Category: artist
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100’s of Museums Provide Adult Coloring-In Books to Download FOR FREE
Interestingly, one of the biggest adult art movements of 2017 was the coloring in book craze. Whether it be re-living our youth, finding a different way to relax, or simply passing the time, book stores sold more ‘adult’ coloring in books in 2017 than all of the previous 10 years combined. The Color Our Collections…
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65 Free Charlie Chaplin Films Online To Celebrate His 129th Birthday
A few things to know about Charlie Chaplin. He starred in over 80 films, reeling off most during the silent film era. In 1914 alone, he acted in 40 films, then another 15 in 1915. By the 1920s, Chaplin had emerged as the first larger-than-life movie star and director, if not the most recognizable person…
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H&M Files Lawsuit Against Graffiti Artist, Claims All Unsanctioned Artwork Can Be Used By Corporations Without Payment
H&M has entered a legal dispute with artist Jason “REVOK” Williams over the copyright usage of his work in a recent advertising campaign. The campaign features imagery as well as videos of a male model clad in the retailer’s “New Routine” sportswear line while in front of a wall with Williams’s graffiti painted on it.…
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Can A Single Book Disrupt the Foundation of a Brick Wall?
How much power does one book hold? That’s the central question of a unique installation by Mexican artist Jorge Mendez Blake. For his 2007 project, “The Castle” (named after The Castle by Franz Kafka), Mendez Blake constructed a single wall of bricks—75 feet long, 13 feet high—without mortar. Each brick was placed uniformly and intentionally, as with any wall, but Blake also included an…
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Couple Mistakenly Buys Tickets for Bagpipe Band ‘Red Hot Chilli Pipers’ Instead of Red Hot Chili Peppers
Thinking that they’d gotten a really good price on tickets to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers, an unsuspecting Duncan Robb and his partner Sarah, who live in Chesterfield, Derbyshire UK, excitedly flew over to Belfast, Northern Ireland only to find out that they had not purchased tickets for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but…
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Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours: a Pre-Photographic Guide for Artists and Naturalists
Color swatches seem like a modern invention. Pantone, for instance, is tied up with the emerging post-World War II economy that needed to standardize colors in products and print media around the world. Paint companies, using carefully standardized chemical recipes, were able to sell the same shade of ecru in thousands of stores. In the…
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Government Conducts Experiment Giving LSD Drugs to Artist and Asking Him to Draw the Same Portrait 9 Times
These nine drawings were completed by an artist under the influence of LSD – part of a test conducted by the USA Government during its interest in psychometric drugs in the 1950s. The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils. His subject…
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Mother Takes Darkly Humorous & Controversial Family Photos
Susan Copich is a photographer, actress and model from New York. When not in front of the camera, she finds herself behind it, creating fictitious, dark and domestic scenarios using herself, her daughters and her husband as the actors. In her series “Domestic Bliss”, Susan has combined metaphor, irony and satire to create a dialogue…
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Learn to Paint with 403 Free Episodes of Bob Ross’ “The Joy of Painting” on YouTube
Whether you’re interested in taking up painting, managing stress, cultivating a more positive outlook, or building a business empire, the late television artist Bob Ross can help you stick it out. Like Fred Rogers’ Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood, Ross’ long-running PBS show, The Joy of Painting, did not disappear from view following its creator’s demise. For…
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550 Million Years of Human Evolution According to Illustrator Jurian Möller
The evolution of man has been debated for nearly as long as man has walked on this earth. Illustrator Jurian Möller is the latest to give his interpretation, in a fascinating flip book which documents the evolution of man from animalia 550 million years ago up until today. But is he right? Watch the video below…