Oh, to be in London this month! The London Design Festival will be kicking off on September 17 and will feature some exciting new works from one of our favorite graphic artists, Israel-born
Noma Bar. His masterful use of negative space never ceases to amaze us. Bar's playful, minimalist…
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Added by alice on September 2, 2011 at 10:30am —
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Advertising: Finalist, 1st Category winner Sinsong Xi
After showing you a
collection of professional shots from the 2011 International Photography Awards, we thought it would only be right to show you the…
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Added by alice on August 21, 2011 at 11:00am —
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It's been awhile since we we wrote about Stanley Chow's cool and funny caricatures so we thought it was about time to show you some of his newer work. The Manchester, England-based illustrator has been very busy, creating everyone from Clark Kent in a telephone booth to good 'ol Leonardo DiCaprio in one of our all-time favorite movies, Inception. You can read our interview…
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Added by alice on August 10, 2011 at 11:00am —
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My Hand with Glow-in-the-Dark Paint, 2010
Going on from now till June 11 at the Michael Mazzeo Gallery in New York is an exciting exhibition from one of our most beloved artists, Caleb Charland. Back in July 2010, we wrote about how Charland makes us believe in magic through his… Continue
Added by alice on June 6, 2011 at 10:30am —
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After being completely amazed by Alan Wolfson's
hyper-realistic Canal Street scene, I knew I had to get in touch with him. Though the
Q&A section on his website is quite thorough, I still had some lingering questions. Wolfson was…
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Added by alice on April 18, 2011 at 11:30am —
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Banksy's Stained Window
Today, we witnessed history being made. As the very first major U.S. museum exhibition of graffiti and street art, MOCA presented the media preview of Art in the Streets, an epic visual feast you must experience for yourself! Tracing the…
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Added by alice on April 14, 2011 at 7:30pm —
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Bunk, 2005, Inlaid maps on panel
We were so blown away by Matthew Cusick's
meticulously detailed map art that we had to get in touch the artist for an interview. What do maps mean to him? How long does one of these pieces take? How does he decide on what to create next?…
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Added by alice on March 26, 2011 at 10:00am —
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Over the years, we've featured the wonderfully whimsical work of Mike Stilkey a few times (see
here and
here) and now the artist is back with some fresh new pieces. His new, solo show, called…
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Added by alice on March 18, 2011 at 11:30am —
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Banksy makes us think with his satirical street art. TED prize winner JR inspires us with his soulful portraits. But it's only OakoAk who can make us laugh with his cute and clever pieces. Lately, the French street artist has been on a tear, turning park benches, stoops and dilapidated walls into wonderful and unexpected places for art. We love his take on…
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Added by alice on March 5, 2011 at 7:30am —
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Fantastic Voyage
With the
Last Resort installation he started the year off with a bang and now London-based street artist Slinkachu is back with more incredibly clever works for 2011. Watch as a green shoelace turns into a Loch Ness-style monster, a half eaten chicken…
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Added by alice on February 28, 2011 at 10:30am —
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It's safe to say that Liu Bolin is a modern-day magician. In 2007, his advanced camouflage art exploded onto the art scene as we were all left speechless, scratching our heads at how body paint could seamlessly blend a person into their background. With a team of two assistants, Bolin paints onto his clothes and then spends hours positioning himself in front of backdrops until he's virtually…
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Added by alice on February 13, 2011 at 10:00am —
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Easily one of the most popular posts on theMET to date is 19 Amazing Paintings, Not Photos. Over 200,000 people have visited this one page alone and just when we think it has reached its full potential, and breathed its last breathe, it comes raging back.
Now that it's almost…
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Added by alice on July 16, 2010 at 3:30pm —
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Beekeeper
Influenced by pretty things in dark places and nasty things masquerading in beauty, Craww is a natural born artist with roots in the graphic design world. He recently took our breath away with his hauntingly beautiful work and we're still left speechless after viewing his new…
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Added by alice on June 17, 2010 at 7:30am —
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