Some gorgeous new installations have just popped up on our radar that involve jars and lights. Anonymous art collective Luzinterruptus, who’s known for their interesting light installations in public spaces, collected glass containers for four months and then displayed them around Madrid’s public fountains. Why? It’s a statement to show that over 50% of public fountains are now dismantled, broken or just dry. As an expensive and inconvenient alternative, water must be bought in bottles. To criticize the administration for this much needed public service, they wanted to show, in a symbolic way, drinking water running through the streets.

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If you’ve ever wanted to step into a room that feels like it goes on into infinity, well, now you can. At Tate Modern in London from February 9 to June 5, 2012, you’ll find a space filled with mirrors and small LED lights, which change color. Infinity Mirror Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life is by famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.

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How does one get to paint a mural inside Facebook, the social network people just can’t stop talking about? A few days ago, we shared that Facebook recently put up a gorgeous new mural in their Menlo Park, California headquarters. Today, we bring you an exclusive interview with Jet Martinez, the talented artist who created it. Read about the inspiration behind the mural and find out how his Mexican heritage influenced the beautiful piece.

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Mexican born, San Francisco-based artist Jet Martinez recently completely one of the prettiest artworks you’ll find at the new Facebook headquarters. Called Bouquet, it’s a bright, colorful mural that is sure to stop anyone in their tracks.

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Determined to figure out a way to show his large scale landscape photos on the web, photographer David Anthony Hall decided to do something different. With works that are up to 3 meters long or about 9 feet, he knew he had to think “outside-the-box,” ultimately coming up with the idea of building the world’s smallest gallery.

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While we’re used to seeing famous Chinese artist Liu Bolin seamlessly blend himself into backgrounds, it’s not often that we witness his magic on others, letting alone famous designers. In this unique collaboration with Harper’s Bazaar, he’s done just that, saying to the magazine, “There are many Chinese citizens who need to prove themselves by buying Western brands. So in this series, I hid each designer in his or her own designs. You think about the relationship between the world we create and ourselves.”

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Today, we’ve brought together a list of iPhone apps that we believe every art enthusiast should have. From companion museum apps to a creative painting app, these seven have been carefully chosen with you, the art lover, in mind.

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If you’ve ever wanted to see an artist’s interpretation of famous TV locations, look no further than Tim Doyle’s new works for Spoke Art Gallery. Called “Unreal Estate,” it’s places that we all know and love, even though they only exist in our pop culture memory.

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It covers over 70% of our Earth’s surface and it’s the most essential element to life. Water is so important to us, yet it’s so easy for us to take it for granted. Today, we take a look at several digital artists who’ve created their own interpretations of it.

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Using trash bags, unused grocery bags and plastic sheets, Pakistani artist Khalil Chishtee creates life-sized figures racked with emotion. He uses these materials as a metaphor for “recycling our identities” or braving the problems of life.

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