Two Spanish conmen discovered last month that it’s a dog-eat-dog world and they are not the smartest among thieves. The two would-be con artist brothers found they had been spectacularly hoodwinked when banks refused to deposit the money they swindled from the sale of a counterfeit painting.
This week, historical experts believe they have found the tomb of Leonardo’s model – buried under the alter of a convent in Florence, Italy. Archaeologists and art detective Silvano Vinceti exhumed several skeletons stacked on top of each other under the chapel. Carbon dating has been completed and indicate the skeleton is from the time…
It hangs in Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. and word has it that the Clinton’s absolutely hate it and want it removed. The Clinton’s dislike of the portrait isn’t because of Bill Clinton’s awkward pose but rather – because the celebrated artist snuck a representation of Monica Lewinsky’s famous semen-stained dress in…
Check out ten more cool street art murals that create an interesting, and unique, take on their environment. The art featured here use various methods – stencil graffiti, wheatpasted poster art or sticker art – to add a bit of flare to their otherwise mundane surroundings.
Check out ten cool street art murals that create an interesting, and unique, take on their environment. The art featured here use various methods – stencil graffiti, wheatpasted poster art or sticker art – to add a bit of flare to their otherwise mundane surroundings.
Notice anything “off” about the picture above, like maybe it’s not a photograph but rather a hyper-realistic painting by Ottawa, Ontario artist Sheryl Luxemburg. Although her paintings look almost too real to be true, her technique is “classical” in nature.
Noted Dutch artist Aert de Gelder was one of Rembrandt’s most talented students. Studying in his Amsterdam studio from 1661 through 1663, Gelder was a devoted Rembrandt follower which likely provided him unfettered access to the Vatican’s censored and secret artworks and literature. It is believed by many that Gelder may have cleverly revealed this…
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