French paper artist Junior Fritz Jacquet created this fantastic series of weird masks made from toilet paper rolls. Inspired by the craft of origami, each mask is made from a single paper roll which is folded and squished into an expressive face.
For photographer Bob Carey and his wife Linda, a big hairy man in a pink tutu has taken on special meaning in their fight against breast cancer. When Linda was recovering from surgery, he discovered something he could do to ease the stress. He took photos of himself in odd locations wearing a pink tutu. Mr. Carey has now shot more than 110 images of himself in tutus, all for a book to raise money to help others dealing with the disease
While the Club Monaco brand was born in Canada in 1985, it changed nationalities when the Ralph Lauren group acquired it in 1999 and is now offering a Made in the U.S.A. line. The collection is sewn by artisan hands up and down the Eastern seaboard and includes a line of casual shirts, jackets, ties and trousers, all manufactured in different workshops in the United States.
More suburban downtowns are burdened with empty storefronts, but a growing number of Chicago area communities are encouraging artists to dress up the vacant buildings' windows with art under glass.
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 110 new terracotta warriors that laid buried since 210–209 BC, part of the famed army built to guard the tomb of China's first emperor. The life-size figures were excavated by archaeologists near the site where in the 1970's farmers found the first bits of a terracotta army, including chariots with full-size horses.
Aelita Andre is a Russian abstract painter who has already been compared to Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, and Jackson Pollack -- and she is just four years old. Her parents both paint as a hobby and from the start gave her all the canvas and tubes she needed to express to her heart's content.
The new Canadian program to reduce gun violence by promoting photography is called Pixels for Pistols. It aims to take guns off the streets by issuing a free Panasonic Lumix point-and-shoot camera to anyone who turns in a working firearm to the Winnipeg Police Service. So far, the program has collected hundreds of guns and rounds of ammunition
Australia's Festival of Lights is transforming Sydney's famous landmarks using wild imagination and cutting edge 3-D projectors beaming images from a distance. The evening lit sails of the iconic Opera House overlooking the harbor suddenly appeared to break out in cracks and holes, with a giant woman tip-toeing across the surface.
Since 2009 street artist Christiaan Nagel has placed over a hundred giant mushrooms on derelict rooftops around the London's East End to be enjoyed and photographed by passers-by. Unauthorized art in public places is booming in austerity Britain, as public funding dries up
Jacob, a horse who works for St. Petersburg Police Department in Florida, paints in his spare time thanks to his handler Officer Jason Hughes.
A father using street names to teach his daughters the alphabet inspired an animal street art movement in Washington, DC.
There won't be a dry eye in your house after watching the Hungarian shadow theatre company Attraction perform on Britain's Got Talent. Stunning dance dramatics feature only the shadows of their bodies.
Vietnam vet Jim Power is a local celebrity in New York City known for his eclectic and colorful mosaic work on lampposts throughout the East Village. He calls them his Mosaic Trail, each one is unique, and in 2004 the city gave him permission to continue his work on the city's property.
The definition of what it means to be sustainable in the 21st century needs to be broadened to include a skyscraper's ability to sustain the human spirit, says a design director at Gensler. Imagine energy efficient towers whose walls might slide open, allowing office workers to step outside, into the sky, for a breath of fresh air. Towers where seasonal gardens grow vertically and where friends might meet by a kumquat tree on the 68th floor for a cup of coffee on a beautiful spring day.
A montage of sparkling people and places found around the globe is a fitting background for this gentle and wise reminder of how to look at your life in a new way. (Video by Moving Art)
In the beautiful valley of Savoie, France, Simon Beck creates patterned snow art to decorate the large expanse of frozen lakes and delight the local skiers -- until the next snowfall.
Aaron D'Errico always wanted to play soccer like his superstar dad who led the USA Men's National soccer team, but since birth, his leg muscles have been damaged by disease. His determination to overcome, however, blossomed in his imagination where he visualized his victories through a comic soccer superhero named Ammon. The hero, Ammon, is a medical student with cerebral palsy who secretly dreams of being a soccer star – like his father – but during his search for a cure, he gains superpowers through a blend of science and spirit. Aaron himself has become an inspiring hero to Marvel comics icon Stan Lee, and may become a mentor to an upcoming artist thanks to his online contest offering $2,000 to an aspiring illustrator.
Painting the streets in Brazil has become an annual tradition, bringing generations of soccer fans together and spreading joy and pride throughout the community. With the help of Google Maps, people around the world can see how the green and yellow enthusiasm is brought to life in every neighborhood. (Watch)
Homeless runner Ronnie Goodman longed to run in the San Francisco Marathon in July. His story so touched the race's organizers that they have made him a special part of the event. Not only that, readers pooled their resources, after a newspaper story, so they could pay the $120 entry fee.
At the age of 66, Walter Lange was setting out to prove great luxury watches do not have to be Swiss. In a remote corner of what was East Germany, Lange aimed to rebuild a venerable watchmaking business whose history reads like a chronicle of 20th century Europe.
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