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In the 1500’s self-taught artist and nun Plautilla Nelli created a life-size mural of Jesus and the twelve apostles at the Last Supper. Spanning 21 feet feet, the vibrantly colored painting includes carefully rendered details including wine chalices, salt cellars, wood...
If you haven’t had a chance to experience a Yayoi Kusama piece in person, the iconic Japanese artist will be debuting a sun-themed balloon in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kusama, whose wide-ranging work across a long career includes her...
La Machine, the group of inventors, designers, artists, and builders responsible for 46 foot-tall minotaurs and massive tarantulas roving the streets of Europe, has most recently unleashed the Dragon of Calais. The moveable beast, complete with articulated limbs and a smoke-spewing...
It’s often said that even the most successful people start small. What they probably don’t mean, though, is that to become an author equal to the timeless stature of Charlotte Brontë, you should pen a miniature magazine first. Yet...
On November 9, 1989, German officials decided to allow residents of Communist East Germany to cross over and visit the Western, democratic half of the divided country. Though the complex process of physically and ideologically reunifying the country took...
Chicago-based duo Luftwerk partnered with architect Iker Gil and sound designer Oriol Tarragó for “Geometries of Light,” two coordinated installations celebrating the architectural forms of Mies van der Rohe. Both displayed in 2019, the shows were separated by one continent and approximately eight months; the German...
Follow the yellow brick road to 1667 N. Humboldt Boulevard in Chicago. The address is home to recently rehabbed affordable housing in the rapidly gentrifying Humboldt Park neighborhood. It’s also where author L. Frank Baum penned “The Wizard of...
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New Prismatic Murals by Xomatok Cover the Streets of Lima With Bursts of Color
Visual artist and art director Xomatok has been busy in Lima, Peru, where he’s outfitted several walls, building facades, and random rock piles with his signature...
A Father Transformed Data of his Son’s First Year of Sleep into a Knitted...
Seung Lee tracked the first year of his baby’s sleep schedule with the BabyConnect app, which lets you export data to CSV. Choosing to work...
Lifelike Sculpted Figures and Immersive Monochrome Environments by Hans Op de Beeck
Belgian artist Hans Op de Beeck creates life-size figural sculptures and immersive environments from materials such as coated wood, polyester, and pigmented plaster. These chosen materials...
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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Intricate Battleships by Atsushi Adachi are Constructed from Vintage Newspaper
The Japanese visual artist Atsushi Adachi creates miniature replicas of objects from the past using old newspaper clippings and articles sourced from the same period. Artifacts...
Fantastical Worlds Created with Dappled Brush Strokes by Illustrator James R....
Illustrator James R. Eads incorporates elements of Impressionism and fantasy in his colorful landscapes. The Los Angeles-based artist builds imagined worlds with vibrant, short brush strokes,...
Dense Installations by Max Hooper Schneider Feature Vibrant Landscapes Scattered with...
Max Hooper Schneider‘s formal training in marine biology and landscape architecture is apparent in his recent installation titled “Hammer Projects.” Schneider’s work features rich...
Figures From Classical Paintings Experience Contemporary Life in Collages by Alexey...
Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov lifts figures out of classical paintings and drops them into modern-day photographs. Elegantly posed in dynamic lighting, his figures commute on public...
Paintings From Prado Museum Collection Given Climate Change Makeovers
Museo del Prado (Prado Museum) recently collaborated on a project with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) designed to coincide with the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference in...
A 21 Foot-Long Painting of The Last Supper by 16th Century...
In the 1500’s self-taught artist and nun Plautilla Nelli created a life-size mural of Jesus and the twelve apostles at the Last Supper. Spanning 21 feet...
Stretched and Stacked Textures Become Elongated Female Figures in New Work...
Towering female figures fill the frame in large-scale collages by Johanna Goodman. Using a range of contemporary and historic materials and visual motifs, ranging from...
Bizarre Animals Challenge the Bounds of Recognizability in Hybrid Assemblages by...
Winged elephants, multi-eared rabbits, and carrot-legged babies ready to be dipped in hummus: recent sculptures by Debra Broz continue to expand her collection of odd mashups...
A Monochrome Dystopian World Holds an Eerie Beauty in New Animated...
Saad Moosajee shows the richness and emotional power that can be found in grey-scale animation with his new music video for Thom Yorke. “Last I...
Fashion Designer Benjamin Benmoyal Creates Powerful Silhouettes Using Recycled Materials
Hulking silhouettes are enlivened with vibrant multi-colored stripes in futuristic garments by fashion student Benjamin Benmoyal. The fabric for the collection, titled “It Was Better...
