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Vans and the Van Gogh Museum Want to Turn Your Sneakers Into Works of Art

Deck yourself out from head to toe in the iconic artist’s most revered works.

Multi-Million Dollar Willem de Kooning Paintings Discovered in a New Jersey Storage Locker

New York City art dealer David Killen purchased the contents of the locker, consisting of 200 paintings from a late art conservator's studio, for $15,000 in 2017.

Stolpersteine: One Artist's International Memorial to the Holocaust

Gunter Demnig's Stolpersteine, the most startling memorial to the Holocaust, may also be the easiest to miss.

60 Years Later, a Lost Stanley Kubrick Script Has Been Found

The screenplay is complete enough that it could be created by filmmakers today.

Candytopia, the Interactive Art Installation Made of Sweet Treats, Is Coming to New York City

Brace yourselves for the sugar rush.

Quentin Blake, courtesy Christie's Images Ltd. 2018

Matilda Illustrator Quentin Blake Is Auctioning Items From His Personal Collection of Drawings

The longtime Roald Dahl collaborator is selling off a collection of preliminary drawings and other illustrations to benefit charity.

How a Particle Accelerator Is Helping to Unearth Long-Lost Pieces of Art

Scanning 1 square centimeter of each wallet-sized photograph took about eight hours.

Svobodat, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

The Internet Archive's Billions of Web Pages Inspired a New Art Exhibition

Artists were let loose in the massive digital collection.

Guillermo Kahlo, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

17 Surprising Facts About Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo’s life and work were defined by pain and perseverance. Read on for facts about the accident that changed her life, her famous romances, her exotic pets, and more.

13 Ingenious Facts About Rube Goldberg

He wrote a <em>Three Stooges</em> script before they got famous.

Why So Many Movie Posters Use the Same Typeface

You may not know its name, but you've likely seen it before.

Equestrian Portrait of King Philip II (Michael Jackson) by Kehinde Wiley

Michael Jackson-Themed Art Exhibit Debuts in London

From man in the mirror to man on the wall.

After 30 Years, A Hidden Keith Haring Mural Is Back in Public View

It's the artist's largest mural in Europe, but it has been obscured by weatherboarding for decades.

8 Things You Might Not Know About B.C.

The caveman comic strip turned 60 this year.

Rare Marilyn Monroe Movie Posters Are Hitting the Auction Block

The actress like you've never seen her before.

Art Scholars Say They've Uncovered Leonardo da Vinci's Earliest Work

It would have been painted when Leonardo da Vinci was 18, but not everyone is convinced that the work—which depicts the Archangel Gabriel—is authentic.

This Crafty Bicycle Can Knit a Scarf in 5 Minutes

Drop your knitting needles and start pedaling.

An ancient angel mosaic on a wall of the Church of the Nativity

6 Works of Art That Were Hiding in Plain Sight

These gems were hidden behind paint, wallpaper, and plaster.

The Enduring Mystery of the Ghent Altarpiece, the World's Most-Stolen Painting

Possible police cover-ups, enigmatic dying words, and the Holy Grail: Inside the quest to find the missing piece of Belgium's national treasure.

5-Year-Old Boy Hugs, Then Destroys, a $132,000 Sculpture When His Parents Aren't Looking

Now, the parents are being asked to foot the bill.

8 Things You Might Not Know About The Wizard of Id

Jim Henson was such a big fan of the strip that he tried (but failed) to adapt it for television.

This Photographer Is Changing People's Perceptions of Pit Bulls, One Flower Crown at a Time

Cute overload.

Artist Makes Incredibly Detailed Drawings of Famous Buildings Around the World

Her largest drawing took five months to complete.

Take a Virtual Tour of Europe’s Only Underwater Museum

A British artist created an artificial reef filled with sculptures at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

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