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C.M. Russell Watercolor Sells for $550,000 at Auction

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:40:48 +0000

A watercolor by famed Western artist C.M. Russell has sold for $550,000 at an auction that benefits the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls. The Great Falls Tribune reports the watercolor titled “High, Wide, and Handsome” sold at the low end of estimates at the auction on Saturday. The auction in all raised more than [...]

Prankster Posts Hilarious Fake Signs in London Underground

Emerald Catron — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:25:22 +0000

Somebody with a seriously warped sense of humor and some time on their hands went around the London subway system and stuck these signs up. Some of these are ridiculous. Some of them contain nuggets of truth. Some of them we wish did. All of them are hilarious. Then (it is 2012) the person took pictures of them, uploaded them to the internet and shared them on Reddit. These are our favorites.

Missy DJs Cardboard Box City Tonight at Bogart Park

Missy O'Malley — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:54:59 +0000

The 6th Annual Cardboard Box City takes place at Bogart Park tonight. People of all ages create cardboard boxes, homes, rocket ships, etc and spend the night to bring awareness to homeless families in our Gallatin Valley community. Even if you do not have the time to create a box, or to spend the night, [...]

Gallatin Art Crossing Gets Hi-Tech With New Website

Cole — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:15:55 +0000

The Gallatin Art Crossing just got a whole lot cooler! The program aimed to beautify downtown Bozeman now has a spiffy new website full of great information about the dozens of sculptures you see around town. Ever wonder what the spin-able stone near the corner of Bozeman and Main is about? Click here and read all about [...]

Amy Winehouse Blood-Smeared Painting Up for Sale

Amy Sciarretto — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:00:38 +0000

Bloody hell! A painting smeared with Amy Winehouse‘s blood is going on the auction block tomorrow (May 11.) Ex-Libertines singer (and former boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss) Pete Doherty has handed off a painting drawn with the blood of the late Winehouse to Sotheby’s for auction. It’s not as morbid as it sounds, actually. According [...]

Random Writing Find – "Insight Of Time"

Chadwick — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:25:22 +0000

Found this random writing that seemed to make sense when I read it, then it didn’t, then it did again. Worth a read though, I mean it’s only 4 lines. “Insight Of Time” When freedom comes, it’s without thought acceptance of it all reveals trust winds lift to see designed to fail until we’re caught. [...]

Hilarious 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses' Tumblr Turns Celebrity Noses Into Cartoon Turtles

Paul Ciampanelli — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:52:54 +0000

The hottest new single-topic Tumblr is Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses, which features crude portraits of the famous heroes in a half shell drawn on images of celebrity honkers (including James Franco, Justin Bieber and others).

This is the kind of thing that you probably never would have noticed on your own, but once you see it, it’s so obvious – the human nose looks exactly like the bottom two-thirds of a Ninja Turtle.

Artist Creates Beautiful Portraits From Wine Stains [IMAGES]

Dylan Schenker — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:59:53 +0000

Typically, we’d cry in horror at the thought of spilling red wine on anything, fearing the permanent red blotch it will leave on most surfaces. Instead, we’re loving artist Amelia Harnas’ clever use of wine stains and embroidery to make abstract portraits. Harnas layers stains on top of each other and uses various brands of wine [...]

'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Soundtrack Track Listing and Artwork Revealed [AUDIO]

Jeff Giles — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:00:56 +0000

Most of the considerable hype surrounding the ‘Twilight’ series has centered on the many, many books and movie tickets it’s sold, but the franchise has also been a musical phenomenon, generating more than 4.5 million units in sales over three soundtrack albums.

With the next installment in the series scheduled to reach theaters on November 18, dedicated Twi-hards — not to mention music retailers — have been eagerly awaiting news about its soundtrack. On Monday, Atlantic Records obliged, releasing the full track listing and artwork via Twitter.

Celebrate Google's Birthday With Every Google Doodle [ART]

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:19 +0000

Google turned 13 Tuesday, and the search engine celebrated its big day the same way it has every year since 2002 — with a special anniversary doodle. This year’s effort, a staid, retro birthday party scene, doesn’t quite seem befitting of a newly-minted teenager. But, then again, 13 is pretty ancient in Internet years. It’s a testament to [...]

What Were the 'Star Wars' Villains Like as Kids?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:16:06 +0000

Yeah, we all know how ‘Star Wars‘ villains Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader turned out. But have you ever wondered what they were like as kids?

Etsy sellers the Octopus Tree House did, and the resulting prints by the artist collective are oddly adorable.

See Contemporary Stars Mashed Up With Their Classic Counterparts in Portrait Series

Dylan Schenker — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:55:21 +0000

When it comes to movie stars, there will always be inevitable comparisons to which classic actors or actresses they most immediately resemble or whose place they’ve taken.

Swedish artist George Chamoun investigates this compulsion to compare in his portrait series Iconatomy. He overlays surreal swirls of old and new stars to show how similar certain stars are to each other, at least physically.

Free MP3 From HUSH HUSH Headliners 'Beats Antique'

96.7 Kiss FM — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:45:02 +0000

Beats Antique will be headlining a stellar lineup at the first ever HUSH HUSH festival this Saturday, September 24th, and we've got a free MP3 download for you to enjoy. Also check out the revealing of their album artwork for their upcoming album release in October.

Forever 21′s 'Allergic to Algebra' Shirt Latest to Cause Controversy

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:36:07 +0000

A couple weeks ago, JCPenney found itself in serious and very public hot water when it was discovered the retailer was selling a t-shirt that read “I’m too pretty to do homework” to little girls.

JCPenney pulled the shirt from its site, but now it looks like Forever 21 is filling the void with a shirt that announces the female wearer is “allergic to algebra,” which critics say perpetuates the stereotype that women are bad at math.

Art Made From the Dust of 9/11 Attack

Dylan Schenker — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:09:57 +0000

When the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, the surrounding streets were enshrouded in plumes of smoke and massive clouds of dust.

Artist Xu Bing collected much of this dust and ten years later has used it as material for an installation called Where Does the Dust Collect? Blowing the dust onto the floor of an exhibition space with a leaf blower, he then stenciled a zen poem into it.

Sweet Celebrity Portraits Are Made Out of Licorice

Dylan Schenker — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:51:11 +0000

These licorice portraits look good enough to eat. Artist Jason Mercier is known for his celebrity mosaics made of candy, food, pills and make up and even celebrity’s own junk. For his latest project, called ‘Licorice Flix: Edible Movie Mosaics,’ he took scenes from some of his favorite movies and recreated them with pieces of black and red licorice in startling detail.

Amazing Toothpick Replica of San Francisco Built Over 35 Years [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:41:13 +0000

Scott Weaver has spent the last 35 years building a highly-detailed tower replica of San Francisco using only toothpicks. And it that wasn’t impressive (or insane) enough, his tower allows ping pong balls to take a half-dozen differently routed tours throughout San Francisco’s neighborhoods and famous landmarks.

In the video below, Walker walks you through all of his painstaking creation’s twists.

World's Biggest Connect-the-Dots Picture Makes a Real Masterpiece

Dylan Schenker — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:09:16 +0000

Remember those connect-the-dot pictures from your childhood? Multiply that by about 6,000 and you get artist Thomas Pavitte‘s incredible new project that just might be the single most complex connect-the-dots image ever. Not only did he design the illustration, he connected the 6,293 dots himself. It took Pavitte nine hours to connect them all, revealing a legendary masterpiece as you’ve never seen it before.

Creepy Andy Warhol Sculpture Imagines the Artist at 83 [VIDEO]

Dylan Schenker — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:37:21 +0000

If Andy Warhol were alive today, how would he react to modern culture? The iconic artist, who died in 1987 at age 58, would probably flip for internet microcelebrities on sites like YouTube, which affirms his “15 minutes of fame” theory.

To commemorate Warhol’s 83rd birthday this past Saturday, artist Edgar Askelovic created a sculpture that imagines what he would have looked like had he lived to see 2011.

The 10 Worst Album Covers of 2011 Are Not Your Grandfather's Terrible Album Covers

Andrea Rosen — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:56:06 +0000

Our friends at PopCrush assembled an epic list of the worst album covers released in the top half of 2011, including atrocities from Lady Gaga, Limp Bizkit and 311. We must say, there’s something about the digital age that makes artists release pretty awful cover art — could it be that in the age of Spotify and iTunes, they think these’ll never actually get seen any larger than thumbnail-size?