We interrupt your day to bring you a super talented rat who’s helped his owner with their business. No, this is not the plot of Ratatouille. It’s the real-life story of Darius, the rat who’s made delightful paintings with his…
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Graffiti Artist Creates Amazing Street Art Illusions Using Only Spray Paint
Portuguese graffiti artist Vile wields his spray cans like a laser cutter, expertly “carving” his name into concrete and stone. His amazing technical abilities allow him to create stunning optical illusions whereby his name appears as a window cut into the…
Mercedes-AMG G63 Gets Japanese Pop Art Wrap (Takashi Murakami), Looks Wild
The recent generation change of the Mercedes-AMG G63 might have made the offroader considerably more modern, but the lines of the G Wagon are still the proper kind of boxy, which makes it the perfect canvas. And when the Affalterbach…
19-year-old lady with gifted hands unveils Fela-inspired painting
19-year-old Nigerian artist, Emediong Uduak Ikoko has unveiled a Fela-inspired painting to celebrate the strength of Nigerians. In May, her painting of music legend, ‘Lagbaja’ has become the first African work to be displayed at the Cyprus Modern Art Museum.…
Fine and Street Art Aesthetics Merge in Anthony Lister’s Expressive Murals
Australian artist Anthony Lister paints illustrative murals that blur the line between street art and fine art. The subjects on his walls range from figurative paintings of dancing ballerinas, to large scale portraits with rosy cheeks and red noses. Lister’s unique style…
Forget FaceApp — now you can turn your selfie into a classical painting
The dust hasn’t quite settled from the FaceApp privacy debacle and yet a new selfie-alteration trend could be on the rise. AI Portrait Ars was built by researchers at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and it can turn your selfie into a museum-worthy classical…
Exquisite portrait paintings by British artist Sarah Ball that focus on the subject of identity
For her latest exhibition, Themself, British artist Sarah Ball looks to anonymous and eclectic historic photographs and more ubiquitous modern sources such as social media to find inspiration for her portrait paintings. With an inevitable absence of additional available information on her…
International graffiti artists flock to street art festival
Freshly painted street art by local and international artists adorns numerous walls in Yekaterinburg. The Russian city is host to Stenograffia, the country’s largest street art festival. Do not adjust your set, this homage to YouTube is part of a…
Beautiful Paintings Of Pokemon’s Kanto Region
Games artist Simone Mändl has been doing a big series of paintings all about Pokemon. Specifically, the landscapes (and cityscapes) of the Kanto region. They’re taking something we normally only see in a top-down game or a cartoon series and breathing life…
Painting bought by Saudi Crown Prince for $ 450 million found to be fake
A painting believed to have been bought on behalf of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman two years ago for a staggering 450 million dollars is now said to have been a fake. The painting is attributed to Italian…