Street Art on the Reservation
Wheat paste art by Chip Thomas, an Arizona artist and physician working on the Navajo Reservation
Urban Art
Surfing Madonna Was a Vision and a Gift
A 58-year-old software engineer has stepped forward as the creator of the celebrated and controversial Surfing Madonna of Encinitas
Installation 5: International (and LA) Art in San Jose
The Scion Installation Five Art Tour exhibition opens June 5 at Gallery Anno Domini in San Jose. Bay Area art fans can view works by Souther Salazar, Ron English, Alex Hornest, Yoskay Yamamoto, Nicholas Harper and more.
Public Art in the Tenderloin
Cultural Geometry is a new piece of public art by Rigo 23, the San Francisco-based political artist and muralist. The work is a large stone mosaic which comprises the heart of the “Tenderloin National Forest”, a public space reclamation project led by the luggage store, a San Francisco arts organization. Many years in development, the [...]
The BIG Art Project
The Big Art Project was started in 2006, by Channel 4 of England, as an ambitious endeavor to allow the public to influence the commissioning of immense public works of art. It also was a movement, backed by the Arts Council England, to generate new art in England (with public involvement). So, courtesy of an [...]
Restoration in Public Art
We are slowly becoming more aware of our impact on the environment and how destructive we can be. Not only are we reading about it in books and newspapers and seeing it on the news, but more and more public art is making a statement to create awareness. Thus is so in New York based [...]
Decorative Light Sculptures
The Chinese Garden Park in Singapore, Southeast Asia, was decorated with multitudes of lanterns in different shapes and forms. The festive occasion was the Mid-Autumn Festival. A lantern’s basic components were it’s metal frame, thin transparent / translucent fabric and light bulbs. Biological, fantasy and mythical animals were constructed and displayed in themes around the [...]
The Museum of Broken Relationships
A large, imposing ax. Furniture smashed to pieces by said ax. A wooden leg. Gall stones. A wedding dress, and a Vespa scooter. This seemingly random collection of objects share one thing in common; they’re all exhibits in the recently-opened Museum of Broken Relationships in Berlin. All the items on display have been kindly donated [...]
Feng Shui at the World’s Tallest Twin Towers
Let Feng Shui bring you barrows of luck and money. Feng Shui are Chinese words for Wind and Water. It is the practice of using spatial arrangements to accomplish harmony in the environment and thus bring you good health, wealth and happiness. Feng Shui needs co-operation from architecture design, interior furnishings and decorations in order [...]
