Mercury

Yamamoto Masao via Giovanni Rizzo

Art Shay

Marlene Dumas, Waiting (for meaning), 1988

Here's a parasitic plant that smells like a rotting corpse: jackal food (Hydnora africana)! Unlike many plants, which use chlorophyll and photosynthesis to derive nutrients from the Sun, this species attaches itself to host plants instead, siphoning off their nutrients. Found in arid parts of southern Africa, including South Africa and Namibia, the stench of the jackal food’s fruit attracts a variety of animals including jackals, porcupines, and moles. What does it taste like? Its flavor and texture have been compared to that of a potato. Photo: Alex Lansdowne, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

'The Head of Medusa', 1892 (Franz von Stuck)

Elton John

Diane Ladd, Nicolas Cage, David Lynch, Isabella Rossellini, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Wild At Heart

Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca, Michael Curtiz, 1942

Andy Serkis, Gollum, The Hobbit

Brian May, Star Fleet

Who Killed Rover, 1930

Paula Rego, Him, 1996

Henry Larolle (1848-1929), The Organ Rehearsal, c. 1885.

Alfred Stevens (1823-1906), After the Ball, 1874.

Photography by Edward Weston, 1936