Category Archives: Art

Sci-Fi Short Film: “BYGONE” | DUST

An old man, with a receding memory, pays to view synthetic recreations of his mother and childhood. BYGONE by Nick Naum & Csaba Nagy

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Artist Luke O’Sullivan Combines Drawings and Sculptures to Create Extraordinary Cities

Boston-born, Philadelphia-based artist Luke O’Sullivan combines screen-printed drawings on wood and metal to create architectural sculptures inspired by dystopian fiction. See more images […] More: Artist Luke O’Sullivan Combines Drawings and Sculptures to Create Extraordinary Cities

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10-Billion-Pixel Scan of ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Reveals Unseen Details

You can view every crack and blob of paint used in “Girl with a Pearl Earring” like never before. Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring has fascinated art lovers for centuries. Those who have been lucky enough to admire … Continue reading

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Sci-Fi Short Film: “This Time Away” (Starring Timothy Spall) | DUST

Nigel is an elderly man living as a recluse, haunted by his past and memory of the family he once had, until an unexpected visitor arrives and disrupts his lonely routine. This Time Away by Magali Barbe Connect with the … Continue reading

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The Way This Engineer Turns Simple Sheets Of Paper Into Geometric Art Is Amazingly Satisfying (30 Pics)

Karolina Wv Community member Believe it or not, but these gorgeous geometric sculptures were created out of ordinary sheets of colored paper by artist Matt Shlian. Based on the paper folding principles of origami, the ‘paper engineer’ uses complex techniques. … Continue reading

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The Blue Hour: Lyrical Illustrations Catalog a Menagerie of Specimens in Earth’s Rarest Pigment

JANUARY 21, 2021 GRACE EBERT French illustrator and author Isabelle Simler deftly renders the liminal time surrounding dusk through a poetic exploration of Earth’s rarest color. The Blue Hour winds through the natural world on a journey to spot the pigment, … Continue reading

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The Hill We Climb: Watch the inauguration poem in full | BBC News

Amanda Gorman’s powerful reading of her poem was one of the memorable moments at Joe Biden’s inauguration. Source: The Hill We Climb: Watch the inauguration poem in full

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MoCA \ Purple Magazine: Doug Aitken’s Underwater Pavilions

Purple Television presents the iconic multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker Doug Aitken in discussion with Philippe Vergne on his new Underwater Pavilions. Accessible to scuba divers, the temporary underwater installation features three geometric sculptures off the coast of Catalina Island in … Continue reading

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A Tiled Wave Ripples Across Olafur Eliasson’s New Installation in Downtown Chicago

Last week, artist Olafur Eliasson (previously) unveiled a massive, wave-like artwork that mimics the rippled surfaces of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Comprised of 1,963 curved tiles, “Atmospheric wave wall” sits between the two bodies of water at Willis Tower … Continue reading

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This Elaborately Armored Samurai Was Folded From A Single Sheet of Paper | Colossal

JANUARY 16, 2021 GRACE EBERT Juho Könkkölä  spent upwards of 50 hours scoring and folding just one sheet of Wenzhou rice paper to create this painstakingly detailed samurai complete with plated armor, traditional helmet, and sword. Beginning with a 95 … Continue reading

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