Thousands of Colored LEDs Turn Dutch Farmland Into Nighttime Wonderland
Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde’s latest artwork GROW is an homage to the beauty of agriculture. In the world film premiere GROW appears as a luminous dreamscape of red and blue waves of light over an enormous field. GROW is inspired by scientific light recipes which improve plants’ growth and resilience. Continue reading »
Choose The People’s Choice Award For Wildlife Photographer Of The Year
Choose the People’s choice award for Wildlife Photography of the Year. Browse the 25 photographs featured below and vote for the one you think should win this year’s People’s Choice Award.
More than 49,000 images are entered into Wildlife Photographer of the Year every year, but our panel of judges can only award 100 winners. Each year the Natural History Museum chooses an additional 25 of the best images from the latest competition shortlist. We then ask the public to help us select the recipient of the People’s Choice Award.
The winner will be announced on 10 February 2021.
Hare ball by Andy Parkinson
Andy spent five weeks watching the mountain hares near Tomatin in the Scottish Highlands, waiting patiently for any movement – a stretch, a yawn or a shake – which typically came every 30 to 45 minutes. Continue reading »
Chilean Artist Finds Humor In Everyday Life, Here Are His Superb Minimalist Comics
Short and humorous comics are a quick and easy way to take your mind off of day-to-day reality. Chilean cartoonist Karlo Ferdon is spot-on in this category with his simple and minimalist comics that can bring a smile to your face. In his imaginative world, Ferdon draws people, animals, everyday objects, or foods caught up in random and witty situations. Continue reading »
Machinalia : Boris Artzybasheff’s Surreal Visions of Living Machines
Boris Artzybasheff (25 May 1899 – 16 July 1965) was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. In 1919 he arrived in New York City and began work as an engraver. He illustrated 50 books, many of which he wrote, and scores of magazines, including Life, Fortune, and more than 200 covers for Time. Continue reading »
Japanese Artist and Designer CHA2’s Cyberpunk Headgear Looks Like It Came from The Future
If your Venn diagram of interests includes Japanese subculture, street fashion, and cyberpunk, chances are you already know about Hirofumi Matsuura, who goes by the artist name CHA2 (pronounced “cha-tsu”) and runs the fashion brand trico inc. Continue reading »
An Unusual Art Object – a Giant Black Fox Appeared in Riga, Latvia
A new landmark has appeared in Riga. On one of the walls of Turgenev Street stands a huge black fox. This installation is made of a metal frame and broken hemp ropes by a student of the Latvian Academy of Art as part of an eco-action. Continue reading »
Procedural Art and Mixed Reality Experiments by Michael Kozlowski
Michael Kozlowski is an American media artist and software developer. His primary interests are real-time graphics, mixed reality, and interactivity. Continue reading »
Codpiece Was a Weird Renaissance Fashion Trend
The codpiece as a feature of male dress dates to the 15th and 16th centuries during the renaissance. Designed to cover the gap between the two legs of men’s hose, it is packed and shaped to emphasize rather than disguise the genital area. Continue reading »
Universo Chatarra: The Scrap Universe of Alejandro Burdisio
Argentinian artist Alejandro Burdisio (previously) presents us with a melancholy future that does not forget the past. After studying architecture and sharpening his pencils as a draftsman, Burdisio has made a career for himself as a concept artist. Continue reading »
Fascinating Nostalgic Color Photos Show What the World Looked Like in the 1950s
A 1950s Ford with a ‘Welcome to Colorful Colorado’
The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement in the United States. “America at this moment,” said the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1945, “stands at the summit of the world.” Continue reading »
Nubian Ibex Make the Most of Lockdown in Israel
Abir Sultan/EPA/EFE
Nubian ibex roam the streets during a national lockdown in Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel. Although Israel is one of the first countries to have received vaccines and has so far vaccinated more then two million of its around nine million citizens, the rate of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is rising drastically as Israel entered a full closure of two weeks. Continue reading »
Plenty of Old Carney Magic Still Haunts This Abandoned Photogenic Amusement Park in South Korea
There is a small abandoned theme park in Seoul, South Korea, with a quieted carousel, bleached-out images of ’80s pop icons, and “dodgem” cars that have long-since quit dodging. But unlike most amusement parks that have gone idle, this one invites the public to share in its slow crumble. Continue reading »
