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		Mexican art experts detect fake Frida Kahlo paintings. They've seen lots of fake paintings and can tell by the brushstrokes (sfgate.com)		57
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HappyHarryHardOn		2009-04-01 11:30:44 AM

Those paintings were easy to identify... No detectable unibrow hairs accidentally mixed in with the paint

PC LOAD LETTER		2009-04-01 11:49:02 AM

I will be disappointed if there are not plenty of screen caps of Salma Hayek here later.

/can't post them from work

tothekor		2009-04-01 12:41:08 PM

That explains why all the Mexicans are crossing the border into the U.S. looking for jobs. They'll all art majors.

40oz_A_Knight		2009-04-01 12:41:26 PM

HappyHarryHardOn: Those paintings were easy to identify... No detectable unibrow hairs accidentally mixed in with the paint

Over in one.

crispycowboy		2009-04-01 12:43:25 PM

~~They've seen lots of fake paintings and can tell by the brushstrokes~~ They can tell by the brushstrokes and having seen a few fake paintings in their time.

Kongressman Grandma		2009-04-01 12:44:40 PM

tothekor: That explains why all the Mexicans are crossing the border into the U.S. looking for jobs. They'll all art majors.

lol
Fail.

tuna fingers		2009-04-01 12:48:55 PM

Ah... Frida Kahlo the unibrow lesbo.

SuperMilk		2009-04-01 12:51:57 PM

tuna fingers: Ah... Frida Kahlo the unibrow lesbo.

Well, she was married to Diego Rivera for a bit...

/ jus sayin'

SlothB77		2009-04-01 12:52:35 PM

pixels

Sarcastica75		2009-04-01 12:56:01 PM

I've been a fan of her work since I was wee. I have a print hanging in my bedroom.

This one is pretty cool, too:

macadamnut		2009-04-01 12:57:06 PM

PC LOAD LETTER: I will be disaointed if there are not lenty of screen cas of Salma Hayek here later.

/can't ost them from work

I'd stroke her brush.

phlegmmo		2009-04-01 12:57:54 PM

What a Mexican art expert might look like:
www.codeodor.com

Mr Miss the Point		2009-04-01 12:58:46 PM

ima chargin mah eyebrows

macadamnut		2009-04-01 12:59:48 PM

PC LOAD LETTER: I will be disappointed if there are not plenty of screen caps of Salma Hayek here later.

/can't post them from work

I'd stroke her brush.

macadamnut		2009-04-01 01:00:23 PM

What the P?

macadamnut		2009-04-01 01:01:59 PM

April filter?

Extreme_Lukewarm		2009-04-01 01:04:28 PM

Bring on the Hayek pics!

3_inch_thrill		2009-04-01 01:08:24 PM

Run, run for the hills! Have you heard the news? Madonna wants to play Frida Kahlo in a movie, man! I finally found myself a good role model and she's gonna go fark it up for me!

/too obscure??

KatjaMouse		2009-04-01 01:10:18 PM

SuperMilk: tuna fingers: Ah... Frida Kahlo the unibrow lesbo.

Well, she was married to Diego Rivera for a bit...

/ jus sayin'

She was openly bisexual.

/Like how they imply that she hooked up w/ Josephine Baker in the movie? I did :-)

KatjaMouse		2009-04-01 01:11:38 PM

3_inch_thrill: Run, run for the hills! Have you heard the news? Madonna wants to play Frida Kahlo in a movie, man! I finally found myself a good role model and she's gonna go fark it up for me!

/too obscure??

Obscure even for me.

freetomato		2009-04-01 01:20:28 PM

Not impressed.

www.vanityfair.com

Pxtl		2009-04-01 01:21:36 PM

Sarcastica75: I've been a fan of her work since I was wee. I have a ~~rint~~ oster hanging in my bedroom.

This one is retty cool, too:

ftfy.

This is a rint:

oceanworld.tamu.edu

If the artist doesn't carve the image into a rinting block, and you get coy he squeezed out of a ress using that block, it's a xerox, not a rint.

The_Pirate		2009-04-01 01:25:31 PM

One of the few Mexican's I've seen who'll probably never need to use a sharpie. A white out pen for sure, but definitely not a sharpie.

chas218		2009-04-01 01:26:59 PM

They know its not authentic Mexican art because it doesn't have matadors and not painted on velvet. Oh, and not hanging at the Taco Palace.
imgs.inkfrog.com

varmint runnin' round		2009-04-01 01:34:12 PM

Gotta love Salma as Frida (new window)

HIGHLY NSFW

/unibrow be damned in this case

andrewagill		2009-04-01 01:36:51 PM

/Obligatory.

veedeevadeevoodee		2009-04-01 01:44:48 PM

/ Salma Hayek as Frida (she gets way nekkid in this movie)

wineguy		2009-04-01 01:48:43 PM

The_Pirate: One of the few Mexican's I've seen who'll probably never need to use a sharpie. A white out pen for sure, but definitely not a sharpie.

