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'New work' by Rembrandt unveiled in Amsterdam may change future of art
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When the seemingly recognizable oil painting of a noble 17th century man by Rembrandt was unveiled this morning (5 April) all eyes were on the male figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat, but not for the usual reasons. Rather than gazing upon a revelatory find from the 1600s, the portrait was in fact a very detailed re-imagining of Rembrandt van Rijn's work, created entirely from computer data and 3D printed.
Super-Sized, Illuminated Bunnies to Grace San Francisco Civic Center Plaza
The 23-foot-tall glowing bunnies have been touring the country since February
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Five giant nylon bunny rabbits will grace the lawn of San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza this month as part of a traveling art installation.
A ceremony Tuesday morning kicked off the show, which runs through April 25.
For the Love of Bad Art
It’s a #fail, captured in paint.
Featured on theatlantic.com
The Spanish village of Borja, population 4,931, has experienced an unexpected tourist boom of late. But the estimated 30,000 annual visitors aren’t there to seek out the town’s medieval architecture, or its archeological museum, or even the region’s emerging local wines. Instead, they’re in Borja to see Ecce homo, a fresco in the town’s Sanctuary of Mercy church that was famously botched in a 2012 restoration.
9 Billionaire Art Museums
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If there’s anything one-percenters love collecting more than real estate, it’s fine art.
And though some patrons choose to stash their treasures behind steel doors, others opt to share their precious troves with the masses (for a small fee, of course). Here’s a look at nine art institutions funded by some of the world’s wealthiest folks, from a volcano-shaped building budding in Chicago to a museum-mall hybrid making headlines in Hong Kong.
The George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
See Dozens of Dazzling New Light Installations in Baltimore This Week
Light City Baltimore is a massive, site-specific festival, launched in hopes of becoming an annual spectacle.
Featured on smithsonianmag.com
Eye candy: The art of jelly beans
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Jelly beans are more than just a popular Easter candy. In the right hands they can be transformed into "eye candy." Anna Werner has been watching an expert in action:
From a distance, it's hard to tell what these works by artist Kristen Cumings are made of. They look like mosaics ... shiny, like glass.
"I like making things out of weird stuff," Cumings said.
The Harvard Library That Protects The World's Rarest Colors
The most unusual colors from Harvard's storied pigment library include beetle extracts, poisonous metals, and human mummies.
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The First Undersea Art Museum In The Atlantic: Swim Through Hundreds Of Life-Size Sculptures
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More than 400 life-like sculptures rest eerily on the ocean floor, recently installed off the coast of Lanzarote, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, to create the Museo Atlantico, the first underwater art museum in the Atlantic Ocean.
Artificial 'nose' sniffs out pollution to protect Disney art on international tour
Featured on phys.org
Original drawings and sketches from Walt Disney Animation Studio's more than 90-year history—from Steamboat Willie through Frozen—traveled internationally for the first time this summer. This gave conservators the rare opportunity to monitor the artwork with a new state-of-the-art sensor. A team of researchers report today that they developed and used a super-sensitive artificial "nose," customized specifically to detect pollutants before they could irreversibly damage the artwork.
Why You Should Hire An Artist As Your Next Business Consultant
More companies are turning to artists when they need a fresh perspective on marketing and branding.
Featured on fastcompany.com
It's easy to put artists in the box of "whimsical creatures that live outside societal norms," so why would business leaders turn to them for guidance and insight about how to make their organizations more profitable and run more efficiently?
The Painter Who Hears Sound In Color
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Jack Coulter sees his own heartbeat. People without his condition hear their own heartbeat, and feel it, and Coulter does that, too. But to him, it also radiates color, like the violet glow you see when you look into darkness with an infrared camera.
Framing Your Digital Art: Meet the eWilner App
Featured on nytimes.com
In the beginning (i.e., a few decades ago) there was the word, as the Internet enabled anyone with a computer to become a writer and critic.
Now dazzling breakthroughs in speed and storage capacity have helped usher in the age of the image, allowing almost everyone to become an artist.
When Art Falls Apart
As plastic used in modern art degrades, scientists turn to nanotechnology to put it back together.
Featured on scientificamerican.com
First Art Education Award Presented in Portland
In addition to celebrating their Tenth Anniversary with the National Arts Program®, our City of Portland exhibition was the first venue to present our new Art Education Award. After reviewing all of the entries in this year’s show, which is no small task, the judges selected Youth 12 & Under artist Miranda Young for her piece entitled “Beau” (pictured left).