Digg - What the Internet is talking about right now http://digg.com/tag/art Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:07 +0000 Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:07 +0000 15 The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/gloriously-grotesque-19th-century-pipes/ http://on.digg.com/YZe4MT Thu, 16 May 2013 23:31:16 +0000 Do you have trouble making yourself appreciate classic art? Then these photoshopped paintings of modern celebrities are a great way to slowly ease yourself into something more classy. http://www.lostateminor.com/2013/05/15/classic-paintings-modernized-with-celebrity-faces/ http://on.digg.com/17qLx5j Thu, 16 May 2013 19:48:27 +0000 Artist John Currin painted this portrait (which Bea didn't model for) of the late, great Golden Girl in 1991. http://gawker.com/would-you-pay-2-million-for-this-painting-of-naked-bea-506571160 http://on.digg.com/10Go4FZ Wed, 15 May 2013 12:30:06 +0000 World Press Photo says Paul Hansen’s photo of mourners in Gaza was “retouched with respect to both global and local color and tone. Beyond this, however, we find no evidence of significant photo manipulation or compositing.” http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/213411/world-press-photo-will-investigate-paul-hansens-award-winning-shot/ http://on.digg.com/19oBIS5 Tue, 14 May 2013 22:06:17 +0000 "We Are The Not Dead" depicts the transformative faces of servicemen before, during and after their deployment to Afghanistan. The 8-month-long project presented the evolution of these brave, young faces as they embarked on a physically and mentally wearing journey and eventually returned home with worn and sullen faces. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/lalage-snow-we-are-the-not-dead-interview http://on.digg.com/11C62Lp Tue, 14 May 2013 18:53:13 +0000 The creaking trucks that ply Pakistan's treacherous highways form a vibrant tapestry in the country's often bleak and rugged landscape. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/05/13/amazing_pakistani_truck_art#12 http://on.digg.com/10V0yUD Tue, 14 May 2013 12:36:33 +0000 A visual collaboration between the photographer Beth Galton & food stylist Charlotte Omnes, and it’s called “Cut Food” and it features a look at food in a way you normally would not see it. http://designyoutrust.com/2013/05/conceptual-cut-food-photography-by-beth-galton/ http://on.digg.com/ZSousL Mon, 13 May 2013 15:35:46 +0000 No fancy paints, oils or expensive brushes – just a regular 99c Bic ballpoint and infinite about of skill, patience and imagination. http://sobadsogood.com/2013/05/13/juan-francisco-casas-magnificent-photorealistic-portraits-drawn-with-a-ballpoint-pen/ http://on.digg.com/12oVkoa Mon, 13 May 2013 12:37:56 +0000 What do you do while you’re waiting for your car to be serviced? Read a magazine? Play games on your phone? Call somebody? One anonymous man just doodled on a styrofoam cup with a ballpoint pen, but by the looks of it, this is not the first time he has done something like this. http://www.visualnews.com/2013/05/11/styro-art-masterpiece-found-at-auto-shop/ http://on.digg.com/17f9Ym8 Mon, 13 May 2013 03:44:05 +0000 Nickolay Lamm has imagined what the New York City skyline would look like if it existed on planets other than Earth. For the series, Nickolay explores the effects that the atmospheres of various planets would have on the skyline. http://enpundit.com/artist-imagines-what-nyc-skyline-would-look-like-on-other-planets/ http://on.digg.com/ZSpnoJ Fri, 10 May 2013 13:32:49 +0000 At supermarkets across the country, children can submit drawings of their moms to have tacked up in the store. The drawings are cute, simple reminders of the joys of motherhood. There's nothing sweeter than children's art. This is not children's art. http://kotaku.com/how-mothers-day-causes-chaos-at-7-eleven-in-japan-499492952 http://on.digg.com/1973P8e Fri, 10 May 2013 12:35:38 +0000 Brazilian graffiti artist Narcelio Grud uses rotten fruits and vegetables as paint. http://videos.digg.com/post/49935905195/brazilian-graffiti-artist-narcelio-grud-uses http://on.digg.com/143OmEV Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:44 +0000 Bass was best known for his cinema title sequences and movie posters, working with such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-doodle-celebrates-work-of-graphic-designer-saul-bass-with-video-tribute-8606931.html http://on.digg.com/142MxZ1 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:06:08 +0000 Before you dive in, we’ll go ahead and warn you that there are a few risqué and violent reflections in the video. But if that doesn’t bother you, the video does a surprisingly good job of telling a compelling story, without ever training the camera directly on its subjects. http://petapixel.com/2013/05/07/award-winning-music-video-tells-an-entire-story-through-the-reflection-in-an-eyeball/ http://on.digg.com/17KWOv2 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:47:05 +0000 William Shakespeare is an arty hipster and Marie Antoinette a vain celebutante in this illustration series that imagines famous historical figures as they might appear in the present day. http://laughingsquid.com/illustrations-of-historical-figures-as-they-might-appear-today/ http://on.digg.com/15rMDho Tue, 07 May 2013 18:54:12 +0000 Using artworks by Picasso and other 20th century artists, Floral Borsi captured herself in self-portraits before digitally re-touching them into bizarre pictures of people who look like the abstract models. http://designtaxi.com/news/357446/What-Subjects-Of-Abstract-Paintings-Would-Look-Like-If-They-Were-Real-People/ http://on.digg.com/15muwcY Tue, 07 May 2013 11:47:14 +0000 The new "Iron Man 3" movie airbrushes out Tony Stark's gripping alcoholism sub-plot. But comic books have rarely been so squeamish. These caped crusaders fought their addictions with a KA-POW! http://www.thefix.com/content/10-comic-book-superheroes-addictions91629#slide0 http://on.digg.com/16cmfHX Mon, 06 May 2013 19:11:02 +0000 Artists invited the inmates at Illinois’s Tamms supermax prison to request one image of anything in the world, real or imagined—and then they photographed it. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/06/prisoners-at-tamms-supermax-prison-get-invited-to-request-a-photo-of-anything-in-the-world.html http://on.digg.com/12KdX3b Mon, 06 May 2013 17:34:28 +0000 llustrator Matt Cowan has come up with pictographic mathematical ‘equations’ to help explain the origins of all-time-favorite pop-culture characters. http://designtaxi.com/news/357386/The-Birth-Of-Pop-Culture-Characters-Simplified-With-Pictogram-Equations/ http://on.digg.com/YvAuVA Sat, 04 May 2013 19:42:01 +0000 While the world economy languishes, paintings and sculpture continue to command dizzying prices. Georgina Adam explains how competitive billionaires, new wealth and the fashions of the super-rich keep values sky high. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130417-why-is-art-so-expensive http://on.digg.com/1013LaE Sat, 04 May 2013 14:40:27 +0000