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Secret of the Great Pyramid: A New Optical Illusion at the Louvre by JR

For a few precious hours outside the Louvre, the ground around the iconic Pyramid appeared to be in the process of excavation, revealing a hidden portion of the structure. Rendered on paper in ...

Concentric Eccentric: Colorful Mural on a Medieval Fortress Courts Controversy

An optical illusion mural affixed to the facade of a medieval fortress in France is no less controversial for its temporary nature, even though the piece is not quite what it seems at first ...

Altered Realities: Abstract 3D Murals by Peeta Pop Off the Wall

A wall could look as flat as flat gets until street artist Peeta gets his hands on it with a can of spray paint, distorting its surface, confusing its perspective with three-dimensional ...

Trippy Tiles: Optical Illusion Installation Will Mess with Your Brain

Looking at this picture, it seems pretty obvious that something is seriously wrong with the floor… right? And yet, as we should all know by now, things aren’t always as they seem, no matter ...

Swim on the Subway: Taipei Train Cars Transformed into Sports Venues

Subway cars in Taipei have become swimming pools, basketball courts, baseball fields and track lanes to get residents amped for the upcoming 2017 Summer Universiade, an international multi-sport ...

Faux Photoshop in 3D: Artists ‘Erase’ Graffitied Car with Transparency Pattern

A crew of artists found a new way to ‘clean up’ graffiti in a public place by simply erasing a car and dumpster from a street in Russia using the old familiar Photoshop transparency pattern. ...

Underground Illusions: Anamorphic Parking Lot Turns Flat Paint into Sculpture

You’re driving through an underground parking garage when suddenly, the colorful geometric shapes splashed all over every surface pop out into three dimensions. Try not to crash your car! When ...

Magic Ink: Highly Detailed Optical Illusion Drawings Pop Off the Page

Strategically placed shadows and highlights make these incredibly intricate nature-themed drawings more than just impressive pages in an artist’s sketchbook. The pieces reveal unexpected depths ...

Trippy Transformations: Makeup Artist Creates Unreal 3D Illusions

Makeup artist Mimi Choy slices, disjoints, stretches, blurs and otherwise radically transforms her own face in stunningly realistic optical illusions using nothing but makeup. No templates, ...

Vertigo Wallpaper: Warped 3D Room Illusions Transform Flat Gallery Surfaces

You could be forgiven for cautiously entering one of these rooms full of wavy sketched lines, stepping over obstacles that aren’t really there, uncertain whether parts of the walls are really ...

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