Ukrainian artist Zenyk Palagniuk wrapped 24 km (15 mi) of thread around 13,000 nails to create an amazingly realistic portrait of Justin Timberlake. It took the artist over 200 hours to complete. Palagniuk began by sketching the portrait on a…
Through her embroideries, Australian artist Cayce Zavaglia sews very beautiful portraits which she shows them the other face to reveal what’s hiding behind the perfect face of a person. Initially painter, Zavaglia wanted to show that the other side of…
A group of experts from the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) has been photographing examples of work from the "golden age" of disability arts. The disability arts movement began in the 1980s and culminated in the introduction of…
Artist Felipe Bedoya’s beautiful acrylic and watercolor portraits representing made-up people called O·M·O are so realistic that we could be surprised to imagine it as real paintings at the first look. Felipe began to draw since he was a kid,…
In a country that likes art to be safe, a new generation of edgier artists is pushing Saudi Arabia into the contemporary art world. They are finding an international audience – and fetching record prices. One of Saudi Arabia's leading…
The duo composed of the two american artists David Leavitt and David Torres gathered behind the name of “Cyrcle” made a street-art artwork in Manilla in Philippines, entitled Between the Lines. It is represented by an astronaut painted in black…
Usually after visiting an Italian city, In our minds remain forever its monuments, palaces, streets, neighborhoods that we carry with us through photos. But it happens rarely that we dwell on city walls, their colors, their shades, often worn by…
From afar these intricate portraits appear to be painted using the finest of brushstrokes, but take a step closer and the amazing reality is unraveled: they've been carefully crafted out of reels of folded fabric. These jaw-dropping creations by London-born…
Daniel Wurtzel is an artist who seeks to 'transform ordinary matter into something extraordinary'. He creates amazing works of art by using a sheet of fabric that continuously flies in and out of a vortex of air created in the…
Classically trained as a painter and with a degree in fine art under his belt, young Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic (a.k.a. Zach or Zachas) has built himself a reputation in street- and fine-art circles through the emotional impact and uncompromising…
What happens when you combine the talents of Russia's ballet bad boy Sergei Polunin, Irish gospel luminary Hozier and photography pop wizard David LaChapelle? Apparently, a whole lot of angsty, sexy, beautiful dancing ensues. LaChapelle directed the new visual interpretation…
Fred Giovannitti, a self-described artist, dad, inventor, environmentalist and entrepreneur (whom we’ve written about before here) has a wonderful habit of taking his kids’ drawings with him when he goes on business trips and adding his own artistic and colorful…
Sarah, is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Berlin working at the intersection of art, graphic design, and photography. With a focus on analog craftwork using everyday items, Sarah is renowned for creating vivid, witty images that open up new perspectives…
Given all the hefty decisions that today’s world leaders often have to grapple with on a daily basis, it can be easy to forget that they’re people too. Italy-based artist Cristina Guggeri, however, hasn’t forgotten, and she’s out to remind…
Technically, Michael Mapes is a portraitist, although he rarely uses paint. Instead, he deconstructs the original subject in both a figurative and literal sense by dissecting photographs and then painstakingly reconstructing individual fragments into elaborate portraits. Taking hundreds of tiny…
Channel4 introduces Viktoria Modesta, the world’s first amputee pop artist. Created by 4creative and directed by Saam Farahmand, the promo presents Viktoria, every inch a new contemporary artist … but with a difference that sets her apart from the idealized…
We love introducing our readers to amazing works of art by innovative artists, and the works of Thomas Yang, creative director at DDB Singapore, fall directly under this category. At first glance, you might think that some of his most…
Chul Hyun Ahn is a South Korean artist. Who creates sculptures utilizing light, color, and illusion as physical representations of his investigation of infinite space. He achieves this through the use of electrical light sources including Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs),…
Ontario-based artist Heather Horton paints soothing scenes filled with calming color palettes and rich textures. The series of Swimming Portraits features faceless females gliding through the water and creating ripples and bubbles all around. Reflections of light and distortions give…
Midway through his new book The Value of Art (Prestel USA, 208 pp, $29.95), art dealer and longtime Acquavella Galleries director Michael Findlay proposes a thought exercise involving a mystical creature he calls the “art genie.” The art genie approaches…