Interview: Artist Guy Yanai
Exploring the painter's processes and travel-driven inspirations
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Sam Van Aken’s Magical Tree Bears 40 Types of Fruit
Sam Van Aken, an artist and professor at Syracuse University, has Frankenstein-ed together a tree that bears 40 different types of fruit, including peaches, plums, apricots and almonds. The “Tree of 40 …
Via qz.com
Tulips Turn the Netherlands’ Countryside into Art
Millions of tulips have turned the outskirts of Lisse, the Netherlands into a modern masterpiece. Between mid-March and mid-May, nearly 800 varieties of the flower bloom, turning the usually monochromatic Dutch countryside …
Via wired.com
Magical Aerial Shots of Los Angeles
From the ground, Los Angeles’ vast landscape can seem like an endless mess of freeways, buildings and hills. But when viewing it from above—as 71-year-old photographer Jeffrey Milstein found out—the sunny Southern …
Via nytimes.com
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Finally Receives His Passport
After four years of being essentially locked inside his home country, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has finally been given back his passport. Ai was first detained in 2011 while attempting to travel …
Rest in Peace, Elio Fiorucci
A touching tribute to the man who changed the face of fashion
CH25: Joshua Harker
Pushing the boundaries of sculpture with intricate 3D printing
Via designboom.com
Japanese Craftsmen Reinterpret Star Wars Scenes
Japanese craftsman have adapted the ancient practice of ukiyo-e wood-block printing to portray scenes from the Star Wars film franchise, creating the ultimate mash-up of tradition and science fiction. Keeping with the …
Via hungertv.com
NYC’s Wes Anderson Art Show
San Francisco’s Wes Anderson-inspired art show “Bad Dads” is leaving Spoke Art—its home of five years—to take residence at NYC’s Joseph Gross Gallery later this summer. The wildly successful exhibition will expand …
Via thisiscolossal.com
Snarkitecture Fills a Museum With an Ocean of Plastic Balls
Brooklyn-based design studio Snarkitecture has taken over Washington DC’s National Building Museum to transform its ground floor into an ocean of nearly one million translucent plastic balls. The massive ball-pit is part …