You Might Find One Of These Hilarious Graffiti Messages Next Time You Check...
The next time you enter a hotel room, peek at the back of a mirror, under a desk drawer, or inside a bible, and you may find a hilarious note saying something like "This hotel wasn't half bad. It was...
View ArticleA Magnificent 26-Foot-Long Maya Facade Was Just Found In Guatemala
An enormous, elaborately decorated Maya façade has been uncovered in Guatemala on the outside of a mysterious ancient building that archaeologists are trying to explore.Grave robbers came close to...
View ArticleAmazon's New Art Store Is Great For Young Buyers Who Don't Care About The...
Amazon launched it's new Fine Art and Collectibles section earlier this week, and it's getting a lot of buzz in the art world.Most of the media (including us) has focused on the more expensive pieces...
View ArticleNevada Rock Carvings Proven To Be Oldest In North America
On the west side of Nevada's dried-up Winnemucca Lake, there are several limestone boulders with deep, ancient carvings; some resemble trees and leaves, whereas others are more abstract designs that...
View ArticleThe Best Places To Eat, Drink, And Play In Mexico City
I will admit that before visiting Mexico City earlier this June, I completely lacked a concrete idea of what the city looked or felt like.Little did I know its nearly 700 years of history as the former...
View ArticleWe're On The Brink Of A Fourth Era In Architecture
When New York City architect Curtis B. Wayne first started talking about “The Fourth Architecture,” it was clear he was not doing so to make friends. You do not write manifestos to make friends. You...
View ArticleRalph Lauren Has One Of The World's Best Car Collections — Here Are His...
The design icon’s extraordinary passion for automobiles is reflected in his stunning car collection, one of the world’s greatest. Here he shares his personal favorites with Architectural Digest.“I’ve...
View ArticleWhat It Looked Like When 22,000 Outdoor Ads Were Replaced With Beautiful...
Last week, 22,000 outdoor advertisements on billboards, bus shelters, and metro stations were replaced with reproductions of popular artworks in the UK.The project, Art Everywhere, was created by...
View ArticleThe 19 Biggest Thefts Of The Year
When a single thief made off with $136 million in jewelry last month in Cannes, France, it may have been the biggest jewelry heist ever.Meanwhile art thieves are making more money than ever.All in all,...
View Article6 Chimps Who Are Better Than You At Painting
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) announced the winners of its Chimpanzee Art Contest on Thursday.Six sanctuaries across the U.S. submitted an original piece of art from one of their...
View ArticleHere's The Artwork That JFK Saw The Night Before He Died
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy spent the last night of his life with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Suite 850 of the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, surrounded by fine art specially chosen for their...
View ArticleHere's What Happened When A Group Of Artists Painted Scenes From Detroit By...
Each month, artist Bill Guffey invites fellow painters to virtually descend upon a single location via Google Maps' street view, find a perspective that inspires them, and paint it.This month, he chose...
View ArticleBrooklyn Woman Uses Google Glass To Show What It's Like To Be A Modern Artist
BUSHWICK — OK, Glass, take me on a virtual art gallery tour.A Brooklyn artist chosen to be one of the few people to test-drive Google's groundbreaking cyber-shades Google Glass is using the technology...
View ArticleCould This New Technology Destroy The Value Of All Famous Art?
A new 3D printing technique in Europe could threaten the value of the world's most prized works of art.The proprietary technique is being used by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which has partnered...
View ArticleSomeone Hand Carved A Mercedes-Benz V12 Engine From Bone, Wood, And Precious...
A Mercedes-Benz V-12 is a wonderful bit of machinery that is as exciting when it's working hard in a car as it is just sitting alone on a stand. There are so many beautifully crafted parts that come...
View ArticleAfter Decades In An Attic, Landscape Painting Unveiled As A Van Gogh
A major new painting by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered after it spent decades locked away in an attic, suspected to be a fake.The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam unveiled the long-lost landscape...
View ArticleThis Is What Happens When A Connecticut Billionaire Throws An End-Of-Summer...
At the end of the summer it is important to send off the season with some kind of celebration. Most of us have a nice barbecue with a few close friends — maybe a pool party.Then there's billionaire...
View Article3 Simple Ways To Start Investing In Art
Ever since I was a child, I've delighted in visual beauty. At age 12, I cut out a picture of a pink, flowery, beautifully decorated room in a magazine, hoping one day to have a room like the picture.I...
View ArticleAd Tycoon Charles Saatchi Is Selling Nearly $400,000 Worth Of Art In An...
Charles Saatchi eschews conventional auction houses to sell his collection of Middle Eastern contemporary art online, says Colin Gleadell.Charles Saatchi has chosen a new online-only auctioneer to sell...
View ArticleJIM GRANT: Jay-Z Rapping About Warhol Is Evidence Of An Art Bubble
Plenty of economists, art dealers and collectors have warned of an art bubble over the past year. But there is one sure sign that the art market is overdone: Jay Z is now rapping about Warhol, Basquiat...
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