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    Introducing GTGraffiti: The robot that paints like a human
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 9

    Introducing GTGraffiti: The robot that paints like a human

    Graduate students have built the first graffiti-painting robot system that mimics the fluidity of human movement.
    How can music, dance and art help improve air pollution?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 5, 2021

    How can music, dance and art help improve air pollution?

    Music, dance, art and storytelling have allowed an international team of researchers to reveal aspects of air pollution in Nairobi.
    Ten-year-old artist Andres Valencia becomes Miami Art Week sensation
    Joseph Shavit
    • Dec 4, 2021

    Ten-year-old artist Andres Valencia becomes Miami Art Week sensation

    Ten-year-old painter Andres Valencia has become the sensation of Miami Art Week —selling works to stars including Sofia Vergara.
    Teen art prodigy's art is in high demand -- she learned to paint during lockdown
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 24, 2021

    Teen art prodigy's art is in high demand -- she learned to paint during lockdown

    When Welsh artist Makenzy Beard unveiled her latest painting – of her grampa – it sent shockwaves through social media.
    Artist Creates Dumbfounding L’Invisible Rock Boat: Perfectly Blends Into World
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 23, 2021

    Artist Creates Dumbfounding L’Invisible Rock Boat: Perfectly Blends Into World

    A French artist, Julien Berthier, has created an incredible camouflaged boat that masquerades as a floating rock.
    The Kobe Bryant KB24 NFT Art Collection to Donate All Proceeds to Charity
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 16, 2021

    The Kobe Bryant KB24 NFT Art Collection to Donate All Proceeds to Charity

    The highly anticipated KB24 NFT art collection has opened for presale reservations to the general public and it’s sure to be the hottest.
    New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 16, 2021

    New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world

    An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.
    Artist creates the most amazing artwork from everyday trash
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 3, 2021

    Artist creates the most amazing artwork from everyday trash

    Proving art can be created out of anything, one local artist has began making and selling works created from trash.
    Meet Monami Ohno and Her Wondrous Works of Cardboard Art
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 1, 2021

    Meet Monami Ohno and Her Wondrous Works of Cardboard Art

    Artist Monami Ohno is formally trained in 3-D animation, but the Japanese creative has made a name for herself as a sculptor.
    Astonishing heart formed by sheep, as farmer pays tribute to his beloved aunt
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 30, 2021

    Astonishing heart formed by sheep, as farmer pays tribute to his beloved aunt

    When border restrictions kept Ben Jackson from attending his beloved aunt's funeral earlier this week, he turned his paddock into a memorial
    Dutch museum fills 'Blind Spot' with exhibit for visually impaired
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 21, 2021

    Dutch museum fills 'Blind Spot' with exhibit for visually impaired

    Visitors to a Dutch exhibition titled "The Blind Spot" may call it a little cheesy - but they mean that as a compliment.
    Cave painting show Neanderthals were not the boorish relatives of Homo sapiens
    Joseph Shavit
    • Aug 6, 2021

    Cave painting show Neanderthals were not the boorish relatives of Homo sapiens

    Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave 60,000 years ago.
    The first academic research paper to be co-published on Instagram shows Nigerian artist's legacy
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 30, 2021

    The first academic research paper to be co-published on Instagram shows Nigerian artist's legacy

    First academic research paper co-published on Instagram shows legacy of one of Algeria’s most influential modern artists
    Introducing Cyrus Kabiru, The Kenyan Artist Turning Trash Into Eyewear Gold
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 29, 2021

    Introducing Cyrus Kabiru, The Kenyan Artist Turning Trash Into Eyewear Gold

    Laura Allsop meets the artist collecting trash from the streets of his native Nairobi and alchemising it into wildly inventive sculptures
    A Giant Spaceman Just Landed in the Caribbean
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 23, 2021

    A Giant Spaceman Just Landed in the Caribbean

    The 22-foot, 3,000-pound, steel and carbon fiber spaceman, positioned arms up in a V inspired by a signature Michael Jackson pose
    Head of a bear sets new record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, selling for £8.8m
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jul 11, 2021

    Head of a bear sets new record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, selling for £8.8m

    A study of a bear's head by Leonardo da Vinci has sold for a record £7.5m (£8.8m with fees) at Christie's in London today

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