sfmoma:

Franz Kline, Black Reflections, 1959

via The Met 

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theatlantic:

Believe It or Not, Things Are Looking Up For The Office

The Office was going to fail this year. Steve Carell as Michael Scott was the once-in-a-lifetime Lucy/Bunker/Tyler Moore kind of a marriage of character and actor that is at once original, groundbreaking, and spectacular. His absence this year meant the most potent, essential ingredient to The Office’s recipe for success was missing. Continuing the show without replacing that ingredient would make for a bland new series, but any substitute producers choose would inevitably change the show in a way that’s off-putting to most viewers. But here’s the thing: The Office came close to pulling the new recipe off.

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ilovecharts:

A repost of a classic in honor of the 61% of North Carolinians who should be ashamed of themselves.

nypl:

For your contributions to literature, we thank you.

For your contributions to art, we thank you.

For your contributions to our childhood, we thank you.

RIP Mr. Sendak - The Library was honored to present you with the 2000 Library Lion award and you will forever be remembered as creator,…

theatlantic:

“This is how Maurice Sendak sometimes sent his letters. Just imagine getting one.” (via Letters Of Note)

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sfmoma:

This painting by Picasso was sold for nearly $10 million by Christie’s New York yesterday.

See what else was sold at the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale.