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Artists and Graphic Designers Remix Everyday Street Signs

For the 50th anniversary of Britain's road sign designs, artists and designers came up with new ways to use the familiar objects.

A Chart That Diagrams Closing Sentences From Classic Novels

The closing lines of novels are grammatically different than their opening lines. Here's how.

14 Things To Know About Velázquez's Las Meninas

The painting containsclues that have long fascinated and frustrated art historians.

The Artist Who Paints With Dead Fish

Practicing the traditional Japanese art of gyotaku.

Olafur Eliasson Launches a Kickstarter Campaign for a Solar-Powered Phone Charger

With his latest endeavor, the Danish-Icelandic artist is looking to harness the power of the sun to a more practical end: charging cell phones

The First Multicolor Print Book Has Been Opened and Digitized

In the 17th century, the coloring process known as polychrome xylography was revolutionary.

Wellcome Trust, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 4.0

Art Exhibit in NYC Puts Strangers' Journal Entries on Display

"The Strangers Project" has been collecting journal entries and letters from strangers across the country since 2009.

W&D Downey, wikimedia commons // public domain

How Photographers Retouched Photos in the Victorian Era

Photo retouching has existed as long as photography, but instead of Photoshop, Victorian-era photographers used a pencil.

Archives of American Art // Smithsonian Institution

See the "Little Black Books" of Famous Artists

Physical address books are one of those remnants of the pre-computer age that are probably not long for this world, so it only makes sense that they’ve become the subject of an archival exhibit.

Alexander Synaptic, Flickr// CC BY-NC 2.0

The 93-Year-Old Man Who Saved His Village With Art

They call him the "Rainbow Grandpa"

4 Businesses That Are Still Making Things the Old-Fashioned Way

These artisans and small companies prove that they do, in fact, make 'em like this anymore.

Artist Makes Smoothies That Match Pantone Swatches

One Pantone 200U, please!

6 Underground Facts About Robert Crumb

The sometimes controversial—but never boring—cartoonist turns 72 years old today.

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.

Mulad via WikimediaCommons // Public Domain

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...

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