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Banksy's Dismaland Will Be Used to House Refugees
The dark amusement park art project will be dismantled for use as refugee shelters in France.
Artists Create 1000-Year-Long GIF
Will GIFs still be around in 3017? And more importantly, will we still be arguing about how to pronounce GIF?
New Tate Modern Will Give UK Schoolchildren a Sneak Peek
The famed gallery will open its new building next summer, and kids will be the first to see it.
Artist Uses Google Street View to Create Postcards from Around the World in Eighty Days
This illustrator is bringing a classic novel to life using modern technology.
How Paleoartists Recreate and Illustrate Dinosaurs
What mixture of scientific fact and artistic fantasy goes into dinosaur illustrations?
These Solar Cells Were Inspired by the Japanese Art of Kirigami
A few artful cuts can make solar cells up to 40 percent more efficient.
The 104-Year-Old Street Artist Who Yarn-Bombed Her Town
The grandmother of six told an interviewer, "It's very nice of you to take any notice of it"
Rembrandt Painted a Masterpiece Over a Failed Self Portrait
Even the masters need a do-over every now and again.
Artists and Graphic Designers Remix Everyday Street Signs
For the 50th anniversary of Britain's road sign designs, artists and designers came up with new ways to use the familiar objects.
A Chart That Diagrams Closing Sentences From Classic Novels
The closing lines of novels are grammatically different than their opening lines. Here's how.
14 Things To Know About Velázquez's Las Meninas
The painting containsclues that have long fascinated and frustrated art historians.
The Artist Who Paints With Dead Fish
Practicing the traditional Japanese art of gyotaku.
Olafur Eliasson Launches a Kickstarter Campaign for a Solar-Powered Phone Charger
With his latest endeavor, the Danish-Icelandic artist is looking to harness the power of the sun to a more practical end: charging cell phones
The First Multicolor Print Book Has Been Opened and Digitized
In the 17th century, the coloring process known as polychrome xylography was revolutionary.
Art Exhibit in NYC Puts Strangers' Journal Entries on Display
"The Strangers Project" has been collecting journal entries and letters from strangers across the country since 2009.
How Photographers Retouched Photos in the Victorian Era
Photo retouching has existed as long as photography, but instead of Photoshop, Victorian-era photographers used a pencil.
See the "Little Black Books" of Famous Artists
Physical address books are one of those remnants of the pre-computer age that are probably not long for this world, so it only makes sense that they’ve become the subject of an archival exhibit.
The 93-Year-Old Man Who Saved His Village With Art
They call him the "Rainbow Grandpa"
4 Businesses That Are Still Making Things the Old-Fashioned Way
These artisans and small companies prove that they do, in fact, make 'em like this anymore.
Artist Makes Smoothies That Match Pantone Swatches
One Pantone 200U, please!
6 Underground Facts About Robert Crumb
The sometimes controversial—but never boring—cartoonist turns 72 years old today.