In springtime Washington, little can distract the teeming outdoor crowds from the grandeur of cherry trees nearing peak bloom. One exception: a yellow school bus pocked by 6,000 rounds of ammunition
Bullet-riddled bus with a message
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Bristol’s most famous son
He’s like Madonna in these parts, or Kylie: a single moniker that’s instantly recognisable.
Digital move sees historic film lab close
The move to digital will soon see Sir Peter Jackson close an historic 35mm film processing laboratory at Park Road Post Production. Park Road’s film processing lab dates back to 1941, when it was first established in Wellington as part of the government-owned National Film Unit
DiCaprio unconcerned by violence
Leonardo DiCaprio says filming violent scenes like in Django Unchained doesn’t deter him from wanting his movies to be great art. The bloody revenge film about slavery before the US Civil War has fuelled some of the debate about whether Hollywood shows too much on-screen violence.
Samuel Silva Creates Extraordinary Art Using Only Ballpoint Pens
How good is your ballpoint pen skills? Most of us are capable of drawing a smiley face or a stick man but what if I have told you that you can create life like art pieces that looks so real that some people swear that it’s a photograph? Meet Samuel Silva, a Portuguese lawyer who calls art just […]
Army of Cats Protect Russian Museum, And Have Been Doing So Since 1745
Russia’s famous Hermitage Museum has an unusual line of defense of the four-legged variety. The Guards of the Russian Crown Jewelry The most famous museum in Russia, the State Hermitage in the heart of Saint Petersburg, is guarded by 70 cats. Visitors don’t usually see these “employees” in the exhibition halls of […]
An artist who doesn’t use a camera to capture images
Sounds confusing right? To capture a live image you need a camera or a recorder. What would you say if we told you this pictures below are not images that are taken by a camera but in fact they are hand drawings by a Scotland based artist Paul Cadden ? Can’t blame you if […]
Three Hours in Doha
FIFA controversially awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. But the tiny Gulf state’s bid was just another step in its ambitious push to become a global hub.
Art: Masters & Maternity
The best known picture magazine in Europe, France's L'Illustration, is famed for its handsome four-color reproductions of Old Masters. Readers flipping through an issue two months ago came upon what at first glance looked like a splendid reproduction of Raphael's famed La Belle Jardiniere, now in the Louvre
Reuniting Gertrude Stein’s Influential Art Collection
Outside of Academia, does anybody read Gertrude Stein anymore? Most of her major works are too strenuously experimental to be much fun.