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 »
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 »
I like that balls with baskets game very much and enjoy the hell out of Yao Ming, so it’s no surprise that I really like this picture of Yao Ming miraculously painted with JUST a basketball. That’s it! No brushes, no nothing. Just a basketball dipped in red paint, a few swipes and a lot of dribbles. More »
Imagine re-arranging the blossoms in Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, or really giving Munch’s The Scream something to scream about. Visiting art galleries would be far more entertaining, and Scott Garner is clearly trying to make that happen with his Interactive Still Life project. More »
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, an oil painting has to be worth a few hundred more. At least oil paintings created with Tyree Callahan’s Chromatic Typewriter which lays down different hues of paint instead of letters. More »
Lions with swords. Yeah, the ’80s was a pretty special time. So special that this time-lapse painting of the Thundercats is your nostalgia inducing video of the day. More »
Or better said, the people using Photoshop would never cease to amaze me. More »
When Giotto — considered the first artist of the Renaissance — painted this fresco at the Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi in 1290, he hid something in plain view. It took 721 years and some close up photographs for someone to see it. More »
Amy Shackleton is a 25-year-old artist who paints without paint brushes. No, silly, it’s not finger-painting or graffiti or spilling paint and calling it a day, it’s real masterpieces that look amazing. She uses squeeze bottles to make them. More »
