Kate MccGwire’s surreal installations are at once gorgeous and unsettling. A massive feather-clad form oozes out of a stove, winds around itself, and is frozen on the cusp of enveloping everything in sight. Similarly, three ...READ»
Scientists employ all sorts of techniques to introduce us to extinct animals in the context of a museum, but for the most part, those techniques are largely visual. We usually don't get to learn how they smelled, for example, or how ...READ»
Take the patience of a saint and the leisure preferences of a 6-year-old boy, and you’ve got Lene Wille, the Danish artist behind this minimalist sculpture originally built for the lobby of the Amsterdam World Trade ...READ»
Ron van der Ende must have the patience of a Torah scribe. His artwork, shown above, might vaguely resemble a photograph or at least a damn good paint by numbers, but it’s actually made entirely out of reclaimed wood veneers -- each ...READ»
Ever want to be a model? Then you'll love this new hack that combines 3-D imaging and a RepRap machine to turn you into...a model! It's clever, and hints at two powerful futures for tech.READ»
When Jackson Pollock invented his iconic "drip painting" method, the messes he made could at least be claimed as part of the finished product. Queens-based sculptor Shinichi Maruyama doesn't have it that easy. His delicate "water ...READ»
Attention Belgian drama-queens: Brussels-based architect Bassam el-Okeily has got the pied-à-terre for you! Why settle for snoozy aluminum siding when you can have a front facade that looks like a mini-Cirque du Soleil? ...READ»
Last weekend, the courtyard of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art saw the opening of what looks like a giant black wave of death, sitting on a 50-foot by 20-foot footprint, 13 feet high.
Created by Prague-based artist ...READ»
Dennis Maher’s sculptures are precisely what they seem to be: Old buildings that’ve been razed, slashed, busted, and shattered then thrown into an artful jumble as if Gordon Matta Clark had gotten his hands on a wrecking ...READ»
Open your eyes, Chicago, and meet the gaze of a 30-foot eyeball.That stare--from the 30-foot "EYE" sculpture--officially opens this morning in Chicago’s Loop. Tony Tasset, the artist behind the eyeball--adorned with a blue iris and ...READ»
Although one artist's opening has already been postponed due to a lack of gold, a monumental $25 million work by Jeff Koons is now entering the fabrication stage.
It's a 70-foot replica of a steaming locomotive from the 1940s, ...READ»
