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Seven-Story Neoclassical Painting by William Bouguereau Looms Over Memphis

A little girl from William Bouguereau’s 1886 painting 'Au pied de la falaise' looks out over the city of Memphis from the side of a seven-story building, freed from the original work's confines ...

Out of Focus: Classic Works of Art Reimagined in Abstract Pixelated Form

Some centuries-old works of art are so imprinted upon the collective consciousness, our brains recognize them even when they’re blurred, disguised, abstracted or otherwise remixed. You could ...

Greek Gods Graffiti: Classically Styled Street Art by Spanish Duo PichiAvo

Greek gods and other figures from antiquity tower over a very different world from the one in which they were born, entwined with contemporary graffiti on building facades and other urban ...

A Whole Latte Art: Masterpieces Rendered in Coffee and Milk

Most baristas who go the extra mile to make a cute design in the foam on top of your latte or mocha manage to illustrate a heart, a swan, a cat or maybe an owl, not an entire Vincent van Gogh ...

Mashup Masterpieces: 48 Fusions of Art and Contemporary Pop Culture

In centuries past, art has mostly depicted religious and political figures alongside artist’s models and ordinary people, but as future generations look back on our era, they’ll see a ...

Pixelated Masterpieces: 32 Real-Life Works of 3D Glitch Art & Design

Don't adjust your monitor - there's nothing wrong with the images of these sculptures, rugs, furniture and even full-scale architecture. Playing with the aesthetics of digital errors, the ...

Art History in Contemporary Life: Classical Figures in Modern Scenery

Dressed in garments from centuries long past, figures from classical paintings peer out the windows of metro cars, vend souvenirs, browse comics and otherwise interact with unlikely scenes in ...

Art Hacker: Famous Masterpieces Recreated with Painted Human Bodies

Chinese body painting artist Liu Bolin explores the concept of ‘art hacking’ through reinterpreting two of the world’s most famous paintings with human figures as canvases, and manipulating ...

Masterpiece Mashups: Classic Art Gets the GIF Treatment

Vincent Van Gogh is having a good pop culture week on the interwebs with multiple humorous GIF treatments and stunning animations of his works exposing classic art to new generations. In this ...

Masterpiece Mashup: Genre-Crossing Digital Art Compositions

Diverse artistic disciplines from graphic design to architecture come together, crossing boundaries and merging eras, to bring the likes of Marina Abramovic and Marcel Duchamp together in this ...

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