Have We All Gone Mad? Museum Paintings Taking Selfies
Museum of Selfies is a fun art project started by Olivia Muus that shows people in portrait paintings about to take a selfie. Muus explains: “This...
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Hilarious Photo Series Shows Us What Famous Artworks See All Day & Night
While paintings and sculptures are the center of attraction in any museum, it appears that their lives (if they had lives) are not as glamorous...
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Torafu’s Haunted Art Gallery for Kids at the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art
In an attempt to better engage the youngest visitors to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, Torafu Architects created a special art gallery just for kids called Haunted...
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The Art Institute of Chicago Makes Thousands of Hi-Res Images Available To Download For Free
After the fire that totally destroyed Brazil’s Museu Nacional in Rio, many people lamented that the museum had not digitally backed up its collection and...
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How to Repair a $12 Million Monet After it’s Been Punched
On 29 June 2012, Andrew Shannon entered the National Gallery of Ireland and punched a hole through a Monet painting from 1874, valued at nearly $12 million....
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Terminally Ill Woman Taken by Ambulance for One Last Visit to a Museum
Viewing artwork can be a comforting, moving experience, and one you might not easily forget – even on your last days. This past Tuesday, a...
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Don Felder From The Eagles Plays “Hotel California” at the Met Museum
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is filled with masterpieces by giants like Picasso and Rembrandt. This week, Don Felder's Gibson double-necked guitar will join...
