Art isn’t just about brushes, canvases, and classical masterpieces; it’s a world brimming with fascinating stories, quirky happenings, and sometimes, outright hoaxes. From thefts motivated by love rather than greed to art so abstract it’s mistaken for an everyday object, the art world is full of surprises. Here are ten amusing and intriguing facts about … Continue reading 10 Fun Facts About Art
Hidden Treasure: $4 Frame Reveals Rare Declaration of Independence Copy
In 1989, a man purchased an unappealing artwork for its $4 frame, only to find one of the 26 existing copies of the United States’ Declaration of Independence concealed behind it. He subsequently auctioned it off for a staggering $2.42 million.
Lost Masterpiece Found in Movie: The Stuart Little Painting Saga
In 2009, Hungarian art historian Gergely Barki recognized a long-lost painting by Róbert Berény while watching the movie Stuart Little. The artwork, titled “Sleeping Lady with Black Vase,” had been missing for 90 years and was used as a prop in the film. The painting had been sold for $40 at a charity auction in […]
Banksy’s Shredded Million-Pound Painting
In 2018, a remarkable event took place at a Sotheby’s auction when a framed painting by the renowned street artist Banksy was sold for more than a million pounds. Just as the gavel fell to signal the end of the bidding, an alarm was triggered and a shredder concealed in the picture frame activated, reducing […]
A painting from ~1510, Ascent of the…
A painting from ~1510, Ascent of the Blessed, depicts the famous ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ experienced by some people during near-death experiences.
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The owner of the Café de la Rotonde in…
The owner of the Café de la Rotonde in Paris would allow starving artists to pay for their drinks with a painting or drawing. In the 1900s the walls of the cafe would have been casually adorned with works now considered priceless.
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A museum says they gave an artist…
A museum says they gave an artist $84,000 in cash to use in artwork. He delivered blank canvases and titled them “Take the Money and Run.”
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The surrealist poet Andre Breton…
The surrealist poet Andre Breton criticized Salvador Dali’s commercial success by nicknaming him “Avida Dollars” which is an anagram for Dali’s name and translates into ‘avid for dollars’. Breton believed that Dali was compromising the integrity of the surrealist movement.
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Design Fails So Big They’re Kind of Impressive
When I was in college, I took some graphic design courses that helped us learn the basics of various Adobe programs, most of which aren’t in use anymore and the ones that are are so different that the class might as well have happened on Mars.
All that to say, I’m familiar with the ideas of design, but I wouldn’t exactly call myself good at them, so I can’t throw stones at bad art.
What I *can* do, however, is throw laughter at them. Which is what I’m gonna get at for the next little while thanks to these amazing design fails via Reddit.
10. There’s no place like it!
Also it’s no place!
neV york from CrappyDesign
9. A bad fit
“So like, two puzzle pieces, one with coffee and the other with a donut.”
“Got it, I am definitely a reasonable person and you do not need to be more specific.”
8. Welcome, hoe
When you just need a little judgement as you return to your abode.
7. It’s in the text
There are so many things wrong with this. At least it has the excuse of being done by a high schooler.
A very easy to read graph about texting while driving? Found in my high school yearbook from CrappyDesign
6. Travel the world!
Yanno, it’s one of those places with a building or whatever.
Got this as a gift and honestly I don’t want to throw it away just because it’s terribly funny from CrappyDesign
5. The smear
I see what you were going for, but no. No thank you.
(unintentionally gross) marble looking keyboard from CrappyDesign
4. Get some
To be fair, maybe the whole point was to make you do a double take and look closer?
3. Una Polo
Thought maybe this was somebody telling me to be a chicken in Spanish.
Be… what? from CrappyDesign
2. The best bite
What is wrong with you?
I don’t think you are supposed to eat it like that from CrappyDesign
1. LLVE
We are REALLY having trouble squeezing love into place names, huh?
If only Louisiana looked like a letter of the alphabet. from CrappyDesign
Fails so glorious they really belong in a museum.
What’s been your biggest fail lately?
Tell us in the comments.
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These High Fashion Designs Are Totally Out of the Box
There are people who pay no attention to high fashion (even if they follow the trends once they reach the plebs), and there are people who absolutely love to see what each designer puts on the runway for the new season.
No matter which you are, I think we can all agree that fashion is also a form of art, and therefore usually has something to say.
When it comes to these 15 designs, though, the jury is still out as to what – Instagram account @hintmag is bringing us the absolute weirdest things on the runway.
15. Y’all I want to be kind.
But this is absolutely horrible.
14. I don’t know where to look first.
And I kind of feel like I shouldn’t look at any of it?
13. I actually love this.
I would have nowhere to wear it, obviously, but still.
12. The gold is stunning.
What if your assets don’t fit in there, though?
11. This is made from recycled ocean plastics.
Sensible AND beautiful. What more could you want?
10. This is as fabulous as it is bizarre.
Those shoes are to die for.
9. I do love hydrangea.
That gold neck thing looks like a dog’s cone, though.
8. Not your basic black.
Those sequins really make it pop.
7. The shoe fits either foot.
There’s some kind of metaphor there, I think.
6. When you want to hide in a garment bag.
And honestly, who hasn’t?
5. 100% I would wear this.
It’s full of secrets.
4. This isn’t for Casual Friday.
This makes a statement.
3. If a 2yo girl designed a dress.
This would be her dream.
2. How is she not cracking up wearing these?
I would not be able to manage.
1. Can one sit in this? Drive?
I’m thinking it’s just a standing dress.
It’s almost like they’re pulling our legs, but we know we’re not expected to actually read that. Right?
Have you ever seen someone actually wearing something like this in real life? Tell us the story in the comments!
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