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With the help of a small army of 400 volunteers, French artist JR pasted thousands of strips of paper around the Louvre in Paris, turning the courtyard around the museum into a massive optical illusion. Installed in honor of the structure’s...
Dutch artist Maarten Baas produces artworks that lay at the intersection of visual art, performance, and design, creating manual clocks that are erased and redrawn on the stroke of each minute. In pieces like Grandfather Clock and Schiphol Clock Baas places himself within the structure...
Yesterday, Banksy left his mark in the South Wales town of Port Talbot, his first in the UK nation. The area drew attention earlier this year when a World Health Organization report named it the most polluted community in the UK...
This past month the Amsterdam Light Festival (previously) opened its seven year, inviting visitors to observe 29 light-based works by international artists, designers, and architects along the canals and throughout the historical center of the city. Artworks were inspired by this...
Completed in 1994, Dromeas or “The Runner,” is a 40-foot-tall public sculpture created by Greek artist Costas Varotsos. The densely layered work is formed from thousands of jagged shards of greenish-grey glass which are stacked around iron in the formation of a...
A twisting set of floating copper staircases intertwine at the main entrance of Copenhagen’s new science and technology center, the Experimentarium. The museum, and its four-story Helix staircases, were designed by Danish architecture studio CEBRA who wanted to create a subtle nod...
The Art Institute of Chicago recently announced the release of tens of thousands of images from their collection to the public domain, providing high resolution access to the thick paint strokes of Van Gogh’s “The Bedroom,” the eerie light of Edvard...
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The Magical Sculptures of the Sorcerer
Basque mythology contains the archetypes from which all the knowledge of humanity has emerged. Within deep knowledge are hidden the keys to open the...
Artificial Intelligence Writes Pictures in a Unique Style
From time to time in the world there are such bright artists (for example, Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso), which literally turn the world...
Half a Century in the Making: Tree ‘Crop Circles’ Emerge in Japan
Two peculiar ‘crop circles’ have recently been spotted in Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture. Viewable only from above, they were formed by sugi (Japanese cedar) trees.
Conspiracy theorists will...
Henrique Oliveira: A Unique Collector of “Wood” Creates Large-Scale Sculptures
Someone collects stamps and boasts of a unique collection of exclusive specimens. Someone is fond of collecting weapons, ancient books, icons, ornaments ... And...
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Massive Cardboard Installations by Isabel and Alfredo Aquizilan Investigate Migration and...
Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan work as a husband and wife team primarily in the medium of cardboard. Their soaring installations fill gallery spaces, reaching from...
Sharp-Edged Porcelain Vessels by Martha Pachón Rodríguez
Ceramic artist Martha Pachón Rodríguez’s sculptural vessels juxtapose an extremely clean, refined construction with sharp repeated shapes and jarring color combinations. Using a mix of...
Mirrored Ceilings and Criss-Crossed Stairwells Give a Chinese Bookstore the Feeling...
Zhongshuge bookstores, designed by Shangai-based architecture firm X+Living, feature incredible rooms coveted by book and illusion lovers alike. Each location in this chain of Chinese...
Imaginative Botanical Ceramics Invent New Fruits and Flowers
Ceramic artist Kaori Kurihara’s textured ceramics reference familiar botanicals like durian, cauliflower, and bananas, while maintaining an otherworldly element of surprise. The artist adds organic...
Radiant Flowers Overlook Lyon, France in New Mural by INTI
For the Peinture Fraiche Festival, Chilean street artist INTI recently painted a large-scale mural on a building in Lyon, France. Titled “SOLEIL” (Blinded by the Light), the...
Beaded Images of Disease Explore the Impact of Colonial Trade
In her series Trading, Saskatchewan-based artist Ruth Cuthand creates a visual metaphor that outlines how early settler/Native relationships influenced First Nation people’s living conditions and wellbeing in Canada....
Graceful Figures and Shimmering Peacocks Embroidered on Tulle are Inspired by...
Moscow-based fabric artist and designer Katerina Marchenko stitches brightly colored threads into tulle to form elaborate embroidered images of animals, portraits, and anatomical studies. In their...
Rainwater Collecting Installation by John Grade Dazzles Like an Outdoor Chandelier
Situated in a clearing within an Italian forest, John Grade’s latest installation, Reservoir, appears like a chandelier glistening among the pine trees. Reservoir is featured...
Quotidian Objects Enrich Striking Black and White Self-Portraits in a New...
South African photographer and activist Zanele Muholi creates striking self-portraits for their series Somnyama Ngonyama, which means “Hail the Dark Lioness” in Zulu. The black and white...
Artist JR Transforms the Louvre With a 2000-Piece Paper Optical Illusion
With the help of a small army of 400 volunteers, French artist JR pasted thousands of strips of paper around the Louvre in Paris, turning the...
