Caught some cool things from around the world this week on the interwebs:

Check out this fascinating 10-minute video profile of artist Ala Ebtekar who has somehow managed to combine graffiti art, Persian miniatures and illuminated manuscripts into unique works of art.

Amazing, gorgeous artwork from Rafael Ochoa that spins art history with modern digital techniques to create these intricate, dreamy wonders.

BOWIE! How cool is this? A multimedia exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago exploring the career of David Bowie and his influence on art, design, theater and contemporary culture. We have to wait until September 2014, unfortunately, for the opening!

Wow. Super interesting story in The Atlantic on How American Museums Protected Their Art From the Nazis.  It’s wild that congress considered painting “gleaming white” monuments in D.C. to gray so they’d be less vulnerable to Blitz-like air raids.

And, because I was lucky enough to be in Nashville the weekend before last and see the new Hatch Show Print shop and studio at the Country Music Hall of Fame, here’s a link to some of their work. Both the shop and the country music museum are well worth a visit if you find yourself in Music City.

Hatch Show Print studio, Amy Ventura ©2014