whole series of these, featuring Alien‘s Xenomorph, Indiana Jones, Hellboy, and more. Check ‘em out after the jump.

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Better Late Than Never: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Gets an Honest Trailer

by Susana Polo | 1:12 pm, January 23rd, 2013

I have to admit, I frequently find Honest Trailers to just be too nitpicky, but not in this case.

(via FilmDrunk.)

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New Webseries Alert: The Brain Scoop

by Susana Polo | 9:31 am, January 22nd, 2013

If you find yourself loving Caitlin Doughty‘s Ask A Mortician but wish she talked more about the embalming techniques of cash-strapped small museums doing their best to present the science of the natural world to their patrons and/or animals, you might want to check out the latest addition to the Nerdfighter YouTube family, The Brain Scoop, featuring Emily Graslie, the volunteer curatorial assistant at the University of Montana Zoological museum. Above is the first episode of her new show covering the museum’s unseen (because there is only so much display space) collections. Below is her first Q&A video (which includes how the museum acquires its animal remains), and below that, if you’ve got a hankering for the creepy, she shows us the dark basement room where all the things in formaldehyde jars are kept because there’s no other space for them. Enjoy!

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