Tag: artFido
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This Is What Happens When You Blow Soap Bubbles at -12 degrees
With the Northern Hemisphere freezing and the Southern Hemisphere melting, we thought we’d post a weather-related art blog today. When the weather dropped to -12°C last week, Washington-based photographer Angela Kelly decided to take an advantage of it in one truly creative way. Together with her 7-year-old son, Kelly combined the home-based remedies – dish…
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Incredibly Realistic Rainy Day Paintings by Karen Woods
On a rainy afternoon, artist Karen Woods observes large raindrops as they transform windshields and window panes into beautiful formations. She then converts those meditative moments into mesmerizing oil paintings that capture the tranquility of a quiet, stormy day. In her paintings, Woods turns everyday urban scenes into impressive moments filled with captivating distortions. She…
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Portraits of Totally Unrelated People Who Have Found Their Doppelgangers
Fascinated with the idea that two totally unrelated people can look like twins, photographer Francois Brunelle set out to take portraits of 200 doppelgangers. This beautiful black and white series began when he photographed a pair of friends who looked as though they were identical twins that had been separated at birth. Although most of his photos so…
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37 Things You’ll Regret When You’re Old
As we enter a new year, it’s always good to reflect on the year that just passed. Anything you shouldn’t have done? Anything you SHOULD have done? As the saying goes, “Life is Short”, so let 2014 be the year that you go and do those things you’ve always wanted to do. Hopefully this list…
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Top 10 Blogs of 2013 – artFido
2013 was a big year for artFido. We went from a fledgling start-up with a healthy following in Australia and New Zealand, a puppy if you will, to a thriving international website with a prolific online community, a dog with a very loud bark, in the space of 12 months. With an average of around…
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15 Of The Most Majestic Caves In The World
These stunning caves aren’t part of some fairy-tale world or horror movie – they can be found in some of the world’s most remote places in Asia, North America and Europe. Some of these caves form when water seeps down through cracks in limestone rock. The limestone rock dissolves into the water bit by bit,…
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Cai Guo-Qiang at QAGOMA With an Amazing Installation “Falling Back to Earth”
When we last featured Cai Guo-Qiang’s amazing installations (see HERE), it proved to be one of the most popular blogs we’ve ever written. We were therefore extremely excited to learn that Cai is back with an even more spectacular installation entitled “Falling Back to Earth” at the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art. Our favorite two…
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We Thought These People Looked Weird. A Closer Look Left Us Absolutely Speechless
OK well the title of this blog is a little misleading as we’ve known about Australian ex-pat Ron Mueck‘s works for some time and have been speechless every time we’ve had the opportunity to see them in “the flesh”. Ron continues to amaze with his sculptures. He used to be a model maker and puppeteer for…
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The Bizarre, Flexible Paper Sculptures of Li Hongbo
What at first look like delicate works of carved porcelain are actually thousands of layers of soft white paper, carved into busts, skulls, and human forms by Beijing artist Li Hongbo. A book editor and designer, the artist became fascinated by traditional Chinese toys and festive decorations known as paper gourds made from glued layers of…
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The 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth. You Won’t Be Able to Look Away…
These real life ruins offer an eerie glimpse into a world without humans. Their dark walls inspire a sense of wonder like I’ve never felt before. 1. Pripyat, Ukraine Pripyat, a city of nearly 50,000, was totally abandoned after the nearby Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Due to radiation, it has been left untouched ever…