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Sep4

Comics on the streets of Brussels

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Throughout the week – Monday, 29-July-2024, through Saturday, 03-Aug-2024


In my earlier post about the Brussels Comic Book Museum, I mentioned that Brussels is a city of comics. Art, murals, paintings, all of it adorns the streets… making for an absolutely amazing environment to walk around and explore.

Interestingly enough, I walked around and explored that amazing environment quite extensively. I found it absolutely glorious; and I hope that you, my dear readers, will as well.

Without further ado… may I present my favorites of… Brussels street art:

Jul30

The Vienna Natural History Museum – Naturhistorisches Museum Wien – Part 2 (The Art)

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Monday, 01-July-2024


Is it strange that some of my favorite art is from the Natural History Museum?

I mean, it feels strange. But then again, my favorite style of art is representative landscapes, which are pretty natural and historical, so…


As strange as it feels, I was absolutely captivated by the art of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Throughout the main museum they had paintings up, generally way up near the top of the rooms where they were quite hard to see, showcasing some of the places where the minerals and specimens on exhibit had been found.


It took me a few rooms before I even noticed them, but once I did I saw soaring mountains, deep open-pit mines, locations near Austria and as far away as the Badlands of the United States. Buildings, ancient civilizations… just absolutely beautiful pieces. Any of which I would adore to have copies of.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any postcards or other prints of these… and so, my own photography shall suffice to document the journey.





Jul12

The Literatu Street open air gallery

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Sunday, 16-June-2024


I’ve mentioned, once or twice, how beautiful Vilnius is.

Literatu street is a great example of that – simply put, it’s a street with a ton of neat pieces of art put up on the sidewalls. Simple, elegant, and clean. An outdoor art gallery created in 2009, with 150 artists contributing their work (mainly small items, about 1ft x 1ft) that now hangs permanently around the street.

It’s a neat way to expand art, and to beautify a city… Similar to something I remember from Caracas, Venezuela, in 2011 where the government had hired artists to paint the construction barriers that were being put up around the city. A way to change the landscape from grey concrete to vibrant colors.

Little things like this, in my mind, make a really big difference to life in cities. I’ve seen it around a fair bit (think the electric boxes with paintings on them), but Literatu street is one of the only actual “gallery” styles that I’ve seen.