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Looking at these installations, I imagine they are like clues indicating a secret trail somewhere otherworldly. Like something out of a children’s book, Hansel and Gretel have left a trail, but instead of white pebbles, this time they’ve left retro lamps. Alas it’s not Hansel and Gretel with a new flair for vintage objects, this [...]
Forget the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Chartres Cathedral, I’ve got some alternative French attractions to see… La Maison Picassiete- “The House of the Plate Stealer” Built entirely by one man, it took Raymonde Isidore more than 25 years to complete his impressive Maison Picassiette. In 1936, the middle-aged Frenchman began covering his house located [...]
Meet ‘Super Mary’, a pop culture version of her former self, part of a series by French artist, Soasig Chamaillard, who restores and transforms damaged statues, either donated or discovered in garage sales. Even the most indifferent of us to religion can recognise we’re looking at some pretty provocative work here. The gallery exhibit last year [...]
“What brings us together and what keeps us apart” “All Star Nobody” “Play Fighting” You might find Slinkachu, an artist in his mid-thirties from London, crouched down on all fours on the pavement, and mistake him for someone that has keeled over in distress. In fact this once happened to him in the middle [...]
What is more enchanting than an artist’s studio? When these painters, sculptors and creators make a space their home, it changes the environment forever. The living space inevitably becomes a rich source of inspiration for the artist; from the furniture, the objects and books to the colour of the walls, floors and most importantly, the [...]
The boulangerie, boucherie, the epicerie, the caviste, the chocolatier, la coiffure; everyday things just look and sound better in French! Even the British can admit it, like artist Johnny Bull who made his own illustrated series inspired by the shops in St. Remy de Provence in the South of France. “I love ‘em, those French [...]
If you’ve lived in Paris at any point during the last decade, it would’ve been impossible not to notice the pixelated mosaics of little aliens popping up all around the city. Elusive French urban artist known only as Invader is the man behind the most globally recognisable street art since Banksy, with his 1970s video [...]
It was once known as the “Paris of the West”, the birthplace of the middle class, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, an industrial utopia. The Detroit we know today is an American city so broke that last year half of the street lights in the city’s sparsely populated communities were [...]
There’s so much wonderful artwork on the web, shared on various blogs, in memes and on social networks, but the trouble is, it’s always on a computer screen. Until now. Society6 is a new kind of online shop that’s taking that supercool graphic you saw on an art Tumblr once, the quirky illustration you’ve been [...]
At a time when that last set of Christmas lights are being taken down in cities around the world, (why aren’t Christmas lights an all year round thing?) I’ve come across these beautiful pictures taken in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, of a truly charming display of street lights. An artistic group, Before Light worked with the [...]
Somewhere out there is an undiscovered doodling prodigy! A Reddit user recently walked into their
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Camping on Mars? Seaside fun with views of Saturn? French artist Djuno Tomsni imagines the perfect
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Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
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I‘m not an art buff. I just like what I like and save it as my desktop background image or,
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If you have typography skills, obviously the next logical step is to just start illustrating
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Waiter! There’s a Britney Spears in my coffee! (I knew that was going to be terrible but I
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When was the last time you felt like complaining to your landlord? It seems there’s always
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Mixing Justin Bieber’s perfume and the scent of Jersey Shore’s Snookie with an Eau de
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Shabby chic; it’s a style you either love or hate, but once you get over the copious amounts
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So painstakingly detailed, you could easily mistake these photographs for real life-sized rooms
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What a rare treat it would be to receive something like this today. It certainly makes emailing
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Just look at her. “You know you want me”, is what she’s saying. And it could be
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Okay so this is probably going to be more fun for my New Yaawker readers, who know the
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Looking at these installations, I imagine they are like clues indicating a secret trail somewhere
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Forget the Eiffel Tower, Versailles and the Chartres Cathedral, I’ve got some alternative
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