Drawings? Screenprints? Ok, I know absolutely nothing about these fantastic portrait hankies by Marseille based artist/designer/illustrator Mothi Limbu… well, other than that I love them more than a person should probably love a hankie.

{via Design for Mankind}

The first thing I love about this insanely gorgeous installation by Italian artist Ludovica Gioscia is the title, Rococo-Hardcore. Awesome, no? The next 22 things I love are each and every layer of wallpaper {some of which are hand screen printed, others ready made} that she has applied to, and then peeled away from, this gallery wall in London. Yep, that’s a lotta layers of love!

{…thanks to Ben for sending her link to me!}

Merry Christmas ♥

Christmas always makes me feel lovey, mushy and thankful. This year I feel very lovey, mushy and thankful… and it’s all because of you! Thank you so much for making The Jealous Curator what it is. I never thought I would “meet” so many amazing people through a simple, little blog – but I absolutely have! Lovely emails, postcards from exhibitions all over the world, and amazing opportunities have shown up on my doorstep and I have you to thank! I also want to say a special thank you to a few artists who, completely unnecessarily, sent me some of their work during 2010 {shown above}. It was like getting Christmas presents all year-round… who wouldn’t feel lovey, mushy and thankful after that?!

Have a lovely holiday with your friends & family! Oh, and don’t forget to pop in next week to visit with my insanely amazing holiday guests! They’re fabulous, and they’re jealous… what a combo!

{1) Aris Moore 2) Lillianna Pereira 3) Justin Richel 4) Tali Yalonetzki}

I’m not sure how many Brooklynites I’ve written about {I’m gonna guess 53}, but if you want the real skinny on the art community there, then I suggest you pick up a copy of Working Class Magazine. Why? Well, I’ll let them tell you in their own words:

“Working Class represents a community of local artists in New York… writers, photographers, poets, illustrators, models, small business owners, actors, musicians. We all work and live in this big city, and know the struggles of things like bad tippers, overpriced rents, and disagreeable weather. Working Class taps the pulse of the underground art world, and discusses why we all stick around.”

Sigh. So cool. Ok, it’s official, I’m jealous... and thinking about moving to New York, despite the overpriced rent.

{Working Class is a quarterly zine available in print or online, so pick up a copy, or grab your laptop, and get yourself down to a hip little coffee shop… oh, and don’t forget to tip!}

A tower of pastries, a pile of deer, a stack of birds, and a mountain of… well, a whole bunch of stuff. Oh, and of course we can’t forget the huge heap of jealousy that I’ve managed to stockpile since finding the work of American artist Justin Richel. It may not look as pretty as his paintings, but still, it’s quite impressive.

{If you’d like to know more about Justin, other than the fact that he likes stacking things, there’s a great interview with him on Little Paper Planes… which is where I first saw his work.}

So, when I say I’m jealous of INSPIRED, what I actually mean is that I’m jealous of curator Brian Downey, of The Arts Company in Nashville, for coming up with the concept of this brilliant show! Oh sure, it  just looks like a regular two-man show, but as we speak there are two special pieces covered in black paper waiting to be unveiled this Saturday night. Illustrator Julianna Swaney {Portland} and printmaker John Welles Bartlett {New York} will be showing their work side-by-side, but under that black paper are pieces created by each of them, completely inspired by the other… hence the name of the show! Sigh. So smart. I wish I could be in Nashville for the big reveal… someone take photos and send ‘em my way, ok? Thank you!

{INSPIRED ~ The Arts Company, Nashville, September 4 ~ September 25}

ps. not all of the images above will be in the show… they just happened to be a few of my favourites!

Sigh. I can’t believe she’s leaving… although I’m totally inspired {and pretty jealous} about why she’s moving on. After five years of blogging about the art and design that she loves and admires most, Birdie of dear ada is laying down her typepad. Has she run out of inspiring work to write about? Nope. Just the opposite. She credits these other artists, and the time she spent on dear ada, with getting her an exciting new job, and a gallery that now represents her work! With an upcoming solo show, and who knows what else, she’s off to an amazing start! I’ll certainly miss her discoveries, but can’t wait to see what she creates… Good luck Birdie!

Forget hanging out longer… I just wish I could hang out a little bit! I’m so totally and completely jealous of the people who will actually get to go to this weekend’s Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco! It’s a weekend chock-full of fantastic work, and amazing artists. Speaking of which, whoever takes that ceramic/thread brooch home… please, please, take good care of it. It deserves a soft and loving lapel. Sigh… I wish it could have hung out on my lapel, at least for a little while.

{The artists shown above will be there this weekend. They are 1) heyday design [jewellery] 2) heyday design [ceramics] 3) Mama’s Little Babies 4) The Mincing Mockingbird 5) molly m designs 6) The Heated 7) miki and nora 8 ) miki and nora 9) Raw Toast Design}

There are few things I love more  than weird portraits and cute houses, so imagine my delight when I found* the portfolio of Canadian artist Gillian Wilson. Paintings and drawings and prints, oh my!… so much amazing work to choose from. Personally, my heart belongs to these intaglio prints, but if you happen to be looking for slightly odd gouache portraits of the Royal family, well then, you’re in luck!

*{This artist was delivered to me on a silver platter by another fabulous Canadian that makes me jealous… Zoe Pawlak.}

If you love pop art, then you really have no choice but to love this work by The Design Conspiracy {a graphic design shop from London}, because these stunning screen prints literally are ‘pop’ art. Every single one of these bottle caps reminds me of being a kid… I can almost taste the ‘Imitation Black Cherry Soda’ right now. Yum. I’m sure Andy would be very impressed, and probably in the mood for an ice cold soda pop.

{Unfortunately, I can’t help you buy a cream soda at this very moment, but I can send you to Keep Calm Gallery to buy one of these prints at this very moment. Ahhh, so refreshing!}

{via Poppytalk}