February 4, 2013
Russia: Wallsized USSR Map Made of Gemstones This unique map is located in the geological museum of Saint-Petersburg. It is made from gemstones in the Florentine and Russian mosaic technique. 45 000 gemstones 4-6 mm (0.15-0.23 inches) thick were used to make the panel of the map. “The map of The USSR industrialization” is the whole USSR in scale 1:1 500 000. The size of the map os twenty seven square meters, it is made from 50 000 fragments. The gemstones were chosen to match the colors and sizes. (via English Russia) More pictures at the link

Russia: Wallsized USSR Map Made of Gemstones

This unique map is located in the geological museum of Saint-Petersburg. It is made from gemstones in the Florentine and Russian mosaic technique. 45 000 gemstones 4-6 mm (0.15-0.23 inches) thick were used to make the panel of the map.

“The map of The USSR industrialization” is the whole USSR in scale 1:1 500 000. The size of the map os twenty seven square meters, it is made from 50 000 fragments. The gemstones were chosen to match the colors and sizes. (via English Russia)

More pictures at the link

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Filed under: Russia St Petersburg Geological Museum of Saint Petersburg Art Mosaic Jewels Gemstones Photography 
January 21, 2013

Can graffiti revive a French townscape?

Graffiti is still a relatively new art form, with its modern-day origins in New York’s counterculture and hip hop music. In Seine Saint Denis, just outside of Paris, authorities are hoping graffiti tours and a mural project will breathe new life into some of its rundown neighbourhoods. (via RFI)

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Filed under: France Seine Saint Denis Art Street Art Graffiti Audio MP3 
December 9, 2012
Swedish Artist Uses Ashes Stolen from Nazi Concentration Camp to Paint Picture; Some People Are Not Okay With That A Swedish visual artist is being accused of disturbing the peace of the dead and desecrating human remains for using a solution made up of equal parts water and Holocaust victim ashes to paint his latest work of art. Carl Michael von Hausswolff says he visited the infamous Majdanek concentration camp in 1989 and swiped some ashes from the camp’s crematorium. Some 360,000 people are believed to have died at Majdanek, of which 144,000 were executed by gas chamber or other means. The resulting art exhibit — Memory Works — is presently on display at the Martin Bryder Gallery in Lund. Asked about the controversy surrounding the piece, Bryder told the Daily Telegraph, “please come to the gallery, see the painting and judge for yourselves whether it’s controversial.” (via Gawker)

Swedish Artist Uses Ashes Stolen from Nazi Concentration Camp to Paint Picture; Some People Are Not Okay With That

A Swedish visual artist is being accused of disturbing the peace of the dead and desecrating human remains for using a solution made up of equal parts water and Holocaust victim ashes to paint his latest work of art.

Carl Michael von Hausswolff says he visited the infamous Majdanek concentration camp in 1989 and swiped some ashes from the camp’s crematorium.

Some 360,000 people are believed to have died at Majdanek, of which 144,000 were executed by gas chamber or other means.

The resulting art exhibit — Memory Works — is presently on display at the Martin Bryder Gallery in Lund. Asked about the controversy surrounding the piece, Bryder told the Daily Telegraph, “please come to the gallery, see the painting and judge for yourselves whether it’s controversial.” (via Gawker)

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Filed under: Art Visual Art Sweden Carl Michael von Hausswolff Desecration World War Two WWII Holocaust Majdanek Majdanek Concentration Camp Concentration Camp Lund Martin Bryder Martin Bryder Gallery 
October 22, 2012
Julian Beever - picture gallery Julian Beever (1959) is a British artist who creates drawings in chalk on pavements and sidewalks, creating three-dimensional illusions. He is called the Pavement Picasso. (via U-Skill) With thanks to Google Translate.

Julian Beever - picture gallery

Julian Beever (1959) is a British artist who creates drawings in chalk on pavements and sidewalks, creating three-dimensional illusions. He is called the Pavement Picasso.

(via U-Skill)

With thanks to Google Translate.

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Filed under: Julian Beever UK United Kingdom Art Street Art Pavement Picasso 
October 20, 2012
Weimar Exhibition Explores Legacy of Ignored East German Art - picture gallery Art created inside former East Germany has long been dismissed as a mere product of the communist regime, and much of it has remained hidden from the public. But a new exhibition in Weimar aims to rehabilitate these works as an expression of the failed utopian ideal on which the country was founded. (via SPIEGEL ONLINE)

Weimar Exhibition Explores Legacy of Ignored East German Art - picture gallery

Art created inside former East Germany has long been dismissed as a mere product of the communist regime, and much of it has remained hidden from the public. But a new exhibition in Weimar aims to rehabilitate these works as an expression of the failed utopian ideal on which the country was founded. (via SPIEGEL ONLINE)

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Filed under: Germany Weimar East Germany German Democratic Republic Ostdeutschland Art Exhibitions 
October 20, 2012
Vienna, Austria A police officer stands next to a poster with naked soccer players daubed with spray paint, advertising an art exhibition. Vienna’s Leopold Museum has decided to cover the intimate parts of three naked male soccer players on large posters put up in the Austrian capital after they caused an outcry. (via Telegraph)

Vienna, Austria

A police officer stands next to a poster with naked soccer players daubed with spray paint, advertising an art exhibition. Vienna’s Leopold Museum has decided to cover the intimate parts of three naked male soccer players on large posters put up in the Austrian capital after they caused an outcry. (via Telegraph)

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Filed under: Austria Vienna Leopold Museum Art Exhibitions Nudity Naked Men Pierre & Gilles Vive la France Photography 
October 17, 2012
Ilfracombe, UK Verity, a statue by Damien Hirst, is positioned on a plinth on the harbour wall. The 20-metre-high bronze artwork depicting a naked pregnant woman holding a sword, has been loaned to the seaside town for 20 years by the artist, who lives locally (via guardian.co.uk)

Ilfracombe, UK

Verity, a statue by Damien Hirst, is positioned on a plinth on the harbour wall. The 20-metre-high bronze artwork depicting a naked pregnant woman holding a sword, has been loaned to the seaside town for 20 years by the artist, who lives locally (via guardian.co.uk)

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Filed under: UK United Kingdom England Devon Ilfracombe Art Statue Statues Bronze Bronzes Damien Hirst Verity Photography 
October 12, 2012
The Best Of French Street Artist DRAN - picture gallery Or, really, the “worst.” He’s at his best when he’s depressingly morbid. (via BuzzFeed)

The Best Of French Street Artist DRAN - picture gallery

Or, really, the “worst.” He’s at his best when he’s depressingly morbid. (via BuzzFeed)

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Filed under: France Art Street Art Graffiti DRAN 
August 5, 2012
Osijek, Croatia Artists burn a 10 metre high straw art installation of a phoenix during the 7th Straw Land Art Festival (via Telegraph)

Osijek, Croatia

Artists burn a 10 metre high straw art installation of a phoenix during the 7th Straw Land Art Festival (via Telegraph)

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Filed under: Osijek Croatia Art Art Installation Land Art Sculpture Straw Fire Photography 
April 21, 2012
Berlin, Germany A visitor stands in front of a light sculpture by the British artist Anthony McCall at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art (via guardian.co.uk)

Berlin, Germany

A visitor stands in front of a light sculpture by the British artist Anthony McCall at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art (via guardian.co.uk)

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Filed under: Germany Berlin Art Contemporary Art Light Sculpture Anthony McCall Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art Photography 
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