Graffiti Comes to Life

Muto video

13 Disturbing Pieces of Art

Here is a post on Mental Floss about "disturbing" and "creepy" artworks. I still cannot see what is disturbing about the Boldini "Spanish Dancer..." painting. If any of you do, please tell me.

Ruined Spanish fresco has fans, starts internet meme.

Ruined fresco draws attention, fans in Spain

Fresco-Defacing Octogenarian Is Officially an Internet Hero

Banksy + Lascaux

Worst. Restoration. Ever.

Botched Restoration of Jesus Fresco Shocks Spain

A case of suspected vandalism in a church in a northeastern village in Spain has turned out to be probably the worst art restoration project of all time.

The Invisible Mother

Mother as set piece.

iPhone App for Frogs

In the garden of your mind.

Watch Mister Rogers Remixed - Garden of Your Mind on PBS. See more from PBS Digital Studios.

Everyday is a good day when you paint.

Watch Happy Little Clouds: Bob Ross Remixed on PBS. See more from PBS Digital Studios.

What do you see?

Ted Talk: Perception and Happiness

Test Your Perception

Three part video series on how your brain perceives things, often incorrectly.

Perception Exhibition

n. the process of attaining awareness or understanding. (best to watch with the sound off)

Brunelleschi vs. Ghiberti

Janine Antoni's Gnaw

Aerial Panoramic Photography

Airpano.com is a pretty amazing site for high resolution, 360 degree aerial photography. The photographs alone are quite beautiful, but the high res videos may be the only way to visit some of these locales. Photos of the Taj Mahal and the Moai on Easter Island are just a few of what they have available. Take a few minutes for a virtual vacation.

Stonehenge is not the only henge

How was stonehenge built?

Venus of Willendorf

Part of the "How Art Made the World" Series, these videos speak in depth about the female figure, pornography, and fetish idols.

Hysteria by the Guerrilla Girls

An art piece by the guerrilla girls titled "Hysteria". Some content may be offensive to viewers. However, this piece is historically accurate in terms of medical treatment.

Famous Artist Quiz

Quiz on PBS.org to identify famous artists? I'm a patron, what were your results?

This quiz is hosted by the Barnes Foundation. Some of my classes were fortunate enough to have seen the film, The Art of the Steal. A film centered on the recently completed move of the Barnes Collection. If you have not seen it, it is streaming on Netflix. You can find the trailer here.

10 Things about Marcel Duchamp

“The trip I took into the mystic was inspired by Duchamp,” says Minneapolis-based painter Frank Gaard, subject of an early 2012 solo show at the Walker, “as was my sense that language was a medium for visual artists.” In commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp’s birth (July 28, 1887), Gaard shares ten musings on the man.

The Ruins of Detroit

Photographic work by Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre

This Is What a Bill Murray Coloring Book Looks Like - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire

 This Is What a Bill Murray Coloring Book Looks Like and it looks awesome.

  

Anamorphosis

Here's a link to an NPR article about street artist Julian Beever and his work.

Race of Jesus CGI

An 18-second video sample from episode three of the BBC history series Son of God. The video is a sample of an animation produced by design team Red Vision, and displays a facial reconstruction created by forensic anthropologist Richard Neave. Neave's reconstruction was based on a skull of a first-century Galilean Semite.

Nail Art Video

Though not widely thought of as a form of art, I think this takes a great deal of creativity and a good bit of skill.

Watch Idea Channel: The World of Nail Art on PBS. See more from Idea Channel.

Pre-Photoshop Fakery

Here is a link to an Atlantic post about image fakery before Photoshop. It's impressive to think about the physical splicing that had to occur for these images to take shape.

Hank Willis Thomas

Thomas is a conceptual photographic artist. His work was recently published in the Lens blog for the NYTimes. His work deals with race in a way that requires conversation. In fact he states, “I take pleasure in talking about things that people say we don’t need to talk about anymore. Just because we think we’re over race, doesn’t really mean that we’re over it.”

I particularly think his series, "Branded", is relevant because of our icon conversation this week.

Munch's "Scream" is Up for Auction

OnPoint story about the sale of this famous masterpiece.

Jim Crow Museum

The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University in Michigan is a unique museum "using objects of intolerance to teach tolerance and promote social justice".

While I realize some may find this to be an offensive museum/collection, I think the dialogue this museum is meant to contribute to is more important than our initial reactions of shock and being appalled at the material within it. Below is a quote from the curator of the museum about the collection itself.

"I am a garbage collector, racist garbage. For three decades I have collected items that defame and belittle Africans and their American descendants. I have a parlor game, "72 Pictured Party Stunts," from the 1930s. One of the game's cards instructs players to, "Go through the motions of a colored boy eating watermelon." The card shows a dark black boy, with bulging eyes and blood red lips, eating a watermelon as large as he is. The card offends me, but I collected it and 4,000 similar items that portray blacks as Coons, Toms, Sambos, Mammies, Picaninnies, and other dehumanizing racial caricatures. I collect this garbage because I believe, and know to be true, that items of intolerance can be used to teach tolerance."

Creative Dad

Dad creates photos of daughters in imaginative ways.

Morley Safer's Take on Contemporary Art

The Muppets and Heironymous Bosch

Batman and Darth Vader invade art history, in these absolutely deranged paintings.

On Consumption, or Not Consuming Our Consumable Goods

One-third is a photographic project about visualizing wasted food.

Richard Prince Interview

“A Conversation with Richard Prince” (1992)

Artist Photoshops Classical Nudes

These classical nudes have been photoshoped to reflect today's "preferred" measurements.

Ken Burns' Dust Bowl Documentary

Watch The Dust Bowl Preview on PBS. See more from Ken Burns.

Will air on PBS November 18, 2012.

Over Leonardo's Shoulder

Prado researcher finds insight beneath copy of Mona Lisa.

Savannah College of Art & Design Portfolio Preparation Workshop

SCAD will be hosting a portfolio preparation workshop for students considering transferring. This will be on Thursday, March 22nd, at the Wiregrass Museum of Art.

You can find information about the event and can also register at this page on SCAD's website. I urge you to consider attending this event, regardless of where you plan to transfer, especially if you are interested in attending any art program.

Da Vinci's Ghost/The Other Vitruvian Man

Link to article on NPR about the book "Da Vinci's Ghost".

Link to article in Smithsonian magazine about another version of the Vitruvian Man.

Famous Paintings Improved by Cats

A moment of levity in a subject that tends to be all too serious. Also, there are cats in these paintings.

Secrets of the Parthenon

Video on PBS show, Nova.

How Stuff Works: Egyptian Tomb Art

How Stuff Works: Queen Hatshepsut

Video of expert explaining Hatshepsut's ability to rule effectively.

Theory of a Murder

Queen Hatshepsut's Tomb

An video exploration into the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut.

Bernini's David Video

A video of Gianlorenzo Bernini's David.