The Art of Discarded Lottery Tickets

An artistic twosome realizes dream desires from forgotten scratch-offs

Curious about how people spend their winnings after hitting it big with the lottery, collaborative artists Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom channeled their research into astounding representational sculptures of dream desires like a Hummer, a yacht and a large home using scratch-off lottery tickets. Working under the moniker

Art Basel 41 Highlights, Part Two

Warped realist sculptures, Op-Art paintings and wearable instruments round out our list of Art Basel 2010 favorites

There were so many great things at Art Basel 41 we needed a second feature to capture them all. Check out Part One of our coverage here if you missed it. At NYC’s Sperone Westwater, “Michael (Variation #1)” (2010), a larger-than-life bust by Canadian artist Evan Penny, captured the booth. This particular piece, following the theme of most of his work, is a strikingly realistic …

Art Basel 41 Highlights, Part One

Animated currency, she-beasts, Aitken's latest immersive video and pink crystals top our list of Art Basel favorites

One day, nearly 300 galleries and thousands of artworks later, check out below what caught our eye at Art Basel’s 41st event in Basel last month. Stay tuned for more in Part Two. “Hero No. 1” (2009), one of Zhang Huan‘s series of enormous, cowskin-covered sculptures from the Pace Gallery, has an imposing scale only rivaled by the curious expression of the she-creature’s face. Though …