Archaeologists Discover What May Be the World’s Oldest Crayon
Archaeologists working on a site near an ancient lake in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK say they may have discovered one of the earliest examples of a crayon. The reddish-brown piece of ochre is...
View ArticleA Full-Scale Demolished Car Constructed From Silk, Aluminum Mesh, and Tulle...
Montreal-based textile artist Jannick Deslauriers builds elaborate and often life-size pieces of machinery by sewing together yards of silk, aluminum mesh, and tulle. Each fabric she uses is...
View ArticleOversized Crocheted Doilies by Ashley V Blalock Climb Up Trees and Gallery Walls
Artist Ashley V Blalock crochets enormous red doilies that she then installs in site-specific configurations ranging from galleries to stairwells to trees outside. Her ongoing project, Keeping Up...
View ArticleThe Diverse Daily Life of a Ping Pong Table in Germany Photographed by...
In 2011 Tomiyasu Hayahisa started photographing a ping pong table located in a public athletic field across from his dorm in Leipzig, Germany for a series titled TTP. Tomiyasu had first noted the...
View ArticleFlowers, Animals, and Children Intertwine in Stylized Paper Cut Artworks by...
San Francisco-based paper artist Kanako Abe creates elaborate, stylized portraits of animals and children using Ise-katagami, the traditional Japanese paper stencil technique for patterning kimono...
View Article‘Future Flowers’ Blossom in a Digital Collaboration Presented at Japan’s...
For the Hanami 2050 exhibition in Fukuoka, Japan, Danish floral designer Nicolai Bergmann collaborated with the Tokyo-based design firm Onesal to create a series of dazzling botanical animations. The...
View ArticleDublin’s Sweep of Public Mural Removals Prompts Wave of New Artworks
Mural by @ADW For the past several months, a collective of artists in Dublin known as Subset has been coming up against the letter of the law, as the Dublin City Council (DCC) issues orders requiring...
View ArticleYayoi Kusama’s ‘Flower Obsession’ Invites Guests to Cover a Domestic Interior...
Exhibition image of Yayoi Kusama’s Flower Obsession 2017 on display in NGV Triennial at NGV International 2017. Photo: Eugene Hyland Famed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (previously) is known for her...
View ArticleSoaring Wire Mesh Buildings Cast Ethereal Shadows Over Coachella Music Festival
All images © Roberto Conte Italian artist Edoardo Tresoldi (previously), known for his massive architectural sculptures made of wire, built three transparent structures for this year’s Coachella music...
View ArticleSplash and Burn: An Artist-Led Initiative Raising Awareness About the...
Drone footage still of “Save Our Souls” by Ernest Zacharevic. All images provided by Splash and Burn. Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of palm oil, the harvesting of which has been shown to...
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