The Art of Brick (LEGOS)

09-07-2008 • www.brickartist.com

(Very Cool)

Something Beautiful!

8-15-2008 • video

You will think it is an animation at first. Watch and all will be revealed. Well, not all. Pretty cool, eh?

Attack of the Giant Killer Dog Crap!

8-11-2008 • LiveNews

A giant inflatable dog poo has caused chaos, breaking windows and pulling down power lines, after it escaped and flew away from an outdoor exhibition.

Portrait of Woman Revealed Beneath Van Gogh Painting

7-30-2008 • LiveScience

Scientists used a new technique to peer beneath the paint of van Gogh's "Patch of Grass." [cool technique] Behind the painting, done mostly in greens and blues, is a portrait of a woman rendered in browns and reds.

Iowa case raises question: Is stripping an art?

7-272008 • AP

Iowa doesn't have any all-nude strip clubs — but it does have performing arts centers where women dance naked. However, the loophole in the state's public indecent exposure law that allows nude dancing at "art centers" is under atta

Remember the Sixties

6/17/08 • objflicks.com/

This is one of the best presentation of the 1960's that I've seen online. Just click on the link, sit back and enjoy the memories.

Techno-Art Martyr Steve Kurtz

6-12-2008 • Wired

Dr. Steven Kurtz, a Professor of Visual Studies at SUNY at Buffalo and cofounder of the award-winning art and theater group Critical Art Ensemble, has been cleared of all charges of mail and wire fraud.

Raid at Detroit art gallery sows the seeds of rebellion

6-12-2008 • Detroit Free Press

The DJ was spinning old records by James Brown, Aretha Franklin and the Meters during Funk Night last weekend, when the heavily armed cops dressed in commando-style uniforms burst into the west-side Detroit art gallery.

YouType - The strange allure of making your own fonts.

06-11-2008 • www.Slate.com

http://fontstruct.fontshop.com

This is just a test entry.

Earliest Oil Paintings Discovered

4-22-2008 • LiveScience

Oil paintings have been found in caves behind the two ancient colossal Buddha statues destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban, suggesting that Asians — not Europeans — were the first to invent oil painting.

Headstones: Strange, Creepy and Haunting Homages to the Dead

4-17-2008 • Ginn

Five pictures of highly unusual headstones from the past.

Painting of Nude Fat Woman Expected to Bring Millions

04-12-2008 • Ginn

The painting of a very large nude fat woman reclining on a couch is predicted to fetch perhaps $15 million for the artist, 85-year-old Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud.

Ron Paul’s Graphics Revolution

3-25-2008 • NY Times (a big h/t Terri K.)

Although Ron Paul may be mathematically out of contention for the Republican nomination, from what I can tell, he has inspired more do-it-yourself campaign graphics than any of the leading contenders from either party.

Electric Power Line Art

03-01-2008 • Mondoreb

What does it look like when 1301 fluorescent bulbs are set up under some high voltage power lines? 9 nighttime pictures show the bulbs lit up by the power lines energy field.

Aussies "Grow Trees" into Furniture, Art

02-28-2008 • Ginn

An Australian company grows trees into unusual shapes for ready-made furniture and art.

One Image - 17 Amazing Interpretations [most cool]

2-6-2008 • CameraPorn

I posed a challenge to CameraPorn readers. Take an image I dug out of my archives in the form of three bracketed exposures and retouch it into the best final image possible. An interesting and educational view into the personal style of each entrant.

3 Amazing 3D Graffiti Artists: Street Painting and Sidewalk Chalk Art

2-6-2008 • Weburbanist (video and images)

Most people tend to think of graffiti as subversive art spraypainted in the dead of night on urban walls. Some artists defy that stereotype, painting and chalking openly on city streets and sidewalks. [more really cool urban illusions]

The $1.5 Million Dollar Dream Bed

01-19-2008 • Ginn

A Dutch architect invents a anti-gravity, floating bed. It's price tag? Only $1.5 million to overcome the "struggle against gravity".

Stunt leaves famed Spanish Steps filled with thousands of multicolored balls

1-17-2008 • AP

Millions of balls were deployed!!

German experts identify Mona Lisa

1-16-2008 • Reuters

German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait. Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a wealthy Florentine merchant, Francesco del Giocondo, has l

Offensive Art is a Matter of Taste,

01-15-2008 • Ginn

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is art. Unusual art that some say is offensive. Is it offensive? Is it art? Or, is it just somebody goofing around?

The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric

11-25-2007 • Daily Mail

[Freakin amazin] 100ft down and hidden from view, lies an astonishing secret - one that has drawn comparisons with the fabled city of Atlantis are nine ornate temples, on five levels, whose scale and opulence take the breath away.

Reverse Graffiti

10-17-2007 • Inhabitat

Enterprising artists express themselves by making clean spots on soot and grime-covered walls. Predictably, local governments react nonsensically.

World's oldest wall painting unearthed in Syria

10-12-2007 • Reuters

French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting underground in northern Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world. "We found another painting next to it, but that won't be excavated until next year. It is slo

Giant banana hovering over Texas

9-12-2007 • Flasher (video, images)

Argentine-born, Montreal-based artist Cesar Saez's latest project is an ambitious one: at the cost of a million dollars, he plans to inflate a gigantic banana with helium and float it 20-30 miles above Texas. He and his team plan to float the mas

Should the Daily Kos be subject to the FEC?

07-26-2007 • Blog Critics

Today I filed an Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against Kos Media, LLC., better know as DailyKos.com. I allege that they operate as a political committee and are therefore subject to FEC rules. I first thought of this complaint during

A Genius with some skills

04-10-2007 • www.videoplayerweb.com/author/EclecticAsylumArt

Artist worth keeping track of. YouTube files allow you to watch him create.