Incomparable Pleasure (1952–3) by Judit Reigl.
• Steven Heller’s Font of the Month is Atol. Heller’s other haunt, The Daily Heller, looked this week at the incredible calligraphy and illuminated graphics of Arthur Szyk.
• Okashi, an exhibition of Japanese art and photography at the Michael Hoppen Gallery in London. Hoppen talks about the exhibition here.
• At Unquiet Things: A Vibrant Rascality of Shenanigans: The Fantasticalicizm of Anna Mond.
• At Public Domain Review: Signs and Wonders: Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany.
• New music: Alchemia by Scanner, and Disconnect by KRM And KMRU.
• Mix of the week: Artificial Owl Recordings Mix by Niko Dalagelis.
• At Bandcamp: Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Luminous Sounds.
• DJ Food found some Victor Moscoso poster originals.
• At Dennis Cooper’s: Luis Buñuel Day.
• Alchemistry (1991) by Jon Hassell | Surrealchemist (1992) by Stereolab | Alchemagenta (1996) by Zoviet France
Not sure if Stereolab had Tony ‘Doc’ Shiels in mind when they wrote Surrealchemist, but he’s the only other person I’ve known who has employed the term…
https://vimeo.com/245944137#
Stereolab borrowed (some might say “stole”…) things from all over the place–song titles, lyrics, graphics; even the name of the group is borrowed from a division of Vanguard Records–so I’d say this was very likely.