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10 Fascinating Illustrations of Soviet Space Exploration From the 20th Century

From liaising with Martians to living on the moon, here’s where Soviet magazines thought the Cold War’s space race would take us.

Installation Artist Shing Yin Khor Is Recreating Famous Artworks in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Work has slowed down for installation artist Shing Yin Khor, so they decided to recreate contemporary artworks in 'Animal Crossings: New Horizons.'

Vincent van Gogh

From painting 'The Starry Night' to cutting off his ear, van Gogh's life was fascinating and tragic.

Museums and libraries are offering dozens of printable coloring pages for free.

10 Classy Coloring Pages You Can Print at Home

These museum collection coloring pages are free and available to print at home, so bust out your crayons to beat quarantine-related stress.

The Jolly Green Giant looms over Blue Earth, Minnesota.

7 of the World's Quirkiest Statues

A naked woman riding a giant chicken and holding a fork is far from the weirdest public sculpture you'll see today.

Turn Your Favorite Photos Into Works of Art With Google’s Art App

With Google's Art & Culture app, you can transform the photos on your camera roll into art inspired by Edvard Munch, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more great artists.

Kids Can Join Children's Book Author Mo Willems for Daily "Lunch Doodles" on YouTube

Kids isolated at home can tune into the Kennedy Center's YouTube channel at 1 p.m. EST every weekday for "lunch doodles" with artist-in-residence Mo Willems.

OpenStreetMap Haiku will capture the colorful character of your hometown in a few (possibly silly) phrases.

Dreaming of Your Favorite City? This Website Will Create a Personalized Haiku Poem About It for You

The developers called the haikus “sometimes fun, often weird, most of the time pretty terrible. Also probably horrifying for haiku purists (sorry).”

5 People Who Were Amazingly Productive In Quarantine

It's not a myth: William Shakespeare really did write 'King Lear' during the plague. From Edvard Munch to Isaac Newton, here are a few more people who made the most of being isolated.

J.K. Rowling’s handwritten and illustrated Harry Potter book, featuring content from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

A Miniature Harry Potter Manuscript, Handwritten by J.K. Rowling, Could Sell for More Than $180,000 At Auction

J.K. Rowling wrote and illustrated the one-of-a-kind, pocket-sized Harry Potter book for a charity auction in 2004.

Artist Salvador Dalí, pictured in December 1951.

A Signed Salvador Dalí Watercolor Print Was Just Discovered in a Thrift Store

The Spanish surrealist's work has materialized in a North Carolina thift shop, where it was waiting to be priced for less than $50.

"Forest Elf" is now a Pantone color and that means it's finally time to make a Lord of the Rings shrine out of your spare room.

Pantone Just Added 315 New Colors to Its Fashion, Home, and Interiors System

We’re thrilled to introduce Water Ballet, Forest Elf, Downtown Brown, and a few hundred more new Pantone colors.

Rembrandt van Rijn

Find out about the life and art of Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch Golden Age’s most prolific painter.

This is how Bernadette Sheridan, who has grapheme-color synesthesia, sees the name Aiden.

New Website Shows You What Synesthesia Looks Like

Among the many types of synesthesia is grapheme-color, where people often perceive letters in color blocks.

This Museum-Themed Playset Teaches Kids About Classic Art While Feeding Their Own Creativity

With a coloring book, magnets, stickers, and more, this playset has everything you need to get your kids interested in classic art.

This Is What the Rooms From Famous Paintings Look Like in Real Life

These computer-generated models reimagine rooms painted by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Vincent Van Gogh as real-life living spaces.

Art Historian Says 10 Works in the Louvre’s Collection Were Looted by Nazis

The artworks were seized by the Nazis after a Jewish lawyer fled his Parisian home in the early 1940s.

“Setting Sun on the Seine at Lavacourt” by Claude Monet

Paris Musées Digitized More than 100,000 Major Artworks and Made Them Downloadable

Paris Musées oversees some of the most famous art institutions in Paris, and it's making thousands of out-of-copyright works in its collection available online.

Apple Wants to Show Off Your Best Night Mode Photos as Part of a New Campaign

You don’t need an in-depth knowledge of the iPhone 11’s camera capabilities in order to snap incredible shots with night mode.

Mental Floss's 40 Favorite Stories of 2019

In any given year, we publish up to 5000 stories, from short news posts to longform features and everything in between. And yes, our writers and editors definitely have our favorites—here are some of them from 2019.

See the World’s First Mass-Produced Christmas Card

The person who sent the first commerical Christmas cards was tired of letter-writing around the holidays.

The Far Side Is Officially Online—And New Art Is Coming

The irreverent single-panel strip that practically lived on refrigerator doors in the 1980s and 1990s is back.

Pablo Picasso

Find out more about Pablo Picasso, one of the 20th century's most acclaimed artists.

From "Papiers à la Mode," Isabelle de Borchgrave's first series of paper sculptures.

Meet Isabelle de Borchgrave, the Belgian Artist Who Recreates Historical Fashion Using Paper

You can see everything from Queen Elizabeth I’s court dresses to the Medicis’ extravagant attire at Atlanta’s SCAD FASH now through mid-January.

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