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Photo Essay: Ut Av Vår Hule Music and Art Festival in Arctic Norway

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Wyndham Wallace's photographs show Arctic Norway's biannual music festival: beautiful caves, marble mines, music and art at Ut Av Vår Hule.  More »

Photo Essay: Taichung Taiwan’s Rainbow Family Village

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Steven Barringer takes us inside one of the happiest looking places in the world: Rainbow Family Village in Taichung.  More »

Blu’s BIG BANG BIG BOOM: International Wall Painted Animation

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The history of the world writ large on buildings bigger than your house.  More »

Scott Wade’s Dirty Car Art

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Without a doubt, all artists are influenced by their environments, but perhaps not so much as Scott Wade who makes compelling images from a substance   More »

Ruffled Feathers & Riffs: How to Disrespect a Gibson Les Paul

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Essentially the most rock and roll aviary in the history of the world, plugged-in Gibson Les Pauls are installed around the Barbican’s Curve gallery  More »

Modern Art in Amman, Jordan

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Sarah Irving gives art enthusiasts an idea of where to start when in search of modern art and a place to cool down.  More »

Art on TV? Only in Japan


Art as magical and something to be appreciated by everyone?  More »

Graffiti Mundo: Street Art for the People in Buenos Aires

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While the art scene worldwide is getting more elitist as time goes on, this is art by and for the people of Buenos Aires.   More »

Eye Writer: Art Making Becomes Possible Again for Paralyzed Artists

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This story and video prove not only that creativity and technology can be and are in the hands of the masses if we seize the opportunity, but that if   More »

Laugh Yourself Silly With Remi Gaillard

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Having gained notoriety through his ballsy stunts and YouTube videos, Gaillard provides the perfect childish outlet for an adult world stifled by cut-  More »

5 Destinations for the Tattooed Traveler

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Lauren Quinn details top travel destinations for tattooing around the world.  More »

Iranian Cinema is Making a Splash at Venice Film Festival

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No less than three Iranian directors are being showcased at this year's festival, and two of them are women.  More »

WaterFire Heats up Fall Nights in Providence, Rhode Island

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Spring through fall, a spectacle that touches spectators in a primal way is launched in Providence.  More »

Realistic Body Parts Sculpted from Bread Attract Visitors to Thai Bakery

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Artist Kittiwat Unarrom's realistic body parts sculpted from bread are entirely edible.  More »

Blanche is the New Black – a Short Film by Pam Swisher

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Blanche is an example of someone who accepts the President being black, but is oblivious to her own conditioned, stereotypical views of black people.   More »

Apollo Poetry, the Traveling Poet, Brings his Art to the People

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NY Poetry Slam champion and now traveling documentarian, Apollo Poetry aims to make the world a better place one verse at a time.  More »

“Expat” – New Work by Angie Reed Garner Speaks Truth to East/West Disconnect

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Economic disparity, the western affinity for our animals, capitalistic commodification of the human being, comfort vs. exploitation, privilege, world   More »

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