This photographer spent 5 years searching the forgotten corners of the...
Doug Battenhausen thinks all our advances in cellphone cameras and photo-sharing technology haven't made our pictures better, but rather more sterile. We all know how to get the perfect selfie now,...
View ArticleThis artist transforms humans into animals using only body paint and...
Johannes Stoetter, an Italian artist based out of the Alps of South Tyrol in Italy, has been painting bodies since he discovered he had a passion for it in 2000. Nine years later, he made it his...
View ArticleA 91-year-old woman completed a crossword puzzle that was actually a $116,000...
A 91-year-old German woman broke out a ballpoint pen to fill out a crossword at a museum. Then she found out it was a piece of art worth $116,000.What appeared to be an inviting, blank puzzle on the...
View ArticleNew York City is bringing a bunch of new art to their subway stations
New Yorkers pretty much have a love-hate relationship with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), but hopefully that will get better under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new five-year, $27 billion...
View ArticleGoogle's new Arts and Culture app is like a museum in your pocket — here's...
Google released its Arts and Culture app Tuesday and it could seriously change how we interact with art.The app makes it super easy to view and learn about different works of art. You can search by...
View Article21 photos that prove Brussels is Europe’s most creative city
Right now, Brussels is one of the best places in Europe to be a young creative. The city’s relatively low rents and large number of galleries have shaped a vibrant community for artists.I recently...
View ArticleLisa Frank just launched a new clothing line that's blinding and wonderful
Those of us who grew up in the 90s remember the sparkly, rainbow-infused, so-cute-it-hurts animal designs created by Lisa Frank. Anybody who was anybody carried a Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper inside a...
View ArticleAn artist redid classic paintings to look like they're in an old-school video...
If life were a video game, Adam Lister would be Da Vinci, Vermeer, and van Gogh all at once.He recreates paintings geometrically, like in 8-bit video games. By doing so, the works seem both familiar...
View Article27 of Banksy's most clever works of art
The identity of Banksy, the ever-elusive graffiti artist who has risen to superstar status over the past 20 years, is still unknown to the general public.But that hasn't stopped him from selling art...
View ArticleFrench artist turns ugly buildings into art that will make you look twice
Patrick Commecy transforms bland walls in to 3D mural masterpieces.From crowded balconies to raucous cafés to people hanging on balconies, the French artist's realistic murals will make you do a double...
View ArticleThis artist makes 3D street art that will mess with your mind
Artist Leon Keer specializes in producing mind-boggling 3D paintings on ordinary surfaces. He even experiments with augmented reality in some of his works. Keer has traveled all over the world to...
View ArticleDa Vinci's 'irrelevant' doodles actually contain his most revolutionary...
Until now, art historians dismissed some doodles in Da Vinci's notebooks as "irrelevant."But a new study from Ian Hutchings, a professor at the University of Cambridge, shows that one page of these...
View ArticleBelle’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ gown was supposed to look totally different
Belle's distinctive gold ball gown in "Beauty and the Beast" might be one of the most famous dresses in movie history.But it was originally supposed to be another color entirely: Pink.At a 25th...
View ArticleA 28-year-old entrepreneur figured out a brilliant way to get the homeless...
Liz Powers started volunteering at at homeless shelters when she was an 18-year-old Harvard freshman, serving breakfast early in the morning before her classes started. Ten years later, she's running...
View ArticleTry to spot what's real in this Instagram artist's incredible optical illusions
When Dain Yoon begins her next work of art, she's locking in for upwards of 12 hours of painting on her own face and body. The Korean artist, who refers to herself as a "visual illusion artist," is...
View ArticleThis sentient rolling garden will always find the best conditions
An imaginative concept is playing with the interactions between humans and nature. Hortum Machina B is a ball of plants suspended in a sphere that it controls. When plants on one side want to move...
View ArticleJessica Alba’s interior decorator reveals how to choose the right home decor
Choosing home decor can be difficult. It's hard to find the perfect piece that captures your style and makes a statement at the same.Celebrity interior designer Kari Whitman has helped numerous...
View ArticlePeople are flocking to this restaurant in Hong Kong to play with their food
Dim Sum Icon in Hong Kong is making dumplings printed with popular Japanese animations. The restaurant says the comical dumplings are their most popular item on the menu. Video courtesy of...
View ArticleGorgeous light exposure photos capture the path Roomba takes while it vacuums...
What happens when you tie a glowstick to a Roomba, set up a camera, and let the bot do its thing?You end up with images that look like neon paintings on the floor — except that they're dizzying light...
View ArticleInside the NYC convenience store where everything is made out of felt
Lucy Sparrow, a British artist known for using felt as her primary medium, is planning to open a convenience store in Manhattan selling products made entirely out of felt.This project is her largest...
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