Get your mind out of the gutter... it's cool art designed to shock and surprise people walking on the streets. picked by deepcleanfun 4 weeks ago

All I can say is, thank god Pavoratti is dead. Where will they find height/weight appropriate opera stars for the production? picked by bevissimo 4 weeks ago

Cure Writer's Block with creative writing games, brainstorming widgets, etc. picked by bevissimo 4 weeks ago

Japanese school girls take on a disturbing new look in these hauntingly beautiful illustrations by CG artist Yoshitaka "Yock" Kawakami. picked by Mitzuzake 4 weeks ago

Art installation by Adam Brandejs.
See more of his amazing work here. picked by wtn4hzretrn 4 weeks ago

A giant fork sculpture, created in 1995 by Swiss artists Jean-Pierre Zaugg and Georges Favre, is pictured on the shores of Lake Leman in front of the Alimentarium, the Food Museum, in Vevey June 4, 2008. picked by bevissimo 4 weeks ago

Marco Evaristti has liposuction then decides to cook meatballs with the removed fat THEN eat them.

I wasn't sure whether to put this in "Art" or "Food & Drink" :p picked by doggylives 1 month ago

An artist has decided to record the sound of popcorn popping, and convert it to morse code, and then finally translate it into words.

The result? 'Popcornese'. picked by genkan 1 month ago

Heh, check out the hand-painted artwork on these sneakers.

What I'd give to be able to paint like that. picked by genkan 1 month ago

Fashion giant was only 71.

Sex and the City, the movie, showings suspended for mourning. picked by suebe 1 month ago

Michael Naimark filmed 3 people in a typical living room using a 16mm camera placed on a turntable to take in the whole room. He then painted everything white, after which he placed a projector on the turntable playing back the film. Really an interesting work. Check it out. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

What it says. Great how to section. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

German artist Gregor Schneider is planning the ultimate (literally!) performance art piece: he plans to show a person dying as part of the exhibition! picked by doggylives 1 month ago

A whole bunch of creepy, surreal, yet mesmerizing art. The whole site is in Polish, though.

First post, hope this goes well. :) picked by sidran32 1 month ago

Jake and Dinos Chapman spent £115,000 on purchasing original watercolours painted by Adolf Hitler back when he considered himself an artist and then painted rainbows, lovehearts and smilies onto them.

Also in the exhibition is a reworking of the their previous piece Hell which was destroyed in a fire. The new version is called F*ck*ng Hell. picked by pocksucket 1 month ago

DrawerGeeks is a fun thing we do every other Friday, where professional artists (mostly from the animatiion, comic book, illustration and design fields) all draw their own version of a chosen fictional character. picked by MissWinkle 1 month ago

Larger than life ladies living life large was the theme of Beryl's paintings.

Their distinctive style evokes a world lived in seaside postcards. If you're not familiar with them, have a browse. picked by pocksucket 1 month ago

The blogosphere has been buzzing with the story of the world's biggest drawing created by sending a GPS package via DHL for 55 days. DHL & 'artist' admit now it is a hoax. Update to this. picked by mediterranean 1 month ago

Designer Toys are collectible work of art made in limited quantities, usually by designers or graphic artists. These incredibly cool designer toys featured in this article were made by some of the most popular manufacturers. picked by axxon2008 1 month ago

A genius artist couple started a website where they paint the various things they want, then sell the paintings for the real life cost of those things, then buy the things with the money from the paintings. picked by MissWinkle 1 month ago

Some chalk + a patch of sidewalk = gorgeous artwork.

The Madonnari has been taking place in Santa Barbara CA since 1987. It's a creative outlet for many, fun for others. picked by Maven 1 month ago

Surreal, smooth, flowing landscapes plus some portraits/murals/etc. picked by Mershaullk 1 month ago

This is an amazing series of ads by the DDB agency in Paris for French television network for kids, Tiji. The idea is that Tiji TV is as creative as kids are themselves. Frankly, these ads make me believe it. picked by maxriter 1 month ago

Following on from Moe's comment in Suebe's forum thread Herman Makkink's sculpter, Rocking Machine was the giant phallus used to beat the cat lady to death.

NSFW if giant phalli are not the done thing. You decide. picked by pocksucket 1 month ago

The original event, the Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt County, California, is also called the "Triathlon of the Art World" because art and engineering are combined with physical endurance during a three day cross country race that includes sand, mud, pavement, a bay crossing, a river crossing and major hills. (A Blog documenting the daily trials of the race, with many, many phot... read full post picked by psycmoe 1 month ago