Seminal art-punks X__X cover Albert Ayler’s ‘Ghosts’: A DM premiere
X__X is pronounced “Ex Blank Ex,” and their 1979 debut release—a 7″ with an A side titled “A” and a B side called “You’re Full…
Ghosts
Artist paints generic ghosts over found photographs to haunting and nostalgic effect
Spin Me Round Artist Angela Deane’s ghost photography complicates nostalgia with a very simple technique: she drapes the subjects of found snapshots in a “sheet”…
‘Ghosts’ photobomb portraits of their loved ones
During his lifetime William Hope was hailed as a pioneer of “spirit photography.” He was also exposed as a cynical fraudster who conned people out…
‘The Stately Ghosts of England’: Spooktacular documentary on haunted houses
My grandmother could have been Margaret Rutherford, or even the Queen Mother, for she had the same type of eyes, smile and well-lined face. Maybe,…
Ghosts of the Moscow Kremlin (Part II)
This is a guest post by Zoetica Ebb, a Moscow-born, LA-based artist, writer, photographer and style technician. Follow her on Twitter @zoetica. Read Part I…
Ghosts of the Moscow Kremlin
This is a guest post by Zoetica Ebb, a Moscow-born, LA-based artist, writer, photographer and style technician. Follow her on Twitter @zoetica. Russia in the…
Early version of Byrne/Eno’s ‘My Life in the Bush of Ghosts’
A bootleg of an early version of David Byrne and Brian Eno’s groundbreaking 1981 album, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts can be downloaded…
Ghosts Before Breakfast: Dada masterpiece by Hans Richter (1927)
Dada artist and filmmaker, Hans Richter made Ghosts Before Breakfast (AKA Vormittagsspuk) in 1927. In it, inanimate objects come to life and rebel against their…
Six Flags in New Orleans: Where ghosts come to play
In 2005, Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans was temporarily closed in advance of hurricane Katrina’s assault on the Gulf Coast. Five years later,…