Dali Making Shanghai Surreal

Dali had once said that “the only difference between me and a mad man is that I am not mad.” Well, his exhibition in Shanghai showing 350 works surely created a mania in the city and I am excited to have had...

Canada's first Robotic Water Fountain featured in Urban Village

Shopping Mall Developer Cadillac Fairview has adorned the city of Toronto with a new outdoor urban retail store village named 'Shops at Don Mills' located at Don Mills and Lawrence, displaying various artworks...

12 More Stunning Examples of Mobile Phones as Art

"Earlier this year we took a look at one dozen amazing examples of how mobile phones can be used as the subject of art. In some cases, the phones themselves were used to create sculptures and 3D art. In other cases, paintings and drawings depicted the mobile phone as a...

U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...

Creativity needs a home

Trevor Boddy warns against downtown Vancouver's steady conversion to luxury housing:  "With our forestry industry in decline, and our real estate boom losing its steam, B.C.'s economic health will increasingly depend on its creative and cultural industries. Up to now,...

Khajuraho Mystery temples (Ancient art and culture)

Khajuraho a place once well-known for Khajoor (dates) trees. Later periods broom making cottage industries flattened all the trees to flourish this business. Now it is very hard to find date tree in...

Acropolis artifacts set to move

For these old artifacts perhaps a new home after over 130 years in the same place will be refreshing. Even if the move is only a couple hundred meters. When I visited the Acropolis last summer I was surprised to...

Goodbye Bronze Cowboys

I am so glad that this idea is gaining in currency. Public art, historically, has been so bad. Move over bronze cowboys! Make space for interesting, vibrant, engaging, dynamic systems in public space."Public art organizations with an eye on new media are using surprising...

Ancient Statues returning to India

An illegal shipment of six ancient religious statues seized by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to be returned to India. Staff at Heathrow airport confiscated the statues in August 2005 after suspicions were raised over the nature of a shipment arriving from India. Experts...

Vancouver SWARMed by art, hipsters

"If you’re of the sort that exhausts the exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery and feels that the drink specials at your local bar are lacking a certain je ne sais quoi, consider this: SWARM, Vancouver’s...

want it or not, Voodoo is a fact

The yearly Voodoo festival is a feast of colour and dancing. And much more.

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