Man Allegedly Traveled 10,000 Miles Just to Damage $3 Million Painting Owned by His Father
A 40-year-old man allegedly traveled almost 10,000 miles from England to an art gallery in Aspen, Colorado, where he used a sharp object to slash a $3 million dollar painting by New York artist Christopher Wool, before storming out. It was later revealed that the painting was owned by his father. The bizarre incident occurred last […]
French Museum Discovers That More Than Half of Its Artworks Are Fake
In what the local community has named a ‘catastrophe’, a museum in Elne, Southern France, dedicated to the work of painter Etienne Terrus recently discovered that at least 82 of its 140 artworks were actually fakes. The Terrus museum in Elne had bought the paintings, drawings and watercolors over a period of 20 years, for […]
Jelly Alchemy – The Amazing 3D Jelly Cakes of Siew Heng Boon
Jelly cakes don’t really sound very appetizing, or particularly impressive for that matter, but that’s only because you’ve probably never seen one of Siew Heng Boon’s amazing 3D jelly cakes. Intricately-designed 3D jelly cakes are really popular in South-East Asian countries like Vietnam and Malaysia, and in Mexico, but some of the world’s most amazing such […]
Artist Creates Amazing ‘Web Portraits’ Using a Single Sewing Thread
Slovenian artist Sašo Krajnc creates incredibly detailed portraits by tightly winding a single sewing thread on a circular wooden frame to create overlapping straight lines. That’s actually the most impressive thing about Sašo Krajnc, that he’s able to create such detailed facial features, like the curvatures of the eyes and lips, using only straight lines. He starts […]
Artist Faces Backlash After Killing Butterflies And Using Their Wings for a Painting Symbolizing Rebirth
A Chinese art student sparked a heated debate online after using the wings of over 500 butterflies to create a series of artworks symbolizing rebirth. While some consider her “sick” for using butterfly wings as an art medium, others think her creations qualify as original art. Li Zheng, a fourth-year art student at Quanzhou Normal University […]
Japanese Artist Twists Copper and Brass Wire Into the Most Incredible Sculptures
When it comes to metallic wire artworks, you’ll have a tough time finding a more talented artist than @tdaiki1216, a young Japanese art graduate who seems able to twist copper and brass wire into pretty much anything he sets his mind to, from sculptures that look like drawn manga, to slithering snakes and giant insects. […]
Artist Creates Detailed Portraits Entirely Out of Handwritten Text
California-based artist Phil Vance spends hundreds of hours creating typography portraits of historical icons entirely out of handwritten words and phrases. From afar, Phil Vance’s typography portraits look like expertly drawn artworks, but as you draw nearer to them, you start to see that every feature is actually made up of handwritten text. Once you […]
Makeup Enthusiast Turns Her Face Into Striking Optical Illusions
Monika Falčik, a 22-year-old makeup junky from Lithuania, has been getting a lot of attention on social media lately for her impressive optical illusions, using face paint and makeup to make her face look warped, sliced or detached from her head. Falčik has been getting some attention on Instagram for a while now, by posting […]
The Delicate Saltwater Paintings of Mai Hirashima
From stain remover to mouthwash replacement, saltwater has many uses in our everyday lives, and thanks to Japanese self-taught artist Mai Hirashima, we can also add ‘art medium’ to the list as well. Mai Hirashima uses saltwater as paint, carefully applying it on black paper canvases, using small brushes and thin bamboo skewers, and then […]
Japanese Steampunk Enthusiast Creates the Most Amazing Wristwatches You’ve Ever Seen
When it comes to steampunk-inspired wristwatches, I’m willing to bet you’ve never seen anything quite like the ones Japanese designer FRISK_P makes. To say her creations are steampunk masterpieces almost feels like an understatement, and once you see her work in action, I’m pretty sure you’ll agree. FRISK_P’s mission is “to make wristwatches that nobody […]
Talented Artist Gives Generic Mass-Produced Dolls Their Own Unique Look
Kiev-based artist Olga Kamenetskaya is very popular among doll collectors for her ability to turn generic dolls of all shapes and sizes into unique works of art, some of them so-realistic looking you could swear they were real people. Like most girls, Olga used to love playing with dolls as a child. She eventually grew […]
Japanese Artist Creates Awe-Inspiring Ephemeral Artworks on Her Home Carpet
We’ve seen artists use all sorts of canvases in the past, from paper towels, to butterfly wings or fallen leaves, but never their own carpets. Well, thank to the genius of Japanese Twitter user @agito0219, we can now add carpets to the list of unusual things to create exceptional art on. @agito0219’s art is as […]
Latvian Artist Sparks Controversy with Cannibalistic Performance Art
Latvian performance artist Arturs Bērziņš has managed to spark a heated debate about the ethics of his latest project, where he sliced bits of flesh from two people’s bodies, cooked them in a frying pan and fed it back to them. Bērziņš’ controversial performance, named Eschatology, was staged on March 6th, at the Museum LV un […]
Artist Spends Three Months Building Accurate Model of Midtown Manhattan Out of Old Computer Components
Zayd Menk, a very patient artist from Zimbabwe, spent three months building a 0.0635:100 scale model of Midtown Manhattan out of discarded computer components. The 17-year-old artist, who made the model for a school project, used 263 sticks of hot glue, 27 motherboards, 11 CPUs, 10 CRT monitor motherboards, 18 sticks of RAM, 15 batteries, 12 […]
The Photo-Like Painted Portraits of Yasutomo Oka
These lovely portraits may look like high-definition artistic photographs, or even the product of CGI, but they are actually oil paintings created by Japanese artist Yasutomo Oka At just 34-years-old, Yasutomo Oka is quite obviously already a master when it comes to hyperrealistic paintings. The artist, who hails from Komaki, in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture, spends […]