Jean-Michel Basquiat1960 - 1986American Defeated Georg Baselitz in Round 1. 

Last night, I pulled the plug on my Facebook account. Since then, I've got several people who are all like “Aw, why’d ya do it, 5000?” and others who are all like “Dude, lame!”  So, I figured maybe I’d try to cobble together an explanation. And a cobbled-together explanation it will be!First o

Gianlorenzo Bernini1598 - 1680Italian

Saint Berlinda of MeerbekeAKA:

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Hey!  It's the 1503rd Post!Are you staying up tonight to see in the new month?  No?  Well, today is the day of reckoning for my inaugural month-to-month g

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Bernardo Bellotto1721 - 1780Venetian; worked internationally

Shortly after I began to

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Giacomo Balla1871-1958ItalianDefeated Hans Baldung in Round 1. 

This blog, formerly the Life & Times of Michael5000, was renamed (or “rebranded” in the parlance of our times) in December, and is now called Infinite Art Tournament. Many readers have already noticed the change. Longtime reader Chuckdaddy sure did!I am very opposed to the name ch

When I resolved to do daily sets of push-ups to match the date this month, there were some skeptics!  Or at least one.  It was regular IAT(fL&TM5K) reader Jenners.  She said the following, which I am

Giovanni Bellinic.1434 - 1516Venetian

In a recent comment, regular IAT(fL&TM5K) reader dhkendell remarked:I must have missed the post where he [meaning me, Michael5000] said that 1000 artists will be considered. In fact, I think I missed where he explains this whole thing altogether! Well, truth be told, dhkendel

Michael5000 is chatting casually with his co-worker, a young Hindi-speaking woman.Michael5000: I've been reading a detective novel from India.  I'm learning some Hindi words, but I don't think they are very nice Hindi words.Co-Worker: What do you mea

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January's Element of the Month:Iridium! Ir77Atomic Mass: 192.217  amuMelting Point: 2466 °CBoiling Point: 4428 °CIridium is a

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Max Beckmann1884 - 1950German; worked in Netherlands and U.S.

The biscuits of Mongolia project is an endeavor of L&TM5K Ambassador to the Post-Soviet Fringe Meaghan. It is republished here by permission.

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John James Audubon1785-1851AmericanDefeated Frank Auerbach in Round 1. 

I've made several trips to the legendary "Bins" lately -

Andre Beauneveuactive 1361, died c.1402French

All throughout 2011, a parade of earnest, hopeful elements did their best to dazzle you with their essential natures, all of them dreaming of joining 2010's Oxygen to become our Second Element of the Year.  And now, with the voting over, with Terbium and Thallium bravely trying to smile while they are cry th

Did you get any awesome loot for Christmas this year?  I sure did.  For one thing, I got lots of socks and other things of a practical bent.  Which was terrific.But then, I was also given a smashing trove of exquisitely impractial material related to the subject matter of this blog!  To the e