Category: ART

January 1, 2011 at 5:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Happy New Year! | Jan. 1, 2011

Picture of the Day: Happy New Year! | Jan. 1, 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays a special new year message he carved into the tips of coloured pencils in Amritsar, India via The Telegraph Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’

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December 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The Wool Street Bull | Dec. 29, 2010

Picture of the Day: The Wool Street Bull | Dec. 29, 2010

THE WALL WOOL STREET BULL Artwork by Agata Olek ANIMAL says: NYC’s Crocheted Olek (a.k.a. Polish-born Agata Olek) hit up the Wall Street Bull and encapsulated it inside crocheted neon. “It lasted 2 hours,” she tells HFA, “but it was there…” She writes that it’s “a tribute to the sculptor of the bull, Arturo di…

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December 27, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Banksy’s Green Riot Cops

Picture of the Day: Banksy's Green Riot Cops

BANKSY’S GREEN RIOT COPS via Banksy.co.uk

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December 27, 2010 at 9:05 am

The Flickr Color Exploration Series: RED

The Flickr Color Exploration Series: RED

Welcome to the first in a series of color explorations by the Sifter. Tapping into the wonderful photography community at Flickr, a search as simple as the color “RED” generates over 11 million results! Below you will find 20 photographs that caught my eye along with some fascinating facts about this primary color. 1. Red…

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December 25, 2010 at 11:00 am

‘Let It Dough!’ A Christmas Tale by Christoph Niemann

'Let It Dough!' A Christmas Tale by Christoph Niemann

LET IT DOUGH! BY CHRISTOPH NIEMANN If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends: 20 BURNING QUESTIONS WITH THE FAMOUS PHILOSORAPTOR

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December 20, 2010 at 9:05 am

Museum Anatomy: Body Painting by Chadwick & Spector

Museum Anatomy: Body Painting by Chadwick & Spector

Based in New York City (although currently residing in Chiang Mai, Thailand), artistic duo Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector recreate classic works of art using the human body as the canvas. In their Museum Anatomy series, Chadwick serves as the canvas. His ability to maintain a constant pose requires incredible patience and body control. As…

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December 19, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Pennies For Your Thoughts | Dec. 19, 2010

Picture of the Day: Pennies For Your Thoughts | Dec. 19, 2010

PENNIES FOR YOUR THOUGHTS via Reddit Every day at 5pm the Sifter will post the picture of the day PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’

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December 7, 2010 at 9:30 am

The Wonderful Word Art of Juan Osborne [20 pics]

The Wonderful Word Art of Juan Osborne [20 pics]

You know the tired cliche about a picture being worth a thousand words? Well Spanish architect and designer Juan Osborne has taken this phrase quite literally, creating works of art using words and feeding them into a custom computer program he developed which can process hundreds of thousands of words into complex images of people…

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December 6, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Big Brother is Watching You

Picture of the Day: Big Brother is Watching You

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Artwork by Will Varner Will Varner Art via Reddit

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December 6, 2010 at 9:07 am

Mozilla Seabird: Community-Driven Mobile Phone of the Future

Mozilla Seabird: Community-Driven Mobile Phone of the Future

In a mobile industry shrouded in secrecy and lawsuits, where every major player is always in the process of suing or being sued by their competitors for patent violations and intellectual property fraud, it’s nice to find an ‘open’ and collaborative design project amongst the walled gardens. As part of Mozilla Labs’ Concept Series, the…

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