Category — Art

Scream Sale

Sotheby’s to sell Munch’s “The Scream”.

February 22, 2012 Comments

Social Artists

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram are quickly becoming as important to an artist as the paintbrush and palette.

February 21, 2012 Comments

Lightbulb Ballet

How many ballet dancers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

February 21, 2012 Comments

Fear No Art

Does abstract art fail to evoke a profound emotional response? Try viewing it while you’re terrified.

February 16, 2012 Comments

Art Approach

St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion.

February 9, 2012 Comments

Sculpted Space

Japanese artist sculpts space with sound and light.

February 7, 2012 Comments

Psychedelic Olympics

Light painter David Gilliver has created his own psychedelic version of the Olympic rings.

February 7, 2012 Comments

Animal Art

Chimpanzees, elephants and apes are involved in one of London’s most unusual art exhibitions.

February 6, 2012 Comments

Mona’s Twin

Mona Lisa’s ‘twin sister’ discovered in Spain’s Prado art museum.

February 3, 2012 Comments

Money and Beauty

Florence has staged an art exhibition looking at the critical — and controversial — role that financial institutions have played for centuries.

February 2, 2012 Comments

Alzheimer’s & Art

An exhibition of artist William Utermohlen’s works reveal how his art was influenced by his Alzheimer’s disease.

February 2, 2012 Comments

Painting Computer

Painting computer surprises viewers with its artwork.

January 30, 2012 Comments

Star Wars Uncut

Thousands of Star Wars fans have joined forces to create a low-budget version of George Lucas’s classic film.

January 27, 2012 Comments

Madness Monument

Irishman makes “billion-euro home” of shredded notes.

January 25, 2012 Comments

Art & Robots

Actors, animators and dancers are helping to create expressive automatons.

January 24, 2012 Comments

Arty Sandwiches

Sandwiches as works of art.

January 24, 2012 Comments

Men in Tights

The woman’s part: is single-sex casting sexist?

January 23, 2012 Comments

Hockney Landscape

Artist Hockney goes back to his roots.

January 23, 2012 Comments

Art & Videogames

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is announcing details of its first major exhibit exploring the art and evolution of video games.

January 20, 2012 Comments

Cycling Art

A US artist uses his bicycle as a pencil and the roads as his canvas to create what he calls GPX Riding.

January 18, 2012 Comments

Poetronica

In early 2011, poets began setting their words to the sound of dubstep and electronica.

January 4, 2012 Comments

Robot Sculptures

The kinetic sculptures of Dutch artist Theo Jansen are giant, self-propelling winged and jointed constructions.

December 29, 2011 Comments

Inside Ornaments

See what a ball ornament would look like if it was mathematically inverted.

December 23, 2011 Comments

Reef People

Artist Jason deCaires Taylor makes artificial reefs from cement casts of real people.

December 22, 2011 Comments

Tour the Louvre

Louvre And Nintendo aim to make art child’s play.

December 20, 2011 Comments

Pockets Warhol

A painting monkey called Pockets Warhol has sold artworks for as much as £250 to buyers all over the world.

December 15, 2011 Comments

Sarcastic Font

A typographer has come up with a way to make snide remarks easier than ever before.

December 15, 2011 Comments

Surgical Artists

Plastic surgeons: the 21st century’s portrait artists.

December 13, 2011 Comments

Bean Mosaic

Albanian makes world’s largest coffee bean mosaic.

December 13, 2011 Comments

Fake Art

Our brains respond differently to ‘fake’ art.

December 8, 2011 Comments