Psychologists at Boston University paired paintings by famous abstract expressionists with paintings by a child, monkey, chimpanzee, gorilla, and elephant. They presented the images side by side and asked students to judge which painting was of higher quality. One-third of the time, the art students chose the work of children and animals. At least they did better than a coin toss would!
For the first time in the history of red spray paint in the vicinity of a poster girl's breasts, a vandal made a billboard less sexual. To advertise an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the billboard in Long Lake, MN featured a 16th-century Titian painting of Venus. The vandal painted a red tube top over Venus' breasts and commented, "Brrr!"
Swiss artist Corinne Vionnet creates art for her series "Photo Opportunities" by overlaying hundreds of tourist photos (she finds them online) on top of one another. What she ends are these beautiful, shimmering things—Boing Boing calls them "metaportraits"—that are as recognizable as they are eerie. They look almost like oil paintings, don't they? Or photographs of ghosts? There is something nice about creating something so otherworldly out of such photographic banality.
Take a look inside the human body at work, if the human body were completely made up of mechanical elements.
Some people are just more talented than us. This time-lapse shows a painter speedily creating amazing art, and is sure to depress anyone slaving away in an MFA painting program.
Artist Holton Rower is the brains behind this interactive installation. He and other participants pour buckets of paint over tall objects, creating an acid-like aesthetic and awesome designs. The time lapse effects makes this all the more fun to watch.
Andrew Smith's little mechanical man can do a lot of things: ride a bike, wave a flag, and just look really cool in general. Obviously, the next step is to have him imitate Conan's String Dance.
