Tag: government

• Gallery Mondays: The White House

  I had the honor of visiting Washington, D.C. during the 4th of July weekend in 2016—a time when President Obama still had months left of his second term, and everyone was still grappling with the fact that Donald Trump would be on the ballot come November. Now that we’re days away from the inauguration, Obama…

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  January 16, 2017

  Gallery Mondays, Pop Culture

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• Gallery Mondays: Black Capitol

  Tomorrow is Election Day (finally) so I thought it would be fun to do something government related for today’s Gallery Mondays. I saw this work of art resembling the U.S. Capitol at Robert Miller Gallery last year. It’s by Cuban art group Stainless and the piece is called Black Capitol (Capitolo Negro). I found it fascinating that…

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  November 7, 2016

  Gallery Mondays, Pop Culture

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• Building in Beijing Shaped like Male Genitalia

  Yes, that’s Jimmy Kimmel holding a cardboard cutout of the new Beijing headquarters for China’s The People’s Daily. The building will not be complete until May 2014, but people are already starting to notice it looks like more than just your average building. The 500-foot building was designed by architecture professor Zhou Qi. His design…

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  May 28, 2013

  Pop Culture

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