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One million year old tools found in Spain
Spain has been a focus point for archeological discoveries due to the country's multicultural history and wealth. The latest discovery stunned every specialist in the country. A group of researchers found tools dating back one million years. According to Spanish ... read entire article »Rocket attacks lead to powerful Palestinian art
The increasingly violent conflict between Israel and the Gaza-based Hamas militant group has made many victims, mostly among Palestinian civilians. Civilians cannot fight back. They are caught in the middle of a decade long conflict. Nonetheless, there are ... read entire article »Oldest message in a bottle auctioned on eBay
An old bottle could deliver a significant amount of money to a German fisherman. While net-fishing in the Baltic sea, he found a bottle that was tossed into the ocean more than ca century ago. The bottle was not an ordinary one because it had a message in it and ... read entire article »A Spanish museum can't find almost 900 items
Prado Muesum, one of the most renowned in the world can't find almost 900 works of art. The famous museum based in Madrid, Spain has a massive collection of painting dating back centuries. A report by Spain's Audit Court reveald 27,509 pieces of art in it ... read entire article »Icy Sagrada Familia built in Finland
Sagrada Familian is one of the most iconic places in Barcelona, Spain and a renowned touristic attraction. Very soon, Finland will have its own Sagrada Familia made out of ice. The only thing Finns need is winter and icy cold temperatures. A leading Dutch ... read entire article »Drawings of 4-year-old get digital makeover
Telmo Pieper, a Netherlands-based artist and graphic designer, created a series of digital oddities, portraying deformed creatures or objects. The series, entitled ‘Kiddie Art Series,’ is actually the digital make-up of his 4-year-old self drawings. The ... read entire article »Napoleon's wedding certificate auctioned off
The wedding certificate of the famous Napoleon I will be auctioned off In Paris. The item will be featured in an auction scheduled in Paris in September and it is already one of the most awaited items. The great love story dating back centuries has the proof. The ... read entire article »Wagenaar’s recycled metal parts robots
Will Wagenaar’s artwork proves that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Out of old tin cans, metal kitchen tools, rusty car parts and all sorts of other metal and plastic components, he creates lively little robots that seem to tell a stories that are ... read entire article »Van Persie's dive immortalized by the Royal Mint
Robin van Persie's goal against Spain is considered one of the most beautiful goals scored at the Football World Cup. To commemorate the goal and the team's performance of making it into the semifinal, the Royal Dutch Mint decided to immortalize Van Persie's goal ... read entire article »Suffocating for art’s sake
Great art comes from great suffering is a saying that, over the years, has often proven to be true. A recent artistic experiment comes to support the truthfulness of the quote. Portuguese artist João Onofre thought of a unique piece of performance art. He took ... read entire article »Everyday objects become cartoon characters
What do you see when you look at a paintbrush? Is it a fox? Chances are you’ll see nothing more than what it is, a paintbrush. French artist Gilbert Legrand, however, might see a fox, or a boy, or a lion. Luckily, Legrand helps us too look at random, everyday ... read entire article »Merkel opens Nazi Resistance exhibition
Few know that Hitler and Nazis had to fight not only Allied forces and Russian, but also domestic resistance. A new permanent exhibition was opened in Berlin that honours the men and women that fought the Nazi regime. The exhibition was opened in a new modernized ... read entire article »
1.8 million euros for a 'Fake'
“The Fake Rothko” brought a young contemporary Romanian artist almost 1.8 million euros. His picture was auctioned off by the famous Sotheby's in London and it was acquired at a price that exceeded even the most optimistic evaluation. “The Fake Rothko” ... read entire article »
The art of realistic drawing
Marcello Barenghi, a Milan-based graphic designer and illustrator, is one of the few remaining artists who still prove that modern art can still be done in pencil and watercolor. When you first set your eyes upon a photo of his work, as a viewer you might be ... read entire article »
Seven millions for 'Figure for Landscape'
The famous bronze sculpture “Figure for Landscape” was acquired by a mysterious bidder for seven million dollars. Barbara Hepworth's piece of art was auctioned off by the famous Christie's in London. The sculpture was owned by Stavanger Byselskap art gallery ... read entire article »
The story of a photo portrait
‘Who is the person standing in front of me?’ was the question stuck on French photographer Rémi Chapeaublanc’s mind. How far did he go to find an answer to that question? He went all the way from Paris to Mongolia. ‘I often end up doing projects which ... read entire article »
Tiny paintings on small food
Hasan Kale, a Turkish artist, that takes the boundaries of painting to a whole different scale, a very tiny scale. His canvases include chocolate squares, M&Ms;, beans, peanuts and other. His paintings are so small that some of them cannot be properly seen ... read entire article »
Capturing body movement on camera
Shinichi Maruyama is a professional photographer born in Japan, but who is currently living in New York. His main interest in photography is to experiment and his series of photos entitled ‘Nude’ reveal the inner quintessence of human movement, unrestricted ... read entire article »
Expo celebrates humor in World War I
A British exhibition explores the role of humor in World War I and how it helped troops cope with the horrors they were facing. The ‘Enduring War - Grief, Grit and Humor’ exposition, which is set to open this week, includes cartoons, posters, cards and ... read entire article »