O RLY?

i610.photobucket.com

airsupport		2009-04-01 01:51:49 PM

HappyHarryHardOn: Those paintings were easy to identify... No detectable unibrow hairs accidentally mixed in with the paint

I came here to say exactly that. Damn, you're good.

KiesteredBeetle		2009-04-01 01:54:13 PM

wineguy: The_Pirate: One of the few Mexican's I've seen who'll probably never need to use a sharpie. A white out pen for sure, but definitely not a sharpie.
(funny ass pic here)
O RLY?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

LincolnLogolas		2009-04-01 01:54:31 PM

Pxtl: Sarcastica75: I've been a fan of her work since I was wee. I have a rint oster hanging in my bedroom.

This one is retty cool, too:

ftfy.

This is a rint:

If the artist doesn't carve the image into a rinting block, and you get coy he squeezed out of a ress using that block, it's a xerox, not a rint.

As someone who does woodcuts, lithos, and etchings: It's still a sodding print. It may not be a "limited edition" print, but it's still a print.

airsupport		2009-04-01 01:55:03 PM

wineguy: The_Pirate: One of the few Mexican's I've seen who'll probably never need to use a sharpie. A white out pen for sure, but definitely not a sharpie.

O RLY?

That is photoshopped, a dude, or both.

LincolnLogolas		2009-04-01 01:57:41 PM

The_Pirate: One of the few Mexican's I've seen who'll probably never need to use a sharpie. A white out pen for sure, but definitely not a sharpie.

That's because she wasn't full-blooded Mexican. She was half-Ashkenazim (Jewish). Kinda funny that the quintessential Mexican artist was half German Jew.

CygnusDarius		2009-04-01 02:01:57 PM

I've never really liked Frida Kahlo. But I love Rufino Tamayo's work.

www.unm.edu

Tribs		2009-04-01 02:06:14 PM

airsupport		2009-04-01 02:17:41 PM

Look out, Dick Tracy! It's Unibrow!

ScottMpls		2009-04-01 02:17:56 PM

I came here for the Selma Hayek references and leave with funny feeling in my pants ...

Isildur		2009-04-01 02:22:14 PM

Pxtl: Sarcastica75: I've been a fan of her work since I was wee. I have a rint oster hanging in my bedroom.

This one is retty cool, too:

ftfy.

This is a rint:

If the artist doesn't carve the image into a rinting block, and you get coy he squeezed out of a ress using that block, it's a xerox, not a rint.

What's with the missing letter Ps? Is there an April Fools Day filter affecting some posts?

medius		2009-04-01 02:26:01 PM

LincolnLogolas: That's because she wasn't full-blooded Mexican. She was half-Ashkenazim (Jewish). Kinda funny that the quintessential Mexican artist was half German Jew.

Hungarians claim a stake too, like we do with anyone famous.

That Wilt Chamberlain? Both families have long roots in Budapest. shiat you not.

DrillSergeantPoopyPants		2009-04-01 02:28:53 PM

actually Frida used to have two eyebrows.

Til she plucked off the top one.

smitton		2009-04-01 02:31:32 PM

Millennium		2009-04-01 03:07:36 PM

Isildur: What's with the missing letter Ps? Is there an April Fools Day filter affecting some posts?

I seem to remember something like this from last year, so it's possible.

/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

WhyteRaven74		2009-04-01 03:15:42 PM

No pics of Madonna's daughter who looks like Frida reincarnated?

WhyteRaven74		2009-04-01 03:54:02 PM

wineguy: Ah yes, the lovely Lourdes... here ya go:

You know, not every comment about a lack of a certain type of pic is a request to see said type of pic ;)

airsupport		2009-04-01 03:56:48 PM

wineguy: WhyteRaven74: No pics of Madonna's daughter who looks like Frida reincarnated?

Ah yes, the lovely Lourdes... here ya go:

[VOMITS]

Bless her little heart.

airsupport		2009-04-01 03:57:39 PM

wineguy: WhyteRaven74: No pics of Madonna's daughter who looks like Frida reincarnated?

Ah yes, the lovely Lourdes... here ya go:

Why do Italian men have mustaches?

Because their mothers did!

greenz		2009-04-01 04:01:23 PM

where did the "This looks shopped" meme come from?

wineguy		2009-04-01 04:06:21 PM

WhyteRaven74: wineguy: Ah yes, the lovely Lourdes... here ya go:

You know, not every comment about a lack of a certain type of pic is a request to see said type of pic ;)

Sorry 'bout that. I was actually going to post Lourdes before, but then I found the sharpie monobrow posted above.

/Too many temptations to resist.