Iconic and infamous artist Banksy is dropping 50 new unique screen prints of his work titled “FRAGILE”, “AGILE” or “LEGACY OF WAR” depending on the source. The important bit–outside the fact that it’s a legit…
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Flemish Renaissance Superheroes
The 16th century was a time of great art forming from the paint brushes of Dutch and Flemish artists. Their subjects, however, weren’t quite as interesting as modern-day superheroes. Artist Sacha Goldberger fixed that with…
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This Light Bridge Installation Looks Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie
Phillip K. Smith’s installations are unlike anything else out there. Ever since we saw “Lucid Stead,” a mirrored abode he built in 2013, we knew we were going to love everything Smith concocts. That holds…
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8 Pocket Knives Almost Too Beautiful to Use
When it comes to the pocket knife you choose to use on a regular basis, you have options. Do you want something cheap? Do you want something functional? Do you want something attractive? Do you…
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The 9 Most Interesting Metro Cards Ever Released
New York City is one of the most art-influenced and art-influencing places in the entire world. Aside from being packed with museums, art houses, theaters, galleries, and music venues, it’s the kind of city whose…
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‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Immersive Art Exhibit
Fifty years ago, one of the most compelling, original, and genre-defining sci-fi movies of all time hit theaters. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey, how would you like to step inside the…
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A Design Studio Came Up With a Clever Way to Redo a Restaurant’s Bathroom Without Changing Its Old Tiles
Gyva Grafika is a design studio in Kaunas, Lithuania, that was tasked with redesigning the bathroom inside Galeria Urbana, a restaurant also in the city of Kaunas. The only stipulation? They needed to keep the…
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Own a Door From a Famous Artist’s Home at the Chelsea Hotel
About a decade ago, the iconic Chelsea Hotel (aka Hotel Chelsea or just The Chelsea) that artists, authors and musicians ranging from Andy Warhol and Bob Marley to Jack Kerouac and Jackson Pollack called home…
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This Book Charts the Colors of the Natural World
Steel Gray. Arterial Blood Red. Sap Green. These are just a few of the descriptions you’ll find in Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, a book first published in 1814 and set to make a stunning return to…
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What’s Happening Outside the Frames of Iconic Album Covers?
That Instagram post of the woman doing some insane yoga pose in an angelic field filled with daisies? Yeah, it was probably cropped so you couldn’t see the chaos going on around her, the child…
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This Exhibit Highlights Chopstick Sleeves Left Behind at Restaurants
If you’re like us, when you leave a Japanese restaurant, the sleeve your chopsticks came looks like shitty origami. Maybe it’s because we’re fidgety, but we can’t help but mess with that piece of paper.…
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A Bridge in Sweden Looks Like It Was Built from LEGO Bricks
Christo Guelov is an artist from Madrid who must have played with LEGO blocks when he was younger. Why? Well his latest installation looks like a real-life version of a toy bridge we must have…
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A Town in Iceland Made an Optical Illusion Crosswalk to Slow Traffic
We’re turning into those angry old men who shake their fists at cars flying by these days. Okay, not all the time, we love speed as much as the next guy, but specifically when there’s…
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11 Museums in the U.S. That You Need to Visit at Least Once
Usually we think of museums as stuffy places old people go to so they can see stuff their parents used. But they’re not all like that. There are plenty of museums that cater to your…
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Richard Branson Turned a WWII Ship Into an Underwater Work of Art
What you see here is a work of art you can only view in person if you dive off the coast of Virgin Gorda of the British Virgin Islands. BVI Art Reef, a project spearheaded…