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Ephemeral Figures Loom Large in Biodegradable Land Art by Saype

Most graffiti artists never get the chance to paint a human figure measuring a staggering 100,000 square feet, but most of them aren’t working directly on massive mountainsides, either. Swiss ...

Floating Whales & Other Unlikely Creatures Invade Cities in Murals by Nevercrew

Swiss street art duo NEVERCREW recently completed 'Sensing Machine No.3,' a mural outside the historic Paris institution of street art known as Le M.U.R., depicting a whale reflecting the city. ...

The Earth as a Canvas: 25 Monumental Works of Land-Based Art

Treating the Earth like a canvas and natural objects like rocks, sticks, sand and ice as art materials, we alter the natural environment to reflect ourselves and our own artistic impulses - even ...

Industrial Scars: Aerial Photos of Humankind’s Harrowing Impact on Earth

In strikingly well-composed, vividly colored scenes resembling abstract paintings, J. Henry Fair’s aerial photographs of toxic waste and industrial activity on Earth give us an uncomfortable ...

Murals with a Message: 23 Works of Statement-Making Street Art

Banksy may be the most famous street artist addressing topics like capitalism, war, the refugee crisis and environmental degradation, but he's far from the only one. These political works by a ...

The Warning: Murals Painted On Fragments of a Melting Glacier

The face of a giant bathing woman seems to rise up from the icy waters of an undisclosed Arctic location beside the fragmented remains of a rapidly melting glacier, snow-capped mountains in the ...

Sprawling Vision of the Past: American Suburbs From Above

Suburbs are far older than most of us tend to realize, but when we talk about urban sprawl we most often think of the planned communities that popped up during the industrial revolution. ...

Colorful Calls to Action: Decorated Pothole Projects

When the seasons change, there is at least one thing that you can always count on: potholes in the street. They are rough on your car, they make the whole street look awful and they are seriously ...

Ghost in the Machine: Uniquely Musical Cassette Tape Art

The relationship between art and the medium in which it is created isn't often as perfectly matched as it is with these cassette tape art pieces. Atlanta-based artist Erika Iris Simmons (better ...

Insanely Intricate Cut & Carved Eggshell Art by Franc Grom

It's all too easy to accidentally poke a hole into an eggshell – but few people can do it in such a controlled way that it can be called art. Slovenian artist Franc Grom turns these incredibly ...

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