Petros Vrellis has turned Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night into an animation that changes when the user touches it. The effect is so beautiful and mesmerizing that I’m now craving an app that would let me do the same. More »
It takes a very certain mind to re-imagine images using quirky media. Artist Brock Davis has that kind of mind: his latest project involves recreating famous explosions using… cauliflower? More »
According to new radiocarbon dating tests, these are the first paintings ever made by humans. They are seals painted more than 42,000 years ago, located in the Cave of Nerja, in Málaga, Spain. And they may turn our idea of humanity upside down. More »
If you’ve ever read Grimm’s Fairy Tales, you’ll know such stories are best when they have a sinister streak. Photographer Thomas Czarnecki agrees, and his new collection re-imagines childhood stories in order to lay their dark side bare. More »
No, that’s not an LCD screen pretending to be a zen garden. That’s sand (well, tiny silicon beads) under a glass sheet, with images being sculpted into the grains by a programmable robot that lives underneath. If you think it’s the most beautiful piece of furniture you’ve ever seen, you’re in luck — its currently a Kickstarter project you can be involved in, so you can eventually have your very own. More »
Some art looks like it’s been thrown together in minutes. Some looks like it took hundreds of hours. These beautiful anatomical images, made using quilled paper, definitely fall into the second category. More »
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is, arguably, the most famous painting in the world. But would it be devalued if it wasn’t the original? We might soon find out, because a very similar painting from the same period has surfaced — and it’s by a different artist. More »
“He died in 2007, but really he was dead long before that,” explains the bright-eyed woman to a room full of sympathetic listeners. “Bill died in 2000, when the disease meant he was no longer able to draw.” More »
Ever wish you were a goat? Of course you have! Good news: Borrowing some basic concepts from Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride, artist Karolina Sobecka modified this mirror to make your dreams come true. More »
