Category: Art
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Artist Brings Back Art Deco With Spectacular Paintings
If you’re like us, you love everything art deco. The rich colors, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation. We were therefore very pleased to discover the art of Dianne Gall, an oil painter and master of the art deco period. Although she lives all the way Downunder in beautiful Adelaide, Dianne is a busy lady with an exhibition currently…
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Glass Vases and Sculptures That Capture the Beauty of Cascading Waves
If you are a fan of everything water, you will be mesmerised by the spectacular glass art of Californian husband and wife team Paul DeSomma and Marsha Blaker. Their latest works, based on cascading waves, display incredible detail, including gradient shades of cerulean and glistening surfaces that catch the light, to incredibly realistic bubbles and white crystallizations of…
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Images Of How Smartphones Have Taken Over Our Lives
It’s not uncommon to see a person walking down the street while they are completely distracted by their phone, causing them to accidentally bump into someone or something. It’s called the Mobile Phone Zombie Apocalypse and it is well and truly upon us. No one is immune, everyone is consumed. Here’s a collection of our favorite Mobile Phone Zombie…
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Ryan Gosling Finally Eats His Cereal Tribute to Late Vine Star Ryan McHenry
On Tuesday, Ryan Gosling did something that sent the internet into a frenzy: he ate cereal. For those familiar with the (surprisingly complex) lore of Gosling, this was a truly touching act. To fully understand why this video means so much, you have to go back to 2013, when a man named Ryan McHenry started creating Vines…
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Stunning Street Art by L7m That Blur the Line Between Realism and Abstraction
For many years, we’ve admired how Brazilian street artist L7m paints gorgeous portraits of birds. His murals are always full of color and have a palpable energy, and he’s recently brought that same intensity to the streets of Paris and Vitry in France. L7m’s newest pieces blur the line between realism and abstraction, adding in aspects of…
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Breast Cancer Survivor’s Scars Beautifully Concealed by Tattoo Artist
Since 2010, David Allen has been tattooing women who have undergone mastectomies. Typically recreating the nipple shape, mastectomy tattoos have been around for some time. David’s work, however, uses design principles to draw attention away from the scarring by tattooing images of flowers and other flora. This process has quickly become a new, viable option to…
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See the World’s Largest Monastery Library in Austria
Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the Enns River in the town of Admont, Austria. It is the oldest remaining monastery in Styria and contains the largest monastic library in the world. The abbey is known for its Baroque architecture, art, and manuscripts. While the abbey itself was completed in 1074 the library (late…
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Video Captures the Moment Colorblind People See Color for the First Time
It’s estimated that nearly 300 million people across the globe are affected by colorblindness. Valspar Paint, in partnership with EnChroma, is helping individuals experience color for the first time through their campaign #ColorForAll. In the touching short documentary Color for the Colorblind, Valspar Paint provides individuals with EnChroma’s colorblindness-correcting eyeglasses, letting them finally experience the joys…
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New PMS Ice Cream That Perfectly Describes How Women Feel
Parker Jones, a graphic designer based in Texas, has created a series of ice-cream labels designed to speak to a very specific demographic – women who enjoy binge-eating ice-cream when experiencing PMS. The labels on her “PMS Ice Cream” understand how you feel – “I Need Some More” mint chocolate chip, “Don’t Come Near Me”…
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Here’s Proof That Photographers Will Do ANYTHING for the Perfect Shot!
With the advent of the increasingly powerful mobile phone camera, almost everyone thinks they’re a photographer. The thing is, taking that perfect shot often requires much more time and effort than you may think. The following photos of photographers show just that… some photographers will do whatever it takes! And don’t forget, if you’re looking…