Buying and selling art can be a rewarding venture for those passionate about both art and business. Whether you’re an artist looking to sell your work or an enthusiast eager to delve into the art business world, getting started requires…
Optical illusions have long captured our imagination with their mind-bending tricks on our perception. From impossible objects to shapes that seem to vibrate or move, illusion art intrigues us by exposing the subjectivity of what we see. In recent years,…
Showcasing old photographs from around the World of people getting tattoos. Tattoos in general have sparked serious debate over the years and you only have to read the comments below to find some pretty controversial comments about tattoos. Please feel…
Renowned Greek artist Angelos has a show opening 28th April to 8th May in London, set in a pitch black room with spotlit paintings and a huge mirrored column stretching from the ceiling reflecting the work around the space, this…
Louis Masai is a painter, sculptor and muralist and uses his work to highlight the 6th mass extinction, climate change and species equality. Current his works deal with endangered species, created into patchwork of plush toys stitched up by bees. A…
Street art tends to be the one type of contemporary art that you don’t actually have to pay to go see. That is, unless you count the travel costs of getting to the place in question, of course! Not that…
Cool pictures of dirty car window art from around the World. Dirty car windows for the majority of us is a pain, especially when a passer by writes on your windows ‘I wish my wife was this dirty’. There are…
Having developed a fascination for sculptures ever since I was a young boy, I love to feature cool sculptures from around the World on this cool things blog. This following sculpture is by Lorenzo Quinn using bronze, stainless steel, and…
A cool collection of pencil pictures showcasing the amazing work of artists using just pencil and paper to create stunning masterpieces. It’s astonishing how much artistic skill and talent some people have. Equipped with merely a pencil and paper, they…
I’ve only recently comes across the illustrations of Israeli illustrator Noma Bar, whose mastery of negative space (the space between and around the subjects of an image, which can frame another subject in and of itself) I thought was so…
As huge fans of The Hobbit and of amazing art and crafts, we just had to share this amazing Hobbit Bonsai ‘trayscape’ created by artist and bonsai enthusiast Chris Guise from England. Called ‘Bag End Bonsai Trayscape’, Chris re-created the famous…
Whatever your opinion on graffiti, this collection of Star Wars graffiti art is pretty impressive. May the spray can be with you….sorry. …
Showcasing cool photos of amazing crop circles from around the world. Some of the best and most well known crop circles pictures have been created in England by a group called the They should call it ‘crop art’ rather than ‘crop circles’…
A collection of cool Banksy graffiti pictures. Who is Banksy? Banksy is an English graffiti artist who’s cool graffiti work can be seen all over the world. Art or Vandalism? Here are some of our favourite Banksy graffiti works of art…vandalism…whatever!…
A cool collection of 3d pavement/street art pictures from around the world featuring stunning creations of bizarre, funny and artistic works of arts on the streets. Perhaps the most famous pavement artist on the internet, UK-based Julian Beever has been…
This amazing San Francisco hand made sculpture called ‘Rolling Through the Bay’ by Scott Weaver uses 100,000 toothpicks and took 35 years to create! It comprises of multiple ‘tours’ that move pingpong balls through neighbourhoods, historical locations and iconic symbols…
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range imaging, and it’s an old photography practice recently introduced to camera phones like the iPhone and some Android devices (or with the use of special apps). HDR is supposed to make your pictures look…
It’s cool how the materials from phones can make some very interesting pieces of art. Take for example these sheep made from phones. Everything from there heads to their hoofs are made from old telephone handsets!
Street drains are generally pretty dull lets face it! However, thanks to some talented artists around the World, they can be brought to life with a little bit of artistic graffiti. The world’s metropolises are grey enough places without a…
Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. Origami dates back to the 17th century AD and was popularised outside of Japan in the mid-1900s. It has since evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art…
There are some very cool things that can be created from trash like these cool sculptures.
Showcasing some of the coolest sand sculptures from around the world. Building sandcastles were always great fun as a child (still is as an adult today!) but the sand castles showcased here are sculptures and a bit more than your…
Showcasing the amazing hand painting of Guido Daniele who transforms hands into pieces of art. Guido Daniele is an Italian artist and uses hands as his canvas for painting. One hand can take up to 10 hours to create! …
