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- Two men build a floating "Fatberg" island in Amsterdam Sat, 10 Mar 18, 12:37amFriends Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks have created a floating island made of fat, a "Fatberg" as they call it. With a current weight of over a metric ton, the car-sized Fatberg began as one drop of fat in a glass of water...
- Two men build a floating "Fatberg" in Amsterdam Sat, 10 Mar 18, 12:37amFriends Mike Thompson and Arne Hendriks have created a floating island made of fat, a "Fatberg" as they call it. With a current weight of over a metric ton, the car-sized Fatberg began as one drop of fat in a glass of water...
- Elevated bamboo peace bridge for the Korean Demilitarized Zone unveiled by Shigeru Ban and Jae-Eun Choi Tue, 2 Jan 18, 11:40pmSouth Korean artist Jae-Eun Choi is teaming up with prolific architect Shigeru Ban to bridge a peaceful relationship between the two enemy nations of the Korean peninsula...
- Artists Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey launch skateboard protest against Trump Fri, 28 Apr 17, 1:10amArtist-activists Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey have teamed up to launch a new series of artwork today in response to the 100th day of Donald Trump’s presidency...
- Artist hides miniature homes in Milan’s manholes Wed, 6 Apr 16, 12:00amArtist Biancoshock is filling Milan's manholes with minuscule homes. Called "Borderlife," the street art project is meant to create a dialogue about extreme living conditions that people are forced to live in. Specifically,...
- Artist George Sabra wants us to “tie the knot” on petroleum Sat, 30 Jan 16, 2:34am‘Tying the Knot on Petroleum’ Using reclaimed oil barrels; Artist George Sabra's Artwork addresses Climate Change. In a universal language that bridges all barriers; Sabra’s Artwork speaks directly to the very core...
- PHOTOS: Ai Weiwei’s Amazing Chinese Dragon Flies Through the Air at Alcatraz Wed, 1 Oct 14, 7:27amAi Weiwei's With Wind installation greets visitors with a colorful explosion of paper forms that take flight within the former prison. The dragon is a symbol of power and freedom, however its paper construction is delicate....
- Ai Weiwei’s Amazing Chinese Dragon Flies Through the Air at Alcatraz Wed, 1 Oct 14, 7:27amAi Weiwei's With Wind installation greets visitors with a colorful explosion of paper forms that take flight within the former prison. The dragon is a symbol of power and freedom, however its paper construction is delicate....
- Ai Weiwei’s Spectacular Chinese Dragon Flies Through the Air at Alcatraz Wed, 1 Oct 14, 4:36amAi Weiwei's With Wind installation greets visitors with a colorful explosion of paper forms that take flight within the former prison. The dragon is a symbol of power and freedom, however its paper construction is delicate....
- Ai Weiwei Creates a Massive Metal Bird Wing From Tibetan Solar Cookers and Teakettles Fri, 26 Sep 14, 12:55amThe installation is meant to represent freedom, but is immobilized like a trapped animal inside one of the lower gun galleries of the penitentiary’s New Industries Building, and can only be seen from above...
- Ai Weiwei Uses 1.2 Million LEGO Bricks to Portray 176 Political Prisoners and Exiles Thu, 25 Sep 14, 7:59amAi Weiwei is no stranger to imprisonment - the artist is a fierce critic of the Chinese government, and in the past he has been secretly detained for 81 days, beaten by Chinese police placed under house arrest, and his passport...
- Ai Weiwei’s “Forever” Bicycle Installation Moves to Venice for the 14th Biennale of Architecture Tue, 17 Jun 14, 2:00amCycling is one of the most common forms of transportation in China, but Weiwei manipulates the bicycles by removing their primary function and making them static...
- Banksy’s Upcycled Sphinx Brazenly Stolen from Queens Tue, 29 Oct 13, 4:05amarab spring, Banksy, banksy nyc, banksy sphinx, Better Out Than In, cinderblock sculpture, graffiti art, middle east, mobile installations, new york city, political art, Public Art, Queens, sphinx UK street artist extraordinaire Banksy...
- Ai Weiwei’s Magnificent ‘Forever’ Installation Builds a Glimmering Cavern from 1,200 Bikes Fri, 18 Nov 11, 5:00pmRead the rest of Ai Weiwei’s Magnificent ‘Forever’ Installation Builds a Glimmering Cavern from 1,200 Bikes Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Ai Weiwei, bicycle art, chinese art,...