In our quest to uncover the most stunning celebrity portraiture, I came upon the work of Gavin Bond. A graduate of London's St Martin's Lane, Gavin spent much of the '90s backstage at the fashion world's bigg… Continue
Added by alice on November 19, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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Tony Ariawan creates some of the most stunning digital art I've ever seen. The synergy of light and motion in these pieces is perfect.
You may remember seeing some of his work in… Continue
There's going to be some great programming next week for our partners over at the National Geographic channel. Kicking off Expedition Week is Search for the Amazon Head Shrinkers, which runs this Sunday night. National G… Continue
Russian photographer, Paul Samokhvalov, shoots Natasha Vyrostkova in this beautiful photo shoot. Not only is the lighting amazing, I love how you can feel the vulnerability in each picture.… Continue
The expressive power of mountains and stock markets share certain aspects in common. Both have an emotional force; they can awaken feelings of happiness, yet they also carry components of risk within them. Both ha… Continue
This has to be the sexiest music video ever created! Shot in classic black and white, fashion photographer Victor Del Toro follows around a beautiful model who can't decide whether or not to keep her clothes on. Song is "Say It Ain’t So" by Weezer. Continue
London-based architecture firm ACME was recently awarded third prize in a competition to design a United Nations memorial. Initiated by the city of Chungju in South Korea, the selected memorial will rest i… Continue
Lori Earley’s debut UK solo show, “Laments and Lullabies,” opened last week at London’s Opera Gallery. The beautiful redhead, who has been praised for her authentic portraiture, reportedly takes around a mo… Continue
Global architecture firm Populous won the competition to create the main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, South Korea. The 70,000 seat, $400 million multipurpose stadium will be designed to be reco… Continue
Added by Eugene on October 5, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Finally, South America gets an Olympics! The 2016 Games are going to be in Rio de Janeiro. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat out finalist Madrid.
Rio spoke to IOC members' consciences - The city argued that it was simply unfair that South America has never hosted the games, while Europe, Asia and North America have done so repeatedly. "It is a time to address this imbalance," Brazil's charismatic president, Luiz… Continue
The sculpture “What You see Might Not Be Real,” by Chen Wenling, was displayed at a Beijing gallery Sunday. A bull, meant to represent Wall Street, is seen ramming the biggest con man of all time, Bern… Continue
Added by Eugene on September 28, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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No, this isn't Mars. A huge outback dust storm - 500 km (310 mi) wide by 1,000 km (620 mi) long - swept across eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, September 23rd, disrupting flights and ground tra… Continue
The meeting of the stone-age Flintstones and futuristic Jetsons is like a happy dream I never knew I had. Kenny Scharf's Barberadise opens this weekend and features Hanna Barbera characters “amids… Continue
Added by Eugene on September 11, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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At 32, Stella Im Hultberg is a shining star in the pop art world. A masterful artist using both oil on canvas and watercolor on tea-stained paper, she creates beautiful portraits of women, rich in gracefulness, and full of femininity. What I find most intriguing about her pieces are the blank expressi… Continue
Added by Eugene on September 4, 2009 at 1:30am —
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Forming a spiraling circle around a strong vertical core, Kazakhstan’s new National Library in Astana is a sight for sore eyes. Designed by BIG Architects, who were recently awarded first prize in an open inter… Continue
Added by Eugene on August 27, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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After nearly a two month delay, Zaha Hadid's Burnham Pavilion finally opened to the public earlier this month at Millennium Park in Chicago. The actual photos of the structure look even more i… Continue
It would be pretty awesome to have a beer with the President at the White House, but then again, maybe not under these circumstances. Vice President Biden joined President Obama, Sergeant Jame… Continue