Neatorama:
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It took over 11 hours to create these two "Where the Wild Things Are" chalk murals at Arnold DC, a Washington ad agency. Watch the timelapse video of their creation, using over 1,500 stills. Really cool.
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Thaindian News:
New York, Nov 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Andy Warhol painting ‘200 One Dollar Bills’ sold for an amazing $43.8 million. The highest presale estimate was of $12 million, but it sold for 3 times that, at a whooping $43.8 million.This painting, which was one of Andy Warhol’s first silk-screen paintings, was sold at Sotheby’s on [. (Read More)
Design Milk:
Gregory Han is the managing editor of home solutions and décor site Apartment Therapy Los Angeles, alongside the home technology site, Unplggd. In past iterations he’s found himself as an art director for several video game publications, an industrial and packaging designer for the toy industry, and as a contributor for sev (Read More)
WebUrbanist:
Photo-realistic art is really on its own level in the art world. While some may ask what the point is when taking a picture is so much easier, to these artists the point is obvious: painstakingly creating a tiny piece of fiction that looks good enough to be fact is a feat of artistic talent. Is it really possible for an art (Read More)
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Born on November 12, 1840, in Mouffetard - a working-class district of Paris, France, Auguste Rodin is considered to be one of the most important sculptors of modern times. He began drawing at the age of 10 and at 14, attended the Petite Ecole - a special school for drawing and mathematics. Rodin was a promising student (Read More)
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Over the weekend, Jeremy Fish opened his latest exhibit at the Laguna Art Musuem. The San Francisco-based artist put together new works which are “largely about transformation and rebirth through struggle. Deliberately drawing from our own current economic and political events and its impact on us socially and emotionally, (Read More)
Thaindian News:
By Meena KarNew York, Nov.12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) New York’s contemporary-art auction exhibited some of the marvelous art pieces and gained huge appreciation from the bidders. The major attraction of the auction was the “200 One Dollar Bills“, a work of Andy Warhol done in 1962. It has been one of the most popular art pieces [ (Read More)
Thaindian News:
New York, Nov 12 (DPA) A silk-screen painting by iconic American pop artist Andy Warhol sold for $43.8 million Wednesday night in New York, Sotheby’s auction house said.The work, 200 One Dollar Bills, was one of the first silk-screen paintings by Warhol, 1928-87.The painting was estimated by the auction house at $8 million (Read More)
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Sky Glabush has made suburban rental homes the subject of his latest series of paintings. His slush and snow-filled scenes devoid of figures feel a bit lonesome to me, and yet strangely comforting in their familiarity. I’m curious what mood they would conjure up in someone who has spent their life closer to the equator and (Read More)
Submitted by Emmeffe2
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Skye on his work:I am an artist and designer. That is all I know and it’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I am always striving to evolve as an artist and keep up with a world that is changing at an increasing rate.I graduated from Oregon State University with a BFA in Graphic Design with a focus on Fine Arts. (Read More)
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Linda Carey Roman Forum Late Afternoon, pastel 2009 21 x 29 inches Someone recently sent me a link to a wonderful show of Linda Carey’s pastel painting at the Keny Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Regretfully, the gallery took the online images down at the end of the show on November 2. However you can see a number of her works (Read More)
COLOURlovers:
Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico and European influences including Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically articulate her own pain and sexuality (Read More)
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On November 9, 2009, Berlin will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Numerous events are going on around the city including the restoration of the East Side Gallery - a 1.3km long section of the wall located along the bank of the Spree River. Initially created in 1989/1990, the wall is a memorial (Read More)