Artist Created a Crochet Bernie Sanders Doll and It Is the Cutest Thing Ever
Tobey King
It’s official, the Bernie Sanders inaugural look is the coolest thing in fashion right now. The Vermont senator served one of the most iconic Inauguration Day fashion moments, when he showed up to the event looking snug in a Burton winter coat and now-famous patterned brown mittens. Continue reading »
This Japanese Artist Makes Sculptures Out Of Snow, And Here Are The Coolest Ones
Winter is often associated with snow—whether you live in warmer climates or have to struggle with the cold for a better part of the year, snowflakes likely remind you of the brilliant white winter. And while some see the beauty of the season, others find a unique opportunity to show off their creative side. Continue reading »
Russian Industrial Crane Manufacturer Presented Its Sensual Calendar for 2021
The industrial crane manufacturer from Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, made a sensual calendar 2021 featuring a real plant employees. The calendar is being distributed free to the clients of the plant in Naberezhnye Chelny in the central Russian Republic of Tatarstan. Cranes are going to sell well. Continue reading »
We’ll Live Till Monday: The Superb Contermporary Oil Paintings By Andrey Shatilov
Russian artist Andrey Shatilov chose an uneasy way in art – oil painting. In the digital epoch such adherence to classic values is rare. Each work of Andrey has a deep meaning which is not always on the surface. You often need to take time to understand the message of the author but you will hardly regret it. Continue reading »
Famous Paintings And Historical Figures Recreated Using Artificial Intelligence
Marie Antoinette
Nathan Shipley is a San Francisco-based graphics artist who used artificial intelligence (AI) to reimagine a handful of historical figures, cartoon characters, and famous paintings as modern-day people. Continue reading »
Trying to Understand the Mysterious Russian Soul with Amazing Photographs of Sergey Kolyaskin
Daily moments of life on photographs of Sergey Kolyaskin – master who has his own school of photography, who had fifteen personal exhibitions and published two photo albums, participated in numerous contests, being a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and the Russian Geographical Society. Continue reading »
Artist Pays Homage to Possibly the Biggest Icon of The 21st Century with His ‘Tribute’ Project
Max Siedentopf is a London based multi-disciplinary conceptual artist working across video, photography, sculpture, creative direction and everything in-between and is the founder of the of the art publication ORDINARY. Continue reading »
Elephant Hotel: The Prime Example of Novelty Architecture in 1880s
Novelty architecture, also called programmatic or mimetic architecture, is a type of architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes for purposes such as advertising or to copy other famous buildings without any intention of being authentic. Continue reading »
The Lost Art of Cassette Design: 1980s
Steve Vistaunet’s photgraphs of cassette spine designs take us back to pressing ‘play’ and ‘record’ on to make compilation mixes. Continue reading »
Grizzly Bears Among Stunning Finalists of National Parks Photo Contest
Two grizzly bears fighting, a group of bison plowing through a field of snow and the stars lighting a hiking trail are among the pictures selected as the 20 finalists in a photography competition showcasing images from US national parks. All 20 images were the winners of the first ever annual Nature’s best Photography National Parks Photo competition and were the top 20 placed images chosen from more than 3,000 entries.
‘Grizzly Bears’: This stunning photo by Thomas Vijayan shows the brutality of nature as two grizzly bears duel in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Continue reading »
See the Winners in Picture Wild Montana 2020 Photo Contest
First Place: “Quiet Contemplation at Holland Lake” by Kevin League of Helena
The Montana Wilderness Association has announced the winners of the 12th annual Picture Wild Montana Photo Contest. The theme of this year’s contest was “The Joy of the Wild.” Continue reading »
Tom Selleck Photoshopped Into Waterfall Scenes With a Sandwich
When it comes to absolutely pointless photoshopping projects, this one definitely takes the cake (or sandwich). Thank God that Al Gore invented the internet back in the 1980s and we are able to share this gallery today! Continue reading »
Artist and Gulf Veteran Creates Portraits of Famous Faces Using Thousands of Old Keyboard Pieces
From Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia to John Lennon and Mona Lisa, these famous faces have one thing in common. They are made from thousands of keys from recycled computer keyboards. Continue reading »
