《萬壽長河 如意紫竹》長卷畫
The Wanshou Temple & Changhe River: A Scroll of Auspicious Purple Bamboo
P1: 龍王廟 (Longwangmiao / Dragon King Temple)
P2: 廣源閘 (Guangyuanzha / Guangyuan Sluice Gate)
P3: 紫竹院公園 (Zizhuyuan Park / Purple Bamboo Park)
P4: 萬壽寺 (Wanshousi / Temple of Longevity)
P5: 中國國家圖書館 (National Library of China, NLC), 人民教育出版社 (People's Education Press, PEP)
P6: 北京外國語大學 (Beijing Foreign Studies University, BFSU)
P7: 李四光紀念舘 (Li Siguang Memorial Hall)
P8: 宏音齋吳氏管樂 (Hongyinzhai Wu’s Orchestral Music)
P9: 解放軍音樂廳 (PLA Concert Hall)
P10: 民族劇院 (Minzu Theatre)
P11: 中央民族大學 (Minzu University of China, MUC)
P12: 北京舞蹈學院 (Beijing Dance Academy, BDA)
P13: 中國空間技術研究院 (China Academy of Space Technology, CAST), 東方紅一號衛星 (Dong Fang Hong 1 Satellite)
P14: 北京理工大學 (Beijing Institute of Technology, BIT)
P15: 北京友誼賓館 (Beijing Friendship Hotel)
#文化 #畫卷 #藝術 #公共藝術 #北京 #中國 #中国 #culture #scroll #art #publicart #urban #urbanexploration #beijing #peking #china #cityscape
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What do you do with old bikes and stations from your bike share system? Montréal-based artist JUNKO turned them into this giant “BIXI” insect sculpture.
#cycling #biketooter #art #publicart #cities #montreal #bikeshare
On a rainy Sunday, I'm sharing this heart-warming documentary about public art in Scotland's post-war New Towns: Meet You At The Hippos, presented by Scottish actor Mark Bonnar. It's four years old, but I’ve watched it a number of times and it never fails to make me think and to produce a smile or five.
Here's the official blurb about the hour long documentary:
"Actor Mark Bonnar is on a mission to understand more about the Scottish new towns in which he grew up, exploring the street sculpture made by artists such as his dad in the 60s, 70s and 80s. He discovers why the new towns are there and how they enticed people out of the bigger cities, and uncovers the surprising ways in which public art changed the new towns and the new towns changed public art. Mark's father, Stan, made sculptures that stand to this day on the streets of Glenrothes, East Kilbride and the Scottish new town that never was, Stonehouse. These new towns employed town artists to make artworks in the very housing precincts the new residents were moving into.”
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=epFuvRsoldY
#PublicArt #PublicSculpture #TownArtists #ScottishNewTowns #NewTowns #Scotland #MarkBonnar #SocialHistory #Documentary
Burlington VT is so beautiful!
Sunset over Lake Champlain is breathtaking! And the pedestrian shopping street is great!
#BurlingtonVT #LakeChamplain #Lake #waterfront #PublicArt #art
#sunset
Sunday Brunch at Rough Hollow Grille
#PublicArt #naturephotograpghy #Birds
Listening to the rain hit the roof as we eat at Tacos y Margaritas in Bee Cave, TX
#publicart
Today, 20 July, is World Chess Day
Episode 2 of the Alasdair Gray Archive’s UNLIKELY OBJECTS MOSTLY looks at Alasdair’s chessboard & the part chess played in his practice, uncovering the game’s pivotal role in the making of his Hillhead Subway mural & the novel POOR THINGS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbB7OeYkeo
#Scottish #literature #AlasdairGray #PoorThings #mural #murals #publicart #Glasgow #Chess #WorldChessDay
At the Canongate Wall
“Stone suits the poetry. Or perhaps it’s the other way round. I think poetry suits stone, more than it suits paper, certainly more than it suits a screen. The poetry releases something latent in the stone.”
Kathleen Jamie visits the Canongate Wall in Edinburgh.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/june/at-the-canongate-wall
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #scottishparliament #publicart
Yee-haw, 26 July is #CowboyDay 🤠…
Bud Neill’s newspaper comic strips (1949–1956) are one of Scotland’s most notable contributions to cowboy fiction, featuring Lobey Dosser, the sheriff of Calton Creek; his 2-legged horse El Fideldo; & resident masked villain Rank Bajin
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lobey-dosser
#Scottish #literature #comics #comicstrips #Glasgow #20thcentury #lobeydosser #publicart #cowboy #cowboys
