Takashi Murakami’s “My Lonesome Cowboy” sold for 13,500,000 USD

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 15 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , , , ,

46 years old, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is auctioning some of his art works at the Sotheby’s, Contemporary Art Day, New York, May 15, 2008 and Phillips, Contemporary Art Part II, New York, May 15 - 16, 2008.

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Livio de Marchi’s amazing wood arts

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 15 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , , ,

Italian sculptor Livio