All Blog Posts Tagged 'King' (3)

Art lovers in England are going bananas over David Mach's latest sculpture. "Silver Streak" is currently on display at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. The enormous sculpture, valued at nearly $400,000, was made from 3,000 coat hangers that the Scottish-born artist welded together after buying in bulk.



"I like to use very ordinary materials, materials that are in everybody's lives," says Mach. "A coat hanger is not…

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You know we love our movie poster illustrations here on theMET! This set by Nicholas Tassone (or Bee Combs on Flickr) is some of the best we've seen yet. He's recently created ten Stephen King minimal movie posters that will knock your socks off. Love the simplicity and cleverness. Stephen King fans, you're in for a real treat!…

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Obama who? The United States was not the only country to name a new leader this week. In Bhutan, a nation of about 600,000 people located high in the Himalayas, a new king was crowned. 28-year-old Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, an Oxford-educated bachelor, was crowned as Bhutan's fifth king - now the world's youngest reigning monarch. Bhutan also has the distinction of being the world's youngest democracy - having held parliamentary elections last March for the first time ever. The young ruler… Continue