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A group of volunteers separates trash they’ve collected from the sea.

Watch as Ocean Trash is Turned Into Sustainable Art

Gyrecraft, a project from the design firm Studio Swine, shows how one person’s ocean trash is another’s sustainable art.

Watching Blobs of Paint Move to Chopin Is Oddly Soothing

This digital art piece from Thomas Blanchard set to Chopin’s Nocturne Op. ,9 No. 2 is oddly soothing.

Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights.’

15 Fascinating Facts About Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’

The Garden of Earthly Delights is a piece so ripe with symbolism that it inspires intense curiosity more than 500 years after it was painted.

The Lewis Chessmen: a few pieces from a collection of 93 found at Uig on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

12 Fascinating Facts About the Lewis Chessmen

They're the most famous chess pieces in history—but much of their story is still unknown

Portion of ‘The Card Players,’ 1890–1892, by Paul Cezanne.

14 Things You Should Know About Paul Cézanne’s ‘The Card Players’

One of the paintings in the series was stolen from a museum and held for ransom. Another sold for a record-breaking price.

Louis Wain at his drawing board circa 1890.

10 Facts About Louis Wain, the Cat-Obsessed Victorian Artist

Louis Wain sketched, painted, and even animated cats throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Jasper Johns’s ‘Flag’ on display at the Museum Of Modern Art.

15 Fascinating Facts About Jasper Johns’s ‘Flag’

American painter Jasper Johns shook up the art world by reconceptualizing common icons like targets, numbers, and letters—and it all began in 1954 with ‘Flag.’

Sugar skulls are just one part of Día de los Muertos.

12 Facts About Día de los Muertos

In Latin America, el Día de los Muertos is a celebration of life and death, and an invitation for the deceased to return home once again to those who love them.

Museum visitors admire Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss.’

15 Things You Should Know About Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’

Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’ is a deceptively simple portrait of lust and love. But beyond that glittery gold leaf, the work is full of fascinating facts.

11 Fascinating Facts About Jackson Pollock’s ‘No. 5, 1948’

Even if you can’t appreciate this masterpiece's aesthetic, it has a history that’s worth its weight in house paint and stacks of cash.

These Spooky Candles Melt Down Into Creepy Metal Skeletons

Halloween is absolutely the season for decorating your house with cat skeleton candles by PyroPet.

Jon Gnagy, Who Taught TV Viewers About the Joys of Art Before Bob Ross

Long before Bob Ross and his happy little trees, Jon Gnagy was teaching art to the masses.

Art is subjective. Even when it's just an empty frame.

A Danish Artist Commissioned to Create Art Addressing Labor Struggles Sent Two Blank Canvases

Jens Haaning was paid to create art. He submitted two blank pieces and titled them ‘Take the Money and Run.’

Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Top Free Tourist Attraction in Each State

From world-class museums to stunning national parks, here are the top-rated free tourist attractions in all 50 states.

Why Don’t Cars Have Hood Ornaments Anymore?

Cars used to sport exquisite pieces of art on their hoods. What happened?

15 Things You Should Know About ‘Dogs Playing Poker’

C.M. Coolidge has been called “the most famous American artist you’ve never heard of.” But while critics might sniff at his contribution to the art world, the history of his greatest works is rich.

Bob Ross - A Walk in the Woods (Season 1 Episode 1)

Bob Ross’s First Made-For-TV Painting Has Surfaced—and It’ll Cost You $10 Million

How much are some happy little trees worth to you? One art dealer believes it's a small fortune.

A Garbage Pail Kid being typically repulsive.

Gross Profits: Original Garbage Pail Kids Art Is Up for Auction

You can now be the proud owner of the first-ever Garbage Pail Kid. And yes, it's a literal kid in a garbage pail.

A detail of Édouard Manet's ‘Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe’

15 Facts About Édouard Manet’s ‘Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe’ (‘Luncheon on the Grass’)

Today, ‘Luncheon on the Grass’ (or ‘Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe’) is regarded as 19th century French painter Édouard Manet's greatest triumph.

Georges Seurat. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884/86. The Art Institute of Chicago. Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection.

15 Facts About ‘A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884’

A close look at Georges-Pierre Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884' reveals much more than a warm portrait of a sunny day in a lovely park.

10 Damn Fine Facts About David Lynch

The iconoclastic director behind ‘Mulholland Drive,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ and more cult classics once drew a comic strip about a furious dog and dislikes large furniture.

‘The Persistence of Memory’ at a MoMA exhibit in Berlin.

14 Facts About Salvador Dalì’s ‘The Persistence Of Memory’

'The Persistence of Memory' is the most recognizable work by Salvador Dalì, who painted it in the midst of a hallucination.

The Great Sphinx of Giza and the Pyramid of Khafre.

15 Things You Might Not Know About the Great Sphinx of Giza

The ancient Egyptian monument, thought to depict the likeness of the pharaoh Khafre, confounds scholars to this day.

16 Fascinating Facts About ‘Venus de Milo’

There’s much more to this iconic statue than a couple of absent appendages.