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.
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JJ 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.
JJ 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.
JJ 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.
JJ 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.
JJ 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.
JJ 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.
JJ 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
JJ 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.
JJ 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.
JJ 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
JJ 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
JJ 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
JJ 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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