You’d think that cases of art theft and robbery in real life are as interesting…
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Artists nowadays like to shock. But that’s not especially new. While it’s easy to imagine…
Whether it’s done for the press or for personal growth, performance art can get out…
According to a 2017 study conducted by the American Psychological Association, the average museum-goer will…
Art is important. People who appreciate art typically marvel at its capacity to change their…
Nowadays we take colors for granted, but historically they’ve been hard to come by. Pigment-makers…
Nowadays we take colors for granted, but historically they’ve been hard to come by. Pigment-makers…
Even though it’s been going on two centuries since Robert Cornelius took both the first…
Few true artists pursue their passion with the goal of being famous; however, the importance…
Art is one of humankinds’ defining features, and creating art uses a whole host of…
Humans have been tattooing themselves for thousands of years. In fact, Europe’s oldest natural mummy,…
Despite living a life that was in many ways more modest than most of ours,…
To state the obvious, painting is very much a visual medium, so having sight is…
Not many buildings become world famous for their ceilings. The amazing array of frescoes that…
Artwork can sell for millions of dollars, so it’s always a newsworthy event when someone…
Before the outbreak of World War I, Adolf Hitler was a practicing artist. On two separate occasions,…
Multi-colored images of Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor turn the wall into a color copier.…
One of my favorite books growing up was The Hobbit, so imagine my excitement when…
Modern art gets a lot of flak for being pretentious and adored by people who…
Not every statue is of a heroic warrior, or is a symbol of freedom, love, and hope. Sometimes, statues are just, well, bizarre. They’re the kinds of things that, if you ever learned what the sculptor was thinking about as he chiseled away, you might never sleep again.
In the art world, everyday graffiti is somewhere between “everyday annoyance” and “those damn hoodlums!”…
Before the invention of photography, mankind recorded its most frightening historical events via paintings. Such…
a not-do-subtle effort to cater to the growing popularity of Pinterest, Toptenz will be attempting…
True artistic talent can be defined as the ability to take the things you see…