Michele Majerus had already won international acclaim for playful and sharp-witted paintings that borrow from advertising, video games, record covers, art history, and a vast array of other sources.
Maroon 5 is back in Cape Town to headline the local kick-off to the Calabash South Africa experience.
A recently launched “Psychedelic Cryptography” competition awards cash prizes to artists who make videos encoded with hidden messages that can only be deciphered by someone tripping on psychedelic substances, such as LSD, ayahuasca, or psilocybin mushrooms.
“Le Violon d’Ingres” has always been considered Man Ray’s most famous masterpiece, and an influential piece in the art world.
A 10-year-old boy, known for his large, dramatic, and colourful figurative paintings, has already sold his artworks to some big Hollywood names.
Paris’s famous war memorial, the Arc de Triomphe, is currently completely wrapped into a new art piece.
Proving once again that his musical taste is always evolving, former US president Barack Obama has released his annual Summer Playlist.
Seven-year-old Mikail Akar, a young painter from Germany, is selling his work for serious cash. To be fair, he has skills.
Ai Weiwei is using as many platforms as he can to get his message across about the reality of the situation of Syrian refugees. What a boss.
Artists around the world have fought back with their pens and pencils in riposte to the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Bob Geldof is back with another sing-a-long to try a fix the bad things in the world. His attentions though, are a bit warped…Check it out…
What was Andy Warhol storing in all his personal boxes? Collectors have pulled his belongings out of storage and had a look at what the Pop Art bad boy was keeping to himself.
Hundreds of celebrities have seen themselves be turned into a yellow The Simpsons character. I’ll bet Kate Middleton wasn’t expecting her face to appear next in a shade of yellow…
There was fun and games and the obvious wardrobe malfunctions at this years MTV VMA’s. Katy wore head to toe denim, and Taylor wore almost nothing. Strangely, Nicki Minaj had her ass completely covered.
I’m almost certain that when Jeff Hindman found the 50-kilo exact toy replica, floating in knee-deep water he probably thought someone had spiked his sun cream with liquid acid. Fortunately, it was just part of a creepy Dutch artist’s experiment, for what I’m not exactly sure.
A pregnant American performance artist is planning to have her baby in an art gallery in front of an audience as part of a piece examining childbirth. She will also live in the gallery until the baby arrives. Her “artwork” is called “The Birth of Baby X”.