Art & Entertainments

‘Girls just wanna have fun’

By Dorsey Rohweder 1 week ago

Adam Levine is all dressed up!

The Maroon 5 frontman, 42, shared a sweet family photo of himself wearing a matching pink tie-dye dress with his favorite ladies: wife Behati Prinsloo, 32, and the couple’s two daughters Dusty Rose, 4, and Gio Grace, 3.

In the photo, the family of four holds hands while posing with their backs to the camera. Levine’s massive collection of body art is also on display.

“girls just wanna have fun,” Levine captioned the Instagram photo Monday, adding a nail polish emoji. Prinsloo reshared the picture on her own Instagram Story with a laughing emoji.

Levine is the latest celebrity to challenge gender norms with his fashion, joining the likes of Harry Styles, who sparked a conversation on pushing boundaries after wearing a ballgown on the cover of December’s issue of Vogue.

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Manicure for Men: Here’s How (and Why) to Paint Your Nails

By Dorsey Rohweder 2 weeks ago

The Best Designer Nail Polish

Chanel Boy de Chanel nail polish

Ordinarily we’d say there’s no such thing as dedicated nail polish for men—pushing back against that sort of thinking is half the fun of painting your nails! But Chanel’s new Boy de Chanel polish is a fast-drying grail for men with manicures everywhere, and this jet-black hue is perfect for anyone looking to re-live their teenage emo phase. 

The Best 10-Free Nail Polish

Death Valley Nails “Jo Ann’s” red nail polish

A polish that’s 10-free is specially-made absent all the ten common toxic chemicals found in most polish options. Death Valley offers an huge assortment of nontoxic (and proudly vegan!) colors, but we’re partial to this striking shade of fire-engine red.

The Best Nail Polish for Burgeoning Manicure Snobs

J.Hannah “Blue Nudes” nail polish

J.Hannah’s line of carefully designed, made-in-L.A. jewelry has earned it a devoted following, but for

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Local sculptor Duncan Lewis does welded metals he calls “industrial folk art” and more | Arts & Theatre

By Dorsey Rohweder 2 weeks ago

“I think art shouldn’t be this elite, inaccessible thing,” Lewis said.

Q: How would you describe your art?

Answer: I am a sculptor who has worked in several different styles or genres over the years. I am working on a commission in welded metals. It is in a style I call “industrial folk art” because I’m using a lot of industrial scrap metal to fabricate a life-sized alligator for someone’s garden.

I studied figurative art for a long time and still do “realistic” bronze castings, primarily expressionistic animals and birds. I have also done large-scale outdoor abstract sculptures and fountains, wood and stone carving and ferrocement pieces. I guess you could say I’m all over the map.

I’m interested in community art as well, and I am involved in a couple of collaborative projects at present. A recent example of this type of work is in King. Adjacent to an

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Aussie researchers using machine learning to analyse rock art

By Dorsey Rohweder 2 weeks ago
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Young Dakal clan landowner Desmond Lindsay visits this site on his country for the first time. Most sites are remote and often impossible to even approach closely by vehicle.


Image: Mimal Land Management Aboriginal Corporation (MLMAC)

South Australian researchers have been working with the Mimal and Marrku traditional owners of the Wilton River area in Australia’s Top End to analyse the evolution of rock art through machine learning.

The study, led by Flinders University archaeologist Dr Daryl Wesley, saw the group test different styles of rock art of human figures in Arnhem Land labelled “northern running figures”, “dynamic figures”, “post dynamic figures”, and “simple figures with boomerangs” to understand how the styles relate to one another. 

The team used machine learning to analyse images of rock art collected during surveys in Marrku country in 2018 and 2019.  

The approach used previously trained and published convolutional neural network models and dataset

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