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9 Tips to Make Sure Museums and Galleries are Never Boring

From museum-loather to staunch museum-lover, Amanda Kendle explains how to enjoy your museum and gallery visits abroad.

Crumpled City Maps: Most Durable Travel Maps Ever

Crumpled City Map (London) Unlike traditional paper maps which can be awkward to deal with, the Crumpled City™ Map can be easily crammed into your pocket, backpack or the carrying pouch provided. without having to worry about refolding it along the original creases. Moreover, the maps are printed on special technological material that makes them [...]

‘The Geography of Youth’ Explores the Lives of 20-Somethings Around the World

How has technology influenced my generation? It’s the perennial question of nearly every generation throughout the past century. In July 2011, traveling photographers Morrigan and Alan will travel 30,000 miles through 50 countries around the world in search of the answer: Our generation is navigating a world connected through technology in a way that no [...]

Adios LA: Clever ‘Dear John’ Letter to Los Angeles

Artist Jon Jackson has had enough of his hometown of LA. Now it’s time to say Adios … You can slip out the back Jack or you can put up five 10 x 23 foot billboards in your neighborhood. Adios LA is a visual goodbye to the city Jon Jackson has called home for years [...]

Photo of the Moment: Strange Christmas Pyramids in Laval, France

Hyperrealistic Sculptures Are Equal Parts Awesome, Creepy

Australian-born sculptor, Ron Mueck, creates some of the most realistic sculptures I’ve ever seen. TwistedSifter notes: “Mueck explores the human condition and psyche, often conveying feelings of loneliness, vulnerability and alienation.” His art is technically intriguing … Head Sculpture by Ron Mueck … and emotionally unsettling … Gigantic, Hyperrealistic Baby Sculpture by Ron Mueck © [...]

New TSA Checkpoint Signs Signal “Groping Ahead”

Though originally designed in 2008, this sign designed by Oleg Volk could not be more appropriate given the TSA’s latest security handling “issues”: © Oleg Volk Clever. OK, so it hasn’t been fully approved by the TSA, but I think it’s headed in the right direction …

German Street Artist Crafts Clever 3D Animals

German street artist, Nikolaj Arndt, creates some pretty awesome 3D animal art: Check out the full gallery for more.

Clever “Scratch-Off Map” Evolves As You Travel

Scratch Off World Map © IWantOneOfThose.com Aptly named IWantOneofThose.com brings us “My Scratch Map“. It’s a simple, yet clever take on the staid wall map – a design that evolves the more you travel: Imagine being able to subtly show off exactly where you’ve been on your holidays. Well, with the My Scratch Map scratch-off [...]

Photo of the Moment: In the Shadow of the Chicago Bean

The Telectroscope: Window Between London and New York City

It’s a window to the world. More specifically, it’s a window between London and New York City, and it’s called the Telectroscope. It claims to be a tunnel, buried through the earth, connecting the two cities. If you stand on one side in Brooklyn, you can see out the other end, in London City Hall. [...]

U.K. Graffiti Artist Strikes Again with Biggest Work to Date

The anonymous British graffiti artist known as Banksy has produced what is believed to be his biggest work to date. The three story art on a post office building near Oxford Circus reads “One Nation Under CCTV,” and features a little boy painting the words, while a security officer watches. Close to the painting is [...]

New Guggenheim “UFO” Museum to Open in Lithuania

Following on the lead of the spectacular buildings at New York and Bilbao, the new Guggenheim Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania promises to be an equally impressive figure on the city’s landscape. The design by Zara Hadid shows a futuristic floating space ship typs of structure that looks like it will take off at any moment. [...]

Chatting with the Mona Lisa in South Korea

A South Korean art gallery has developed technology that allows masterpieces like the Mona Lisa to interact with students. The iconic and enigmatic figure at the Alive Gallery in Seoul talks to visitors about life during the Renaissance period, a feat brought about by the use of digital information technology. Visitors, especially kids enjoy the [...]

Experiencing Pure Darkness in Stockholm’s Färgfabriken Art Gallery

“Only when standing in a pitch-dark room do you realize that you actually start to see. Even in the perfect darkness, there is always some kind of light.” – John Duncan Darkness – true darkness – isn’t something I expect to see as a city traveler, in gothic cathedrals built to lift worshipers’ eyes to [...]

Artist Recreates the Scents of Helsinki, Budapest, Paris

Hungarian born artist Hilda Kozari has created an art installation consisting of three bubbles – one each for Helsinki, Budapest, and Paris – that she says represent what each city smells like. The bubbles are part of an Urban Olfactory Installation exhibit and have been created in collaboration with perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour. The sense of [...]

Photo of the Moment: The Bridge of Death, Germany

Flash Mobbing New York’s Grand Central Station [Video]

I’m fascinated by flash mobbing. One person committing a strange act in public rarely gets noticed, especially in a place as bizarre as New York City. But several hundred or a thousand people all doing the same curious thing almost always garners attention. ImprovEverywhere.com – known for causing “scenes of chaos and joy in public [...]

Keeping Austin Weird: The Cathedral of Junk

The motto of Austin, Texas is ‘Keep Austin Weird.‘ Part of Austin’s inspiration is the ‘Cathedral of Junk.’ Sequestered along a quaint surburban street, a whimsical side project which began in 1988 has blossomed into a gargantuan mass of circuit boards, lawnmower parts, forks and knives, car bumpers – everything, most likely including at least [...]

Photo of the Moment: Cadillac Ranch, Texas

Cadillac Ranch, Texas © Jody Morris

East River Waterfalls to be Unveiled in July

According to Gothamist, the East River waterfalls project is scheduled to come to New York in July. The $15 million project consists of 4 man made waterfalls, each measuring between 90 feet and 120 feet and constructed over scaffolding to give it the appearance of a building under construction. Each of the four waterfalls will [...]

Photo of the Moment: Shopping Cart Art, Vermont

Britain’s People in Order – From 1 to 100 [Video]

Part of the Portable Film Festival, People in Order is: … part of a series of short films that assembles the people of Britain in a given order. In just 3 minutes, we meet 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, starting from age 1. There’s something so charming and captivating about [...]

Photo of the Moment: Broken Buddhas

China at Global Center of Mass High Art Reproduction

Considering China is the Mecca of mass production, it isn’t especially surprising to see even high art being produced on an industrial level. Dafen, in the southern part of the country, is the global center of art reproduction. More than 60 percent of the world’s cheap copies of the masters are produced here. Last year [...]

Emotion Sensitive Lighting for Buildings: What Color is Your City Today?

So you thought you were the only one feeling blue? In Stockholm, the Haymarketscrapers towers reflect the mood of citizens by changing color. Purple signifies deep depression, while a bright red means citizens are happy, happy, happy! How do the towers know citizens’ emotional state of mind? Simple. People can rate their mood for the [...]

Laziness Rules at Museum of Bogotá

A museum in Bogotá hosted an exhibit last week dedicated to the pursuit of laziness. The entire exhibit consisted of hammocks and beds, and people lounging about on them. The government sponsored exhibit attracted a lot of attention, and according to the Museum of Bogota’s curator was set up to explore the concept of “laziness [...]

Hidden Hotel Wall Art: The Secret’s Lurking in Your Hotel Room

If you thought all hotel room art was singularly bland and unimpressive, you might want to check what’s behind that cheesy countryside painting on the wall next time you’re holed up in your hotel room. You just might discover a hidden treasure. As this video shows, enterprising artists are leaving mementos of their talents behind [...]

Mobile Hotel Provides Room with a View

Is that a plane? A Martian spaceship? No, it’s Hotel Everland! A Swiss artist duo, known for their artwork that invites viewer participation has created a mobile one room hotel. The room includes a bed, lounge and bathroom and can be hoisted onto any surface. Right now, it sits on the rooftop of the Palais [...]

Following the Eternal Sunset Around the World

The sun sets in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Good Magazine points us to EternalSunset.com: The website Eternal Sunset uses 272 west-facing webcams in over 50 countries to show a live sunset 24 hours a day. Right now, for example, we’re checking out the pastel hues over the water in Valle Gran Rey, Spain. The site refreshes [...]

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