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Banksy’s Holywell Row Happy Choppers Is Up for Auction
You can now own a piece of street art history.
Herman Miller 2024 Archival Poster Designs
Iconic furniture brand Herman Miller is revisiting its graphic treasures of the '70s and '80s and bringing back a selection of archival prints.
Banksy’s Limited “Agile of War” Screenprints Are for Sale
Iconic and infamous artist Banksy is dropping 50 new unique screen prints of his work titled "FRAGILE", "AGILE" or "LEGACY OF WAR" depending on the source. The important bit--outside the fact that it's a legit Banksy with proper provenance you can hang at home for less than $10k--is that each…
Flemish Renaissance Superheroes
The 16th century was a time of great art forming from the paint brushes of Dutch and Flemish artists. Their subjects, however, weren't quite as interesting as modern-day superheroes. Artist Sacha Goldberger fixed that with his series of clever portraits. The 51-piece collection includes superheroes, Star Wars characters and others…
This Light Bridge Installation Looks Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie
Phillip K. Smith's installations are unlike anything else out there. Ever since we saw "Lucid Stead," a mirrored abode he built in 2013, we knew we were going to love everything Smith concocts. That holds true with his latest, The Detroit Skybridge project. Smith turned the pedestrian overpass into something…
8 Pocket Knives Almost Too Beautiful to Use
When it comes to the pocket knife you choose to use on a regular basis, you have options. Do you want something cheap? Do you want something functional? Do you want something attractive? Do you want something that blends all of those options while still being an invaluable part of…
The 9 Most Interesting Metro Cards Ever Released
New York City is one of the most art-influenced and art-influencing places in the entire world. Aside from being packed with museums, art houses, theaters, galleries, and music venues, it’s the kind of city whose streets ooze with creativity—from Subway platform bands and back-alley b-boy crews, to street art galore…
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Immersive Art Exhibit
Fifty years ago, one of the most compelling, original, and genre-defining sci-fi movies of all time hit theaters. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey, how would you like to step inside the penultimate scene? That's right, for a limited time (4/8/18–5/28/18) the Smithsonian National Air and Space…
A Design Studio Came Up With a Clever Way to Redo a Restaurant’s Bathroom Without Changing Its Old Tiles
Gyva Grafika is a design studio in Kaunas, Lithuania, that was tasked with redesigning the bathroom inside Galeria Urbana, a restaurant also in the city of Kaunas. The only stipulation? They needed to keep the old tiles already on the walls of the stall. The studio came up with a…
Own a Door From a Famous Artist’s Home at the Chelsea Hotel
About a decade ago, the iconic Chelsea Hotel (aka Hotel Chelsea or just The Chelsea) that artists, authors and musicians ranging from Andy Warhol and Bob Marley to Jack Kerouac and Jackson Pollack called home closed for renovations. This facelift is significant not just because it’s going to be a…
This Book Charts the Colors of the Natural World
Steel Gray. Arterial Blood Red. Sap Green. These are just a few of the descriptions you'll find in Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, a book first published in 1814 and set to make a stunning return to shelves. The book was originally produced for scientists, naturalists, and anyone undertaking an artistic endeavor…
What’s Happening Outside the Frames of Iconic Album Covers?
That Instagram post of the woman doing some insane yoga pose in an angelic field filled with daisies? Yeah, it was probably cropped so you couldn't see the chaos going on around her, the child waiting for her mom to finish taking the picture and the trashcan overflowing with McDonald's.…
This Exhibit Highlights Chopstick Sleeves Left Behind at Restaurants
If you're like us, when you leave a Japanese restaurant, the sleeve your chopsticks came looks like shitty origami. Maybe it's because we're fidgety, but we can't help but mess with that piece of paper. Turns out we're not the only ones. Japanese Tip is an exhibition that includes over…
A Bridge in Sweden Looks Like It Was Built from LEGO Bricks
Christo Guelov is an artist from Madrid who must have played with LEGO blocks when he was younger. Why? Well his latest installation looks like a real-life version of a toy bridge we must have built 100 times when we were kids. As part of the "Let's Color Gothenburg" project,…
A Town in Iceland Made an Optical Illusion Crosswalk to Slow Traffic
We're turning into those angry old men who shake their fists at cars flying by these days. Okay, not all the time, we love speed as much as the next guy, but specifically when there's a crosswalk present. We're all for ways to get people to slow down at such…
