Category: Art
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Say Goodaye to Brolga, the “Surrogate Mom” to Orphaned Baby Kangaroos
Say goodaye to Chris Barnes, a local Australian hero who has devoted his life to rescuing orphaned baby kangaroos in central Australia. The caretaker, who is nicknamed “Brolga” after the Aboriginal word for the mighty Australian crane, acts as a “surrogate mom” to nearly 30 kangaroos, including little joeys whose mothers were struck and killed by vehicles. For…
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25% of People Have a 4th Cone and Can See Colors as They Really Are
Given the sudden interest in the color of dresses and vision (see HERE to find out if that dress was white and gold or blue and black!), we thought we’d share with you some fascinating findings that Prof. Diana Derval made recently. The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (=color receptors) in our…
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David the Dancing Candy Floss Man Will Have You Block Rockin’ Beats!
Dancing candy floss extraordinaire David Shtorm will amaze you with some smooth moves while making some equally smooth candy floss creations! Whether you call it fairy floss or candy floss, it doesn’t really matter, as David has some Block Rockin’ Beats! http://youtu.be/t5MCnpeNMDw And don’t forget, if you’re looking for a piece of original art to hang…
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Cuteness Overload With Newly Hatched Baby Chameleons Create at Sydney Zoo
If you’ve ever had any doubt about how cute reptiles can be, let us end those doubts right now. This gang of more than 20 baby chameleons, recently hatched at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, is one of the cutest band of curious explorers that we’ve ever seen. The little green guys are veiled chameleons, which are…
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Biodegradable Coffee Cups Embedded With Seeds Grow Into Trees When Thrown Away
A creative company in California called Reduce. Reuse. Grow has designed a coffee cup that is not only biodegradable, but even has seeds in its walls so that it can be planted and grown! The cups, which are currently part of a Kickstarter campaign, will have seeds embedded in their walls based on their locations.…
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A 1979 Ford Falcon Converted into a Tank Armored with 900 Free Books
In celebration of World Book Day (last week) 7UP commissioned Argentinian artist Raul Lemesoff to construct one of his famous book tanks. In this case he began with a stripped down 1979 Ford Falcon which he used to build a new roving library on wheels with an exterior framework capable of carrying 900 free books. Lemesoff refers to his…
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Photographer Captures The Cutest Squirrel Photo Session Ever
When we last saw Russian nature photographer Vadim Trunov, he was looking at the macro world of bugs and snails (see HERE). His latest series sees him in close encounters with squirrels doing the strangest things! Vadim recently published some of the photos he’s captured of squirrels that seem to be building snowmen, taking photos of…
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Terminally Ill Woman Taken by Ambulance for One Last Visit to a Museum
Viewing artwork can be a comforting, moving experience, and one you might not easily forget – even on your last days. This past Tuesday, a terminally ill woman was taken by ambulance to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam so that she could visit the arts and history museum one more time. She’s seen taking in a self-portrait by…
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A Vagina From the 19th Century Sparks French Lawsuit Against Facebook
A 149-year-old vagina is at the center of a legal dispute involving France, Facebook, and online censorship. If you’ve been an avid follower of artFido’s arty posts, you’ll recall that we posted an article mid last year about Luxembourgian artist Deborah de Roberti who transformed Gustave Courbet’s famous painting, l’Origine du Monde, into performance, by revealing her own…
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Body Painting Turns Torsos into Mind-Bending Optical Illusions
Amazingly, these mind-bending optical illusions aren’t made with the help of projections or Photoshop. Artist Natalie Fletcher painted them directly on human skin! The Oregon-based body painter created this impressive series completely freehanded with an airbrush. She calls it Just an Illusion, and the “canvases” feature bright base colors of fuchsia, cyan, green, and yellow. Black…