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What We Love This Week, Volume CXXIV

Arresting Masks From Around The World Come Halloween, masks are products of commerce and pop culture, used for both horror and humor. But apart from Halloween–and especially in many countries beyond our borders–masks remain rooted in tradition and folkways, used for both celebration and protest. In Burundi, a mask made...

By John Kuroski • May 29, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXIV

Arresting Masks From Around The World Come Halloween, masks are products of commerce and pop culture, used for both horror and humor. But apart from Halloween–and especially in many countries beyond our borders–masks remain rooted in tradition and folkways, used for both celebration and protest. In Burundi, a mask made...

By John Kuroski • May 29, 2015

Alejandro Duran Turns Trash Into An Incredible Art Project

We must look no further than the nasty, thousand-mile-wide strip of decomposing plastic in the northern Pacific Ocean to know that our world is becoming more polluted. Yet artist Alejandro Duran doesn’t let this reality deter his creative process; rather, this reality incites it. Rounding up oceanic debris found along...

By Kiri Picone • May 22, 2015

Alejandro Duran Turns Trash Into An Incredible Art Project

We must look no further than the nasty, thousand-mile-wide strip of decomposing plastic in the northern Pacific Ocean to know that our world is becoming more polluted. Yet artist Alejandro Duran doesn’t let this reality deter his creative process; rather, this reality incites it. Rounding up oceanic debris found along...

By Kiri Picone • May 22, 2015

Artist Guido Daniele Turns Your Arm Into Your Favorite Animal

And you thought that jewelry was the only way to transform your hand into something more exotic.

By Savannah Cox • May 19, 2015

Artist Guido Daniele Turns Your Arm Into Your Favorite Animal

And you thought that jewelry was the only way to transform your hand into something more exotic.

By Savannah Cox • May 19, 2015

Surreal Synesthesia Paintings Translate Sound To Color

What would you do if the sounds you encountered every day were accompanied by an involuntary flurry of color? Or, say, a David Bowie song tasted like eggplant? For those with synesthesia, events like this can happen every minute of every day. In most cases, the human senses operate independently...

By Erin Kelly • May 10, 2015

Surreal Synesthesia Paintings Translate Sound To Color

What would you do if the sounds you encountered every day were accompanied by an involuntary flurry of color? Or, say, a David Bowie song tasted like eggplant? For those with synesthesia, events like this can happen every minute of every day. In most cases, the human senses operate independently...

By Erin Kelly • May 10, 2015

Tantric Sex Art: Society Hasn’t Always Been Prudish

After looking at this tantric sex art, you'll see that many civilizations throughout history have openly embraced their sexual nature.

By Kiri Picone • Apr 27, 2015

Tantric Sex Art: Society Hasn’t Always Been Prudish

After looking at this tantric sex art, you'll see that many civilizations throughout history have openly embraced their sexual nature.

By Kiri Picone • April 27, 2015

Micro Sculptures: Proof That Great Things Can Come In Small Sizes

Rejecting the notion that great art means big art, micro sculptures and their creators prove that some of the best innovations are almost invisible.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 21, 2015

Micro Sculptures: Proof That Great Things Can Come In Small Sizes

Rejecting the notion that great art means big art, micro sculptures and their creators prove that some of the best innovations are almost invisible.

By All That's Interesting • April 21, 2015

X-Ray Art Reveals The Internal Beauty Of Everyday Objects

In a world obsessed with appearances, X-ray art disregards exteriors in favor of highlighting the internal beauty and structure of everyday objects.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 20, 2015

X-Ray Art Reveals The Internal Beauty Of Everyday Objects

In a world obsessed with appearances, X-ray art disregards exteriors in favor of highlighting the internal beauty and structure of everyday objects.

By All That's Interesting • April 20, 2015

John Bramblitt Paints With All The Colors Of The Mind

Artist John Bramblitt paints gorgeous portraits and colorful landscapes — despite the fact that he was rendered blind from epilepsy in 2001.

By Erin Kelly • Apr 14, 2015

John Bramblitt Paints With All The Colors Of The Mind

Artist John Bramblitt paints gorgeous portraits and colorful landscapes — despite the fact that he was rendered blind from epilepsy in 2001.

By Erin Kelly • April 14, 2015

An Art Inception: Joe Fig’s Dioramas Of Artists Making Art In Their Studios

Joe Fig makes art of artists making art. Have a headache yet?

By Erin Kelly • Apr 9, 2015

An Art Inception: Joe Fig’s Dioramas Of Artists Making Art In Their Studios

Joe Fig makes art of artists making art. Have a headache yet?

By Erin Kelly • April 9, 2015

Intricate Tibetan Sand Paintings Dismantled After Completion

If you’ve already powered through the third season of House of Cards, you’ll probably remember the monks who spent weeks creating an awesome sand painting in the middle of the White House. In reality, Tibetan Buddhist monks have been creating sand mandalas (mandala means “circle” in Sanskrit) for more than...

By Kiri Picone • Apr 7, 2015

Intricate Tibetan Sand Paintings Dismantled After Completion

If you’ve already powered through the third season of House of Cards, you’ll probably remember the monks who spent weeks creating an awesome sand painting in the middle of the White House. In reality, Tibetan Buddhist monks have been creating sand mandalas (mandala means “circle” in Sanskrit) for more than...

By Kiri Picone • April 7, 2015