Otto Piene -
Moon Cup, 1978, oil and soot on card, 67.5 x 47.5 cm
(christie's)

via A la belle E-toile

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On this day in February 02, 1978, Adam Christopher is born!

wrote a few Star Wars shorts before publishing the great novel 'Shadow of the Sith'.

May the Force be with you on this special day!

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Coming soon:

A small exhibition of ten works by John Lyons (b.1933)

Image: John Lyons (b.1933) 'Disguising the Intellect' 1978, oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm

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In 1978, while working as a truck driver, James Cameron created these concept paintings for a project called ‘Xenogenesis’

He raised $20K from a dentist to fund the short film

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SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE was released across America OTD in 1978, becoming the highest-grossing release of the year and making star Christopher Reeve a household name. It was also the most expensive movie to date, and its delay from a summer release worried many. They needn't have.

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44 years ago, on October 29, 1978, Rush released the album "Hemispheres". Which track is your favorite?

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On this day in 1978, “Jeepers, It's the Jaguaro” first aired!

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Claudine!, written in 1978, is explicitly a manga about a trans man who is even diagnosed by his doctor as having transsexualism (albeit too late as he has taken his life by then) for example.

44 years ago and it explicitly stated he's trans with the terminology and all.

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Alex Colville - Cane e sacerdote 1978, National Gallery of Canada

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Song Wenzhi, Waterfall, 1978, Ink and colour on paper

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This is all in 1978, during the Great Animation Wasteland, and the way this little film reaches in terms of design, approach and range is quite something.

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𝓢𝓪𝓻𝓪 𝓑𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 (1890-1978, 𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓨𝓸𝓻𝓴, 𝓝𝓨),"𝓢𝓾𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓽"

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On this day in 1978, released their debut studio album "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! produced by Brian Eno.

“This is the band of the future.” -David Bowie (1977)

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I have this relatively old (1978, 12 pages) book of animal fables and stories and it has lovely illustrations. I tried finding more about the artist (P.Latimer) but came up with nothing. I felt like it was too much of a waste to keep the book to myself, so I scanned it.

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Nearly 20 years after it aired on NBC, TIC-TAC-DOUGH was revived on CBS and premiered OTD in 1978, but it would go on to far greater success in syndication. Watch out for that dragon!

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El 28 de junio celebramos el Día Internacional del Piercing Corporal, para conmemorar el aniversario del nacimiento de James Mark Ward, un estadounidense que abrió el primer estudio profesional de piercing en el año 1978, en California.

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In December 1978, NASA sent 4 small probes through the Venusian atmosphere. One of them landed successfully (though unexpectedly) and continued broadcasting for an hour. Part of the project included this beautiful infographic with gigantic brush strokes.

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