Best Of The Rest: Artistic Gas Stations, Cat Heaven, And Scorpion Lollipops

*Hip-hop-meets-hijab: We couldn’t stop staring at Hassan Hajjaj’s portraits of friends and collaborators in Marrakech. [TaymourGrahne]

*Brazil got a beautiful tunnel. [IdeaFixa]

*Someone built a “Cat Heaven”. [ViralNova] *This jacket lit up when people ate chocolate. [PSFK]

*We were introduced to a Bulgarian rap sensation. [PaperMagazine] *Refinery29 listed their favorite gadgets from CES. [Refinery29] *The 808 came back. [Pitchfork] *This artist turned himself into a terrifying two headed monster. [DesignTaxi]

*Hannah Höch was crowned art’s first punk. [The Guardian]

*These artists took the usual “playing with your food” to new levels. [BeautifulDecay]

*We had no idea gas stations could be so beautiful. [JunkCulture]

*NPR wondered if eating artisanal bugs would ever catch on. [NPR]

*A black metal singer got stabbed for not being metal enough. Well, that sure fixed it. [DailyMail]

*We learned four lessons on innovation from the inventor of the laZer. [FastCo]

*Dazed Digital announced their most anticipated new art venues. [Dazed Digital]

*We planned our weekend gallery visits with this app. [See Saw Map]

*Thurston Moore listed his all-time favorite songs. [Brooklyn Vegan]

*Florida jumped on the crittercam bandwagon by making a bunch of alligators wear video cameras. This is like a Florida Man post waiting to happen. [TheAtlantic]

*Friday afternoon lol: Hyperallergic cataloged a hilarious collection of stock photos from the art world. “French artist in beret with three brushes” was our favorite, followed by sexy/judgmental curator: