Category: Art
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10 Passive Aggressive Valentine’s Day Cards
Whether you’re a fan of Valentine’s Day or not, the day is upon us and partnered men and women across the world will be stressing out about what to get their partner. Or maybe they won’t be. Stupid owls. In any case, we’ve searched the web to find the most unusual Valentine’s Day gifts, and…
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Highlights from the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards Shortlist
The World Photography Organization just announced the shortlist for the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. This year’s contest received more than 140,000 entries from 166 countries. The judges will announce the final winners in March and April of this year, but for now here are a selection of highlights from the shortlist courtesy the World Photography Organization. Lightsnake.…
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Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev Performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra!
Sydney Symphony Orchestra has just announced that their latest blockbuster performance “Winter Daydreams” by Tchaikovsky and “Alexander Nevsky” by Prokofiev will be performed for a very limited time on Wednesday 12 March, Friday 14 Mar, and Saturday 15 March at the Sydney Opera House. Conducted by Pinchas Steinberg, led by mezzo-soprano Natascha Petrinsky, and supported by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, this performance…
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10 Things Schapelle Corby May Not Know Exists
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has just been granted parole after nine years in an Indonesian jail. Corby was convicted and sentenced in 2005 for the importation of 4.2 kg of cannabis into Bali, Indonesia. Between 2005 and today, we have witnessed a series of…
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Bringing Mozart to the Kids… Spectacular Costumes and Props in the Magic Flute
Costume and effects guru Julie Taymor has outdone herself with Opera Australia’s latest production… Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”. With a particular focus of entertaining the kids as well as their parents, Taymor (who was previously the director of the Lion King on Broadway), brings together a nine-metre serpent, towering polar bears and hundreds of paintstakingly hand-crafted props…
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Photos Ruined by Dogs Pooing
We all love our dogs, but sometimes they just don’t care and when they’ve just gotta go. So in the same vain as other blogs you may have seen where the subject of the photo is “photobombed” by someone else, here we have people being photobombed by dogs doing what they know best. So sit…
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Famed Portraits and Paintings Recreated with Found Objects
UK-based artist Jane Perkins produces incredible pieces that recreate classic works of art and portraits of iconic figures using thousands of multicolored found objects. Each of the artist’s creations is a compilation of numerous objects that range in color, size, and texture. She works with anything from buttons and beads to LEGO pieces, shells, plastic…
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Cyclist Captures New York Through the Eyes of a Bicycle
New York Through the Eyes of a Road Bicycle is a photo project by designer and photography enthusiast Tim Sklyarov that explores the city that never sleeps from the point of view of an urban cyclist. Everything from the iconic flashing lights of Times Square and bustling streets of the city to the less touristy avenues…
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50 More Photos That Will Blow Your Mind!
Here’s the second part of jaw-dropping photographs from all over the world. If you missed the first part, you can see it HERE. Congratulations to all the artists who’s photos contributed to this collection and good luck to the passionate ones, to be able to come as close as possible to these artworks! As always, let…
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Portraits Emerge from an Incredible Collage of Objects
New York-based artist Michael Mapes continues to expand his portfolio of meticulously assembled artworks made of thousands of collected specimens. Each piece in the artist’s newest and laboriously executed collection consists of countless materials that have each been pinned to a board to form a Dutch portrait. His unique method of creation is an astonishingly time-consuming process that…