If Los Angeles is the place where dreams go to die, Venice Beach seems to be the neighborhood where the nightmares of old curmudgeons come to life. Terrify the life out of your parents by sending them John Kilar‘s photos and telling them they’re your holiday snaps.
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This painting, showing North Korean soldiers celebrating with their Russian comrades, was displayed at an exhibition in Moscow last autumn. Jointly organized by the North Korean and Russian ministries of culture, the exhibition was titled Art Exhibition of the DPRK: The Country of Great People and held at the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts to mark the 77th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK. (Credit: In the Same Trench by Kim Chang Yung.)