Some absolutely amazing pieces here. My favortie is HungOver. picked by LatueOfStiberty 3 years ago

Marla Olmstead paints using her fingers, brushes and spatulas, and has sold 25 paintings for around $40,000. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

At first I thought most of these images were photos.

They are all inspiring paintings from some amazing artists and I recommend you check out the rest of their work by clicking on the links. picked by iamamaniac 4 months ago

The case of the stolen Edvard Munch paintings is still far from solved, but art lovers are relieved to find that the paintings suffered only minimal damage and can be restored to their original glory. picked by ybne1else 3 years ago

A forward thinking artist from Zurich started an internet phenomenon, paintings of numbers, between 1 and 1000. How are they valued?
Value = 1,000 – number

The idea and experience is written up in the December issue of Wired Magazine picked by c1010010 3 years ago

What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually prove... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Osada Genki, a physicist turned painter and ambient noise artist, creates highly textural, abstract audiovisual paintings using snippets of altered video — often of human faces and forms — smothered under thick layers of kaleidoscopic digital glitchiness and wrapped in lush, gritty soundscapes. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

No people, no animals, no movement. Spanish artist José Manuel Ballester (Madrid, 1960) cleared every living creatures from some of the most famous paintings . picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Explorers have discovered a series of caves decorated with ancient Buddhist paintings, set in sheer cliffs in Nepal's remote Himalayan north, leaving archaeologists excited and puzzled. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

To the untrained eye, they appear to be simple daubs that could have been created by a two year old. Which is precisely what they are. But that didn't stop the supposed experts falling over themselves to acclaim them. The toddler in question is Freddie Linsky, who has fooled the art world into buying and asking to exhibit his paintings. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Photosurrealistic images from Fred Inaudi (1971-2154)
The date of his death is from his bio... picked by MissWinkle 1 year ago

Brazilian police recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from the country's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Check painting section
A bit NSFW picked by wildminou 1 year ago

The idea of creating a 3D version of an influential artwork came out of doing jigsaw puzzles of famous paintings. May be slow to load. picked by MissWinkle 2 years ago

Scientists believed these artistic visions were dreamed up and executed by male hands.
But after more than 25,000 years, the results of a recent study have indicated prehistoric female artists also helped to create the famous 'Spotted Horses' cave mural and various others. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

Very trippy. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

He created three corporate icons: the Aunt Jemima mammy, Quaker Oats Quaker, and the Coca-Cola Santa, all ubiquitous for those companies for decades. In all, he did over 40 Santa paintings for Coke and dozens more featuring, usually, pretty girls. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

simply amazing... picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Hooded and armed men staged a brazen afternoon heist at a museum in the French Riviera city of Nice today, making off with four priceless paintings: two Bruegels, a Sisley and a Monet. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ever wonder what famous works of art would look like if the figures were Dachshunds instead of people? Me neither, but here they are anyway. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago