Tara Donovan At Pace Gallery. 

Allow us to reintroduce someone … the name’s Perseverance. 

With this new name, our Mars 2020 rover has now come to life! Chosen by middle school student Alex Mather, Perseverance helps to remind ourselves that no matter what obstacles we face, whether it’s on the way to reaching our goals or on the way to Mars, we will push through. In Alex’s own words, ⁣⁣

“We are a species of explorers, and we will meet many setbacks on the way to Mars. However, we can persevere. We, not as a nation but as humans, will not give up. The human race will always persevere into the future.” ⁣

Welcome to the family.⁣ ❤️

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Jackson Pollock’s Echo: Number 25, 1951 is back on view at MoMA as part of Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey, 1934–1954 after its recent visit to the Dallas Museum of Art. Find out what our conservation department learned from studying Echo. 

[Shown: Jackson Pollock. Echo: Number 25, 1951. 1951. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2016 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Installation view of Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey, 1934–1954 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (November 22, 2015–March 13, 2016). Photograph: Yan Pan]

William Hundley.

Five Friendly Robots That Would Be Perfect For Your Home

Blue Velvet Cake

Submitted by @petterbrorson:

Originally nine small watercolours of a walking crow, made into an animated loop. I had no intention of animating it when I painted the pictures four years ago. The nine small crow paintings were painted for an upcoming exhibition at the time. A couple of days ago I wanted to try and see what they would look like if they actually moved, and so I’ve made my very first animated painting.

The Tropical Islands resort, just south of Berlin, Germany, is an old abandoned aircraft hangar that was transformed into an indoor water park. The theme park, which is 66,000 square feet in size, includes several swimming pools, a four-story tall water slide, a tropical lagoon, themed cabins (including modern and adventure-themed rooms), medicinal saunas and steam baths, a mud bath spa, a meditation room, and the largest indoor rain forest in the world. Buildings are created in the styles of several different cultures, including southeast Asian, Spanish, Native American, Brazilian, Cambodian, and Australian Aboriginie. 

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Orion in Red and Blue via NASA

Mickalene Thomas and Herman Bas on view at Lehmann Maupin at Art Basel.