Category: humor
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In an Emoji History of Art, ND Stevenson Playfully Recreates Iconic Paintings
Gustav Klimt, “The Kiss.” All images © ND Stevenson More than 100 years after it was first exhibited, art historians still debate whether Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain,” submitted to the 1917 Armory Show in New York, was a wry joke or sly commentary on modern art—or both. That’s because the sculpture, a urinal the artist signed…
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Dudi Ben Simon’s Playful Photos Draw on Visual Puns and Humourous Happenstance
All images © Dudi Ben Simon, shared with permission When Dudi Ben Simon observes the world around her, visual puns and parallels are everywhere: a cinnamon bun stands in for a hair bun; the crinkled top of a lemon is cinched like a handbag; or yellow rubber glove stretches like melted cheese. “I see it as…
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The Burden: A Darkly Funny Musical Punctures Existential Dread with Unusually Cheerful Song and Dance
Today we’re returning to a dark comedy classic that, although released in 2017, rings just as true in 2024. Directed by Swedish animator Niki Lindroth von Bahr, “The Burden” is a wildly wry musical that skewers loneliness, greed, beauty myths, and the existential woes of modern life through a lively cast of animal characters.…