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13 Gorgeous Works Of Art Made From Google Maps Images
Can photographs taken by satellites be considered art?They can in the capable hands of Jenny Odell, a San Francisco-based artist who collects Google Maps images of inanimate structures and arranges...
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Thai University Apologizes For Including Hitler On 'Superheros' Mural
Thailand's premier university has apologized for displaying a billboard that showed Adolf Hitler alongside Superman and other superheroes, saying it was painted by ignorant students who didn't realize...
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Sorry, But The MoMA 'Rain Room' Exhibit Is Not Worth The Wait
A couple of weekends ago, I decided to see what the fuss was about and go to the "Rain Room" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.The exhibit, in which visitors can walk through falling...
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What It Would Look Like If You Dropped Manhattan Into The Grand Canyon
When Swiss photographer Gus Petro took a trip to the United States last year, he was struck by the juxtaposition of "emptiness and density."Petro is used to seeing plains and mountains (staples of...
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The 15 Greatest Masterpieces At The Louvre
Paris's Musée du Louvre is consistently the world's most visited museum—and for good reason.The grand art museum houses 35,000 masterpieces, from prehistory to contemporary works. But with over 600,000...
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REAL OR FAKE: These Computer-Generated Images Look Like Just Like Actual...
CGTrader, a marketplace for 3D artists, modelers, and engineers, has rounded up a collection of stunning computer-generated imagery.These are pictures created by professionals in the field, and the end...
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Bankrupt Detroit Could Sell Its Billion-Dollar Art Collection
Detroit's bankruptcy cites more than $18 billion in debts, but the city has one asset that could help its balance sheet considerably: its art collection.The Detroit Institute of Arts has one of the...
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Art Lovers Are Going Crazy For A New Condo In Downtown Manhattan
36 Bleecker Street was built in 1885 to house the Schumacher and Ettlinger printing business, but it's currently being remodeled to house new luxury residences — and the art world is scooping them...
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This 97-Year-Old Man Creates Artwork Using Microsoft Paint From Windows 95
Hal Lasko, age 97, first started creating art with Microsoft Paint back when Windows 95 was still popular.The legally blind grandfather was drawn to computers as an artistic medium because the...
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Here's What Wi-Fi Would Look Like If We Could See It
Wi-fi. It's all around us, quietly and invisibly powering our access to the world's information. But few of us have a sense of what wi-fi actually is, let alone what it would look like if we could see...
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There's A Gigantic Blue Rooster In London's Trafalgar Square
A 15-foot blue rooster was unveiled in central London's Trafalgar Square today.Rising up amid the serious military monuments and statues of British heroes, the playful statue is by German artist...
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Jay Z Raps For 6 Hours In The Trailer For 'Picasso Baby' Music Video
Fresh off his video-diary-like promotional campaign for "Magna Carta Holy Grail," Jay Z gets even more vulnerable in a music video for "Picasso Baby."In an empty white room at the Pace Gallery in...
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Business Insider's Favorite Stories About Art, All In One Place
From in-depth coverage of Art Basel and the Armory Show to features on notable artists and artwork, we've put together a collection of Business Insider's best art features.Click here to see our art...
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An Artist Used Detroit's Famous Fist Statue To Make A Brilliantly Crude...
It's one thing to write about how badly Detroit's Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing is going to hurt citizens.It's another thing to see the impending pain brought to life.Yesterday, Detroit artist Jerry Vile...
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Anthropologie Says This Phone Case Wasn't An Intentional Copy Of An Artist's...
A phone case sold by Anthropologie appears to be a carbon copy of a print by an independent artist. Consumerist points out that the iPhone case looks exactly like this print by Australian artist Amy...
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Amazon Is Now Selling Fine Art
Amazon unveiled yet another business line Tuesday as it works to expand its appeal: Art.The 19-year online retail juggernaut, which began as a bookseller but now does everything from groceries to patio...
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Amazon Is Selling This $1.45 Million Monet In Its New 'Fine Art' Section, And...
Amazon's new Fine Art and Collectibles section just launched yesterday, and it is already getting less-than-stellar reviews.One of the most vocal opponents is economist Tyler Cowen, who says that much...
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Teeny Tiny Mona Lisa Painted On A Canvas One-Third The Width Of A Human Hair
The enigmatic image is perhaps the most reproduced in art history, but it's never before been painted on such a small canvas.Using a novel nanotechnique, researchers have made a miniature Mona Lisa...
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The Detroit Institute Of Arts' Possible Fire Sale Raises Ugly Questions About...
Note: This letter originally appeared in the New York Times and was republished with the paper's and author's permission.The choice being debated in Detroit — whether to sell works from the Detroit...
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Detroit May Have To Sell These 11 Masterpieces To Ease Its Debt Problem
>Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr is trying to come up with ways to plug the city's estimated $18.5 billion debt problem.So this week, he announced he had engaged Christie's to appraise the...
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