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I Carry Your Heart With Me: An Ode To Art & e.e. cummings

I Carry Your Heart With Me: An Ode To Art & e.e. cummings

At Different Is Cool we are passionate about art – art is a tangible representation of the human soul – it tells the story of our collective human history, of […]

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Kate Moss hologram

Kate Moss hologram

Here’s a video of the cinematic and deeply moving finale of McQueen’s Fall/Winter 2006 show, featuring a hologram of the then scandal-besieged supermodel Kate Moss.  It was Lee’s way of […]

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Of Shrunken Heads & Egyptian Mummies-An Ode to Collector & Bon Vivant Bill Jamieson

Of Shrunken Heads & Egyptian Mummies-An Ode to Collector & Bon Vivant Bill Jamieson

Bill “Billy” Jamieson & his beloved dog Rameses at home [Photo: William Jamieson Tribal Art]   Bill Jamieson was a Toronto legend – a tribal art dealer obsessed with illuminating […]

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Thursday Soul Treat: Andrew Schoultz, Adam Vollick & Daniel Lanois multi-media collab

Thursday Soul Treat: Andrew Schoultz, Adam Vollick & Daniel Lanois multi-media collab

Former skateboarder turned graffiti artist turned fine artist, Andrew Schoultz painted the entire exterior of Daniel Lanois’ Toronto studio in 7 days with a mural titled “The Winds Are Changin’” […]

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Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama & Louis Vuitton collaborate on artistic line of accessories

Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama & Louis Vuitton collaborate on artistic line of accessories

Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama.           Louis Vuitton’s Marc Jacobs is well known for his love of popular culture and Japanese avant-garde art [remember his 2002 […]

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Sunflower Seeds & Censorship – Chinese Artist & Activist Ai WeiWei

Sunflower Seeds & Censorship – Chinese Artist & Activist Ai WeiWei

Chinese multi media artist and social activist Ai Weiwei created one of the most important and beautiful pieces of cultural art to date. His moving exhibition “Sunflower Seeds” [photo above-Tate […]

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Of Shrunken Heads & Egyptian Mummies-An Ode to Collector & Bon Vivant Bill Jamieson

Of Shrunken Heads & Egyptian Mummies-An Ode to Collector & Bon Vivant Bill Jamieson

  Bill “Billy” Jamieson & his beloved dog Rameses at home [Photo: William Jamieson Tribal Art]   Bill Jamieson was a Toronto legend – a tribal art dealer obsessed with […]

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Savage Beauty: Alexander McQueen Retrospective at The Met

Savage Beauty: Alexander McQueen Retrospective at The Met

Making his way through the Costume Institute’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty press preview this morning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, milliner Philip Treacy, whose creations are prominently featured in the show, […]

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