Why The NYC Art Scene Is Moving To LA
New York City’s high cost of living will be the death of its art scene, according to street artist Shepard Fairey, best known for designing the widely used “Hope” poster during Barack Obama’s 2008...
View Article15 Places To Find Art For Your New Apartment
You just moved into a new apartment, but before you get around to buying yourself a mattress or a shower curtain, you have a more important issue to take care of: the blank walls. One of the most...
View ArticleA German Artist Buried $17,000 Worth Of Gold Bars On A British Beach For...
Thirty gold bars have been buried on a beach in Britain by a German artist, prompting a flood of bounty hunters with metal detectors to seek their fortune Friday.The gold bars, worth a total of £10,000...
View ArticleThis Photographer Asked Strangers To Touch Each Other, And The Pictures Are...
For the last seven years, photographer Richard Renaldi has gone to various parts of America to take portraits of strangers that make them look like friends, family members, or even lovers.The point of...
View Article12 Stunning Images Of Intricate Art Pieces In The Middle Of The Desert At...
The 27th annual Burning Man — a crazy, weeklong festival in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada — is well underway.In honor of the Labor Day weekend festival, a new book "Burning Man: Art of Fire"...
View Article'Arrested Development' Wants You To Design Their Season 4 DVD Cover
It wouldn’t be a story about Arrested Development if it didn’t have a problem involved. Fans of the cult series and physical media have been waiting well over a year for a DVD version of the...
View ArticleAncient Neanderthal 'Hashtag' Oldest Humanoid Artwork Ever Found
Around 39,000 years ago, a Neanderthal huddled in the back of a seaside cave at Gibraltar, safe from the hyenas, lions and leopards that might have prowled outside. Under the flickering light of a...
View ArticleNew York City’s World-Famous Metropolitan Museum of Art Has A Snazzy New App
When you think of New York City’s world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, social media probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.But Sree Sreenivasan, chief digital officer at the Met, is out...
View ArticleCheck Out Apple Designer Marc Newson's Incredible Jet Aircraft
Apple just hired legendary industrial designer Marc Newson.Everyone wants to know what cool new looks he might bring to Apple products, present and future.But Newson fans know that for many years, he's...
View ArticlePowerful Photos Show Life Inside A Trailer Park
In his new photo series "Trailer Park," photographer David Waldorf gives us a glimpse of life inside a trailer park. Waldorf photographed the residents of the Brookside Trailer Park in Sonoma,...
View ArticleHere's What The Global Economy Looked Like In Year 1
Have you ever wondered what the economy looked like in the year 1 AD?Deutsche Bank released a note that included a chart of major global economies in the first year of the common era.They're ranked by...
View ArticleThese Haunting Paintings Are Based On Redacted War On Terror Documents
Conceptual artist Jenny Holzer offers a reminder of the violence that came after 9/11 in an exhibition opening last week on Sept. 11 in New York."Dust Paintings" at Cheim & Read features carefully...
View ArticleUK Police Department Releases A Video Of The Worst Art Thief Of All Time
West Midlands police in Birmingham, UK have posted this hilarious video of a thief trying to steal a commemorative WWI piece of artwork to YouTube.Spotted by Digg, the video is from security cameras at...
View ArticleArtist Kenny Irwin Is Selling A Gold-Plated iPhone 6 Plus That He Melted In A...
It wasn’t just any iPhone 6. It was a limited-edition, gold-plated iPhone 6 Plus. But after Artist Kenny Irwin got his hands on it, it was a scorched, inert brick of melted plastic and sapphire...
View ArticleArt Galleries Have Been Doing This One Thing Wrong For Decades
I recently headed to New York City's Lower East Side to see the "Red Hot" exhibition, a collection of strikingly attractive redheads shot by British photographer (and natural redhead) Thomas Knights....
View ArticleThis Is What Painting In Virtual Reality Looks Like
Virtual reality is on its way, and it won't be just for gaming.A great example is Tilt Brush, which is an exciting new app for the Oculus Rift that lets you paint in virtual reality.Tilt Brush takes...
View ArticleThe Infamous NSA Smiley Face Diagram Is Hanging In A New York Art Gallery
It was a rare and unnerving look at how the NSA really felt about spying on Americans: a smiley face drawn next to a plan to circumvent encryption in Google's cloud.Now this infamous leak from Edward...
View ArticleHalf Of All Artwork In Circulation Today Could Be Fake
Geneva (AFP) - Dressed in an immaculate white lab coat, Sandra Mottaz stares intently through a stereo microscope at a bold-coloured painting purportedly by French master Fernand Leger, searching for...
View ArticleFrench Museums Will Loan 300 Masterpieces To The Louvre Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (AFP) - Masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh will be among 300 works displayed at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Emirate said Sunday, as it aims to become a leader in fine...
View ArticleA Street Artist in Michigan Creates Whimsical Charcoal Cartoons That Rival...
Since 1987, self-taught artist David Zinn's playful chalk drawings have been popping up around Ann Arbor, Michigan.In his "Lost and Unfounded" street art series, he creates playful characters and...
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