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Andrei Bely was a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. His novel Petersburg was regarded by Vladimir Nabokov as one of the four greatest novels of the twentieth century.

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Bruno Bischofberger ads on the backcover of Artforum. Totally sublime.

Luis Barragán is considered the most important Mexican architect of the 20th century. A unique feature, as can be seen in many of his residential interiors and fountain features, is the typical tall coloured walls, which he borrowed and modified from traditional Mexican buildings. He situated many of his designs amidst natural backdrops, such as lava rock outcrops and groves of trees.

The Boboli Gardens is home to a distinguished collection of sculptures dating from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, with some Roman antiquities.

The Bay Cat is a small feline endemic to the island of Borneo. Nearly everything that is known about this cat is based on just twelve specimens, the first of which was collected by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855 in Sarawak. A total of seven further skins surfaced over the following decades, but it was not until 1992 that a living specimen was obtained, and there were no photographs of the animal until a second living specimen was captured in 1998. [via Featured Creature]

Breezy is a teen-aged hippy with a big heart. After taking a a ride with a man who only wants her for sex, Breezy manages to escape. She runs to hide on a secluded property where stands the home of a middle-aged divorced man, Frank Harmon. Frank reluctantly takes Breezy in only to fall unexpectedly in love with her. Directed by Clint Eastwood.

The vision in Balenciaga’s menswear spring 2011 is nothing short of visionary.

One of the 9 muses.

The Black Sox Scandal refers to an incident that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The name “Black Sox” also refers to the Chicago White Sox team from that era. Eight members of the major league franchise were banned for life from baseball for throwing (intentionally losing) games, and essentially giving the series to the Cincinnati Reds. The conspiracy was the brainchild of White Sox first baseman Arnold “Chick” Gandil, who had longstanding ties to petty underworld figures.

In 1998, Boyd published Nat Tate: An American Artist 1928-1960, which presents the paintings and tragic biography of a supposed New York-based 1950s Abstract Expressionist painter named Nat Tate, who actually never existed and was, along with his paintings, a creation of Boyd’s. When the book was initially published, it was not revealed that it was a work of fiction, and a number of prominent art critics were duped by the hoax; it was launched at a lavish party, with excerpts read by David Bowie (who was in on the joke), and a number of prominent members of the art world claimed to remember the artist. It caused quite a stir once the truth was revealed.

In August 2006 Burr became the perfume critic of The New York Times. His column, Scent Notes, appears in T, The New York Times’ style magazine.

The same quality as a Dutch still life.

The Radiant Child. New documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat. Perhaps the best artist of the 80s.

Kay Bojesen

Alain de Botton. A living proof that philosophy doesn’t have to make you a psychotic hermit.

La Muse, 1912

Barolo. Made from Nebbiolo grapes, grown near the town of Alba in Italy’s Piedmont.

Boy Scout Utility Modern. Ed Ruscha’s own typeface.

Baobabs

Maria Blaisse‘s rubber hats for Issey Miyake.

Robert Barry.

Giasco Bertoli – 15 Love. With Oliver Zahm, Mark Bothwick, Anders Edstrom, etc.

Peter Bogdanovich’s classic film Targets.

Brian Berg. World record holder in building card houses.

Max Blagg, who published Bald Ego, with Glenn O’Brien, is back with a cute little curious style bible for the modern man (style is also in what you know).

Giorgio Barrera. Love his series ‘through the window’.

Hear Basil Bunting read his poem ‘Briggflatts‘ – nobody does tongue rolls like this guy.

Japanese photography from the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period

Burning Deck. Small press publisher.

Anthony Burrill.

BLESS. Celebrating Ten Years of Themelessness: N° 00 – N° 29.

Out of print – if anyone sells, I will buy. Besides, Sternberg Press has the best book covers ever, and ranges in publications from Bernhard Wilhelm to Adorno.