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Comic legend Carlos Pacheco shares his final professional work after...
My LAST piece. pic.twitter.com/ikmTO6EsJ1— Carlos Pacheco (@Cpachecoficial) September 28, 2022 Despite laying the groundwork for the multi-billion dollar franchises that currently rule pop culture,...
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MAD magazine's Sergio Aragonés still at the drawing board at 85
In 1962, a young Mexican cartoonist, Sergio Aragonés, knocked on the door of the New York MAD magazine offices hoping for a job. Little could he know that 60 years later, he would still be one of the...
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Police forcibly enter art gallery after statue mistaken for dead person
Above is "Kristina" (2022), a sculpture by the artist Mark Jenkins that's on display in London's Laz Emporium gallery. Visible in the gallery window, the sculpture freaked out a passer-by so much that...
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Alan Moore interviews Brian Eno
If you thought a conversation between Alan Moore and Brian Eno would be charming, pregnant with ideas, funny, and would send you off in a dozen different directions of contemplation and wonder, you'd...
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How did Donald Glover become the modern renaissance man?
Usually, the phrase is supposed to go, "jack of all trades, master of none." However, the adage doesn't seem quite accurate when it comes to Donald Glover. There isn't an avenue of entertainment that...
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Artist cuts Jenna Ortega's Wednesday out of a piece of paper and it's...
If Edward Scissorhands has any competition in the art department, it's portrait artist Eduardi Tsokolakyan, who snipped an amazing paper cut-out of Jenna Ortega as Wednesday, all while running a silent...
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Theater in unexpected places with artists Virginia Grise and Maricella Infante
Award-winning playwriter, performance artist, director, and producer Virginia Grise has teamed up with producer and conceptual embroidery artist Maricella Infante to create "A Todo Dar Productions." A...
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Arnold the Elephant is stranded on a small, rocky, deserted island in Leo...
Arnold the Elephant is stranded on a deserted island. The island is small. Arnold is not. Having washed up after a storm, Arnold is soon joined by other animals who cannot rescue him. Yet, together...
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Happy Birthday, Kurt Cobain
It's always interesting to watch cultural shifts occur in popular music. In modernity, rap has usurped rock's throne to become the focal point of youth music. However, prior to hip-hop slaughtering...
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The beautiful threadwork of Ukrainian artist Vladimir Denshchikov (1952-2022)
The most recent Russian invasion of Ukraine is one year old. But this post is about a Ukrainian artist, actor, and teacher named Vladimir Denshchikov, whom I learned about from this fabulous artist and...
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Artist and composer Christian Marclay on Art21's "London" series
This segment from Art21's program, London, explores the work of visual artist and composer, Christian Marclay. Marclay is probably best known for his "turntablism," a technique that involves...
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Artist Connor Gottfried dissects his Gameboy-inspired pieces in an exclusive...
Regardless of the medium, art exists at the intersection between passion and precision. Whether it's summoning the appropriate technique or implementing the proper tools, crafting a masterpiece is...
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This 106-year-old tattoo artist is Vogue's new cover model
Apo Whang-Od, 106 years old, appears on the cover of this month's Vogue Philippines. She's the oldest person ever to be on the cover of Vogue. Whang-Od is a master of an indigenous "hand-tapped" tattoo...
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Rick Rubin explains why more choice doesn't always lead to more creativity
As a species, creativity will always live on the border of our understanding. Despite how lavishly our culture rewards those capable of tapping into their creative faculties, we still have minimal...
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Location of the bridge in the Mona Lisa finally identified
After centuries of debate, the location of the bridge in Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa has been identified once and for all, at least according to Italian historian Silvano Vinceti. Based on historical...
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Legendary Marvel artist John Romita Sr. passes away at 93
Hugely influential Marvel artist John Romita Sr. passed away on Monday. Romita was mostly known for his brilliant work on Spider-Man in the 1960s and 70s, but he was also Marvel's art director for two...
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John Romita Sr.'s incredible legacy as the great Spider-Man artist
The comic book world is mourning the passing of industry giant John Romita Sr. today. He had a long career as an artist and art director, but his crowning achievement is his work on The Amazing...
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Artist delivered a museum two blank canvases, titled "Take the Money and...
In 2021, the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art loaned conceptual artist Jens Haaning around $76,400 to remake two of his earlier works in which the cash was glued to canvas in a commentary on the difference...
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Bob Ross's painting from the first episode of his show is for sale
The above screenshot is from the 1983 premiere of Bob Ross's "The Joy of Painting" TV show. (Full episode below.) The artwork Ross made during that episode, titled "A Walk in the Woods," is now for...
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California judge dismisses parts of lawsuit targeting art-scraping AI
A federal judge "trimmed a lawsuit" filed by artists who accused Stability AI, Midjourney and others of copyright infringment in training their AIs on their works without permission. U.S. District...
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Is this Leonardo's painting of a younger Mona Lisa?
Above left is the "Isleworth Mona Lisa," an oil painting of Lisa del Giocondo who was, of course, the subject of the iconic Mona Lisa portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. But who painted this less-familiar...
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Adam Shub, painting pixel by pixel
Adam Shub, known by many as squarepainter, paints scenes from retro games, painstakingly, pixel by pixel. His work represents mostly titles from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, begins with a grid drawn in...
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Aquaman, Metamorpho, and Brenda Starr cartoonist Ramona Fradon retires
Famed cartoonist Ramona Fradon is retiring at the age of 97, according to a January 3 announcement from her comic art dealer Catskill Comics. After an extremely long run in the comic industry, at 97,...
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Artist Chris Kenny photographed 12 twigs that look like little dancing people
Artist Chris Kenny made this fantastic piece in 2012 titled "12 Twigs". The photograph features 12 people-shaped twigs that look as if they're contorting their bodies into various positions. It looks...
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Amy Coleslaw is a fantastic needle felt artist
Amy Coleslaw is a fantastic needle felt artist who goes by "@i_felt_kitsch" on instagram. I love all of the creepy-cute, surreal creatures that she makes, and the way that she re-purposes toys by...
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Phone charger only works when you're resting with your eyes closed
Belgium-based artist Dries Depoorter created this clever art installation titled Recharge. It features "a chair where you can relax and charge your phone. However, your phone will only charge when your...
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Roswell revisited: aliens, artists and anarchy in New Mexico's UFO capital
The latest episode of the Flightless Bird with David Farrier podcast is full of interviews with the residents of Roswell, New Mexico, a town known for an alleged 1947 UFO crash that made worldwide...
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Check out this amazing Thai pancake artist
Thailand is well known for its excellent street food, but did you know you can also get adorable, edible art? Watch this Thai pancake artist create a Powerpuff Girls cake. She draws freehand from just...
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Comic artist Rob Liefeld to publish new memoir
Comic book legend Rob Liefeld — a co-founder of Image Comics who created such iconic characters as Deadpool and Cable and Captain America with an absurdly huge chest — is planning to publish a new...
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