This is not a pipe

Magritte homage by Ian Hamilton Finlay, who has added firepower to other classical works. Via.

*Previously: Plastic Man by Magritte.

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This is not a pipe (it's not a bagpipe, either)

Plastic Man by Rene Magritte (be Evan Shaner).

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Giant cocoon, Magritte homage, and more by Alex Andreyev

Surreal images by Alex Andreyev on sale here. Via.

*Previously: Snow White by Rene Magritte.

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This is not a moon (link roundup)

Death Star by Rene Magritte spotted here and here.

And a few more links:

1. New York Anime Festival mascot design contest. Via.

2. 'allo.

3. Consumer Reports rates the best smoothies sold in supermarkets. (My favorite at Jamba Juice is the green tea blast.)

*Previously: Snow White by Magritte.

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Snow White by Rene Magritte

Brian Cook channeled Rene Magritte for this submission at Threadless. Vote by clicking on the voting widget if you'd like the chance to buy it:



*Previously: Magritte joins Magic: The Gathering.

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Magritte and Murakami join Magic the Gathering

First, Magic: The Designing Contest cards from a contest at Kitsune Noir:


Rene Magritte by Pedro Fernandes, who has art on sale here.



Takashi Murakami by Robert Weiss.



Buckminster Fuller by Patrick Stephenson.



And second, available at Kitsune Noir a desktop wallpaper by Micah Lidberg:



*Previously: Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami plush creature.

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A couple of Magritte jokes (plus more)

Ann Althouse noticed this picture of Obama looking at himself in the White House Flickr feed:



A reader mentioned Rene Magritte's La reproduction interdite:



And this homage was then created:



Speaking of Magritte here's an homage, starring the Wii currently up for vote at Threadless:



You can vote for it by clicking on the voting widget:



And finally, in other Threadless news, here's another design that caught my eye - - Peanuts by Phil Jones:




*Previously: Magritte Museum.

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This is not a Lego minifig (link roundup)

Rene Magritte's Son of Man as a Lego minifig by Mike Stimpson. Here's his webstore.

And a few more links:

1. Relatedly: This is not a sign. And this is not a spy. Via.

2. Christian Robinson has posted several pages from the Up tie-in book Beware of Dug, $4 at Amazon.

3. Los Angeles County officials are trying to empty a homeless encampment under the 10 Freeway:

To reach the secret place they call the Cave, its denizens must climb a ladder toward a small, hard-to-notice opening in the tall concrete slab that helps hold up the 10 Freeway. They must squeeze beneath a rusty metal grating, balance on a ledge and descend a second ladder into thick, dead air and darkness. This is home, a vast, vault-like netherworld, strewn with garbage and syringes.

Photo link.

4. Absolutely fascinating article pointing out that time after time, companies that achieve huge market share don't raise prices.

*Previously: Wolverine by Magritte.

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Magritte Museum

Dave McKean posted some photos from the opening from the opening of the Magritte Museum in Brussels. Before the museum was finished, it looked like this:




More photos at Flickr.

*Previously: Wolverine by Magritte.

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If Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, and C.M. Coolidge drew Wolverine

Yesterday, I posted Skottie Young's drawing of Wolverine in the style of Edward Gorey.

There were several more artistic interpretations of Wolverine revealed today, including:


Wolverine by Rene Magritte by Jason Chan.



Wolverines playing poker by C.M. Coolidge by Paolo Rivera.



Surreal Wolverine by Salvador Dali by Rivera.

You can see a few more Wolverine Masterpieces here. And you can see Rivera posing as Helen of Troy here (honest). Via.

*Previously: Rene Magritte paints Mystique.

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Rene Magritte paints Mystique

PeeJoo24 turned Rene Magritte's "Black Magic" into a painting of Mystique for a Worth1000 photoshop contest. Here's the original painting



*Previously: "This is not a tee" t-shirt.


*Buy Rene Magritte books at Amazon.

Threadless T-Shirt Design: "This is not a tee"

I'm always up for a Magritte joke. Vote for or against the design by clicking on the voting widget:



Here's the artist's site.

*Previously: Star Wars/Magritte mashup.

*12 t-shirts for $12 each at

Star Wars Classic Art photoshop contest

Huge selection of outstanding entries.