On my most recent trip to New York City, I had the wonderful privilege to visit the ‘Manus X Machina’ exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of New York. Sponsored by Apple, the exhibit displayed a ravishing collection of couture items from designers like, Chanel, Comme Des Garçon, Iris Van Herpin …
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Check out these fantastic pet portraits by Splendid Beast ! This company allows you to send your pet’s photo and they will paint a portrait of said pet in any costume/setting you choose. So, your cat or dog can be remembered furrrever as Napoleon or The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Genius! …
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Russian artist Asya Kozina created these stunning 18th century wigs from paper! Amazing, isn’t it?! I love when artists use mundane mediums to create incredible pieces of art. Fit for a queen, these wigs are super intricate and tedious to make… but the end result, wowie wow WOW! Check out more of …
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Artist Danny Van Ryswyk takes eerie Victorian figures and displays then as ‘specimens’ in glass bell jars for a more dramatic effect. I love when artists utilize the glass bell jar! It’s so creepy, yet a sort of a confined beauty. His figures can take months to complete. Check out Danny van Ryswyk’s …
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How brilliant! Zoey Taylor and David Connelly from The House of Cardboard has made nearly everything in their ‘house’ out of cardboard. My fave has to be the violin and film projector. Both are so intricate and require a number of hours to transform the mundane cardboard into two non-mundane objects. Check out …
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Check out this series called Micro Matter by artist Rosa de Jong ! De Jong takes tiny building landscapes and puts them into thin, long test tubes for a creative twist on the “ship in a bottle” artworks. I’m a fan of anything that has a scientific twist to it, especially things displayed …
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On my last trip to NYC, I visited the Paul Kasmin Gallery in Chelsea to view the incomparable work of artist Mark Ryden. Ryder is one of my favorite artists, so when I discovered he had a new collection, I had to see it up close and personal! Two pieces …
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British artist Steve Cutts created these meaningful and thought-provoking pieces of art with a commentary of today’s messed up world. There’s not much to say here, except…. Enjoy! photos: Bored Panda
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Models were busting out of frames like trapped subjects of art making a break for it. In other words, the daily life of Miss Mimi... a trapped cat, held hostage in a Californian seaside village by her awful captors that feed her premium cat food and a variety of cat …
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Check out mega-talented New Zealand artist Kristina Webb !She takes everyday objects and creates art around them. My favorite has to be the finger nails on paper…. so creative and colorful! I love art like this because it takes everyday objects and transforms them into something unexpectedly marvelous! Check out …
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