Firas Alkhateeb created the now infamous poster of Barack Obama with make-up like the Joker in Batman - The Dark Knight, famously played by Heath Ledger. The 20-year-old history major at Univeristy of Illinois...
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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...
Peter Weibel and Boris Groys have mounted a timely exhibition on the theme of contemporary religious iconography in art and cultural production within a context of digital media and technology. The sprawling exhibition focuses on works broaching Buddhism, Christianity...
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"Several artworks including Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse have been stolen from an exhibition at a small gallery in Berlin’s Wilmersdorf district."
" The etchings, prints and sculptures included “Profil au fond noir,” a 1947 work by Picasso; “Nude in a rocking...
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With less than two months to go, Franz Ferdinand have finally unveiled the album artwork for their forthcoming album,‘Tonight: Franz Ferdinand‘. The new album is set for release January 26.See the album...
We all know the Rolling Stones' Tongue (the logo, I'm meaning), it is for sure one of the most known and emblematic rock 'n' roll images all around the world, if not the most; it's been reproduced and copied in...
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"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...
I am so not making this up! This Swiss exhibit by an American features a collection of inflatable ca-ca. And one big piece got loose in the wind. Imagine explaining that when you get home: honey, mom, dad (fill in the blanks), I'm late, we don't have power, I couldn't finish...
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Some of the artwork stolen from UBC last month has been recovered, though police are releasing few details at this time. No word on whether any of the recovered art is that of artist Bill Reid.The original story can be found here."Police in B.C. say some of the artwork stolen...
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Over the past weekend, thieves made off several pieces of solid gold jewelry from the University of British Columbia (UBC) Museum of Anthropology. Twelve of the pieces were fashioned by the late Bill...
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Prometheus, Day 9. I finally got the whole underpainting laid in. Now, while I let it dry, I have to figure out what I'm going to work on in the meantime. Definitely the Napoleon picture. Then, back to the...
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Official symbols of America have long been considered sacred and untouchable. In 1969, Jimi Hendrix enraged U.S.politicians by performing a distorted, fragmented version of the American anthem. Florida student...
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This unusual piece of art is on the porch sunning himself, however, at one time he lived in the depths of a junk heap.Used as an object lesson in a religious service Edgar's history began as a Harley Davidson...
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Diesel knows how to do the crowdsourced creative campaign contest right.Their 'Diesel Wall' competition alone has been running for a full five years. And they've picked some great international cities to...