Category: Culture

Culture

Art installation of raining condoms graze Kaohsiung street

Luzinterruptus, an anonymous artistic group known for their controversial art installations, has done it again in one of Taiwan’s cities. Their recent project involves 2,500 illuminated condoms filled with glowing water...

By Mariza Monta · 3 days ago

Sculpture

Art Dubai 2017 brings together the largest collection of contemporary art in the Middle East

This year's Art Dubai, dubbed the largest contemporary art exposition in the Middle East, opened on March 15 with a vast array of works by more than 270 artists from 70 countries. This year's event marks the 11th time the annual...

By Juan Cornejo · Sep. 20, 2018

Art

See the roots of the ultimate game changer in global market and money, the New York Stock Exchange

​​Taming Traders: Origins of the New York Stock Exchange is the perfect art exhibit to check out if you are ever wondering about the origins of the Stock Exchange. See how the market has changed over the past two centuries....

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Sep. 15, 2018

Art

Drawing: a fundamental means in making, doing, testing, designing, thinking, playing and living

The Royal West of England Academy will celebrate spring with three new exhibitions: Drawn, Lines in a Landscape: Drawings from the Royal Collection, Lines in a Landscape: Drawings from the Royal Collection, and Beyond...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Aug. 31, 2018

Nature

Winners and honourable mentions win big at the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year awards

National Geographic recently announced their winners for this year’s 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year and even the honorable mentions stood out. All of the winners came from the three major categories...

By Mariza Monta · Aug. 27, 2018

Culture

Marcel Breuer's legacy in architecture and design is remembered in photos at the Met Breuer

The Met Breuer, the iconic museum in Manhattan, New York, formerly known as the Whitney Museum of American Art, has commissioned photographers Luisa Lambri and Bas Princen to take photos of some of the renowned works of the...

By Juan Cornejo · Aug. 22, 2018

News

Witness the WiFi revolution in Havana through these captivating photos

Cuba has got 35 WiFi hotspots and absolutely busy citizens. After many years of expensive wifi connection possibilities, Cuba opened free hotspots around the country and the pictures below will show you how this affected the happy...

By Venesa Musovic · Aug. 14, 2018

Culture

Jonathan Browning explores the gap between China’s rich and poor through comparative photography

Graduating with a degree in photojournalism from the University of South Wales, it’s no surprise that most of Jonathan Browning’s work revolves around documentation of certain issues and topics. In his recent project, he...

By Mariza Monta · Aug. 10, 2018

Culture

Tracing: Exploring the memories captured in antique Bas-Reliefs

Caroline Slotte's artworks involve exploring the memory and physical reduction of objects in the form of Bas-Relief sculptures. The Helsinki-based artist, for her 2015 series, Tracing, reimagined several ceramic plates...

By Umar Ansari · Jul. 16, 2018

Architecture

Archisutra: the creative marriage of sex and architecture

We all know how effective art can be in successfully merging two very different subjects. But London-based architect Miguel Bolivar’s book The Archisutra just proved to us just how innovative a creative marriage between two...

By Mariza Monta · Jul. 06, 2018

Street art

Miami showcased its artistic side in the last Art Wynwood 2017

If you think there are no more than Art Basel to give Miami any creative credits for, think again. Cuban artists from around the city celebrated art during the recent Art Wynwood 2017 held Miami’s Avant Gallery. Nick Korniloff,...

By Mariza Monta · Jun. 30, 2018

Sculpture

Contemporary sculptures by today's most important and talented artists on exhibit this year

Many colleges and universities give importance to art. All over the country, you'll find amazing appreciation for various art forms, some even putting into place extensive programs to nurture talent. One of these is Jesus College,...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Jun. 15, 2018

Culture

High school students design and create 29 sculptures to adorn their neighborhoods

Students from various public high schools have come together in a nonprofit project to beautify their city. The plan is to plan, design, and put up 29 pieces of sculpture. So far, the group has successfully erected their first installation...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Jun. 06, 2018

Culture

Russian artist illustrates brutally honest portraits of the modern world

Vladimir Kazak certainly aims for a lasting great impression with his new collection. The Russian-born artist, who, according to his website, enjoys “drawing women and airplanes,” perfectly depicts modern day thinking...

By Mariza Monta · Jun. 04, 2018

Funny

First emoji book coming soon!

Emoji book is a humorous project which employed artists and designers with a simple request to interpret their favorite emoji. For now, has been collected about 150 emoji illustrations from all around the world. This is a contemporary...

By Venesa Musovic · May. 21, 2018