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11 Gossipy Confessions I Learned from Mexican Folk Art

Need to thank Saint Francis because your wife stopped alphabetizing her pets? "Retablos" are the wild, wonderful art form you've been waiting for.

The Walls of This Museum Have Been Transformed By Street Artists

The Long Beach Museum of Art is bringing the city indoors.

Researchers May Have Cracked the Mystery Behind Mona Lisa’s Smile

Art's most mysterious subject just became a little less mysterious

Artist Paints Over Old Pieces of Gum

British artist Ben Wilson turns those gross wads of gum on the street into colorful works of art.

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8 State Capitol Buildings With Unique Domes

These 8 state capitol buildings stand out for their somewhat unusual decorative toppers.

Banksy's New Dystopian Amusement Park-Themed Exhibition Opens this Weekend

The exhibit is "a festival of art, amusements, and entry level anarchism," Banksy writes. "[A] family theme park unsuitable for children."

15 Gorgeous Examples of the Lost Art of Blackboard Sketching

Frederik Whitney showed teachers how to bring lessons to life, using just a blackboard and some chalk.

An Artist Proves There's Enough Sugar In Your Soda to Create a Lollipop

The next time you go out to eat, consider ordering a lollipop to wash down your chicken caesar salad.

An Art Exhibit That Imagines the Anatomy of a Centaur

Artist Bill Willers brings the mythical being to life—well, sort of.

Our Brains May Respond to Art We Love in the Same Way, Small Study Suggests

A new, small study found that however wildly divergent its participants' individual aesthetic preferences were, their brains reacted to art that moves them in a similar way.

Lucasfilm Wants to Awaken Your Inner Star Wars Artist

In a gallery not so far, far away...

15 Things You Should Know About Caravaggio's The Calling of St. Matthew

All images courtesy of Polska Grupa Energetyczna

Reverse Graffiti Creates Murals By Cleaning

15 Things You Should Know About Piet Mondrian

For his contribution to abstract art, Piet Mondrian is regularly regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. But there's much more to this Dutch painter than the seemingly simple lines and color blocks of his best-known works.

Are These the Oldest Petroglyphs in Siberia?

A new analysis of intriguing rock art has archaeologists wondering whether they've found the earliest petroglyphs in Siberia.

Artist 3D Prints Elaborate Transparent Shells for Hermit Crabs

Home sweet home has never been so stylish.

"Embroidermation": Animation Created With Embroidery

Rediscovered Security Footage Could Help Solve 25-Year-Old $500 Million Art Heist

Meet the World's Youngest Master Penman

There's more to the art of penmanship than signing between the lines.

The Time the Queen of Denmark Illustrated The Lord of the Rings

Your move, Queen Elizabeth.

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa

15 Things You Should Know About The Raft of the Medusa

A wrenching scene of shipwrecked men helpless in the grips of the ocean, Théodore Géricault's 'The Raft of the Medusa' is heralded as one of the most influential works of French Romanticism. But the story behind this 1819 painting is far richer and more t

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11 Tributes to Cecil the Lion

Cecil is gone, but his image lives on in art and other tributes.

A Vincent Van Gogh Self-Portrait Made From 50,000 Flowers

Volunteers have constructed a towering recreation of one of Van Gogh’s own self-portraits.

The Graffiti Grammarians Correcting Street Art in Ecuador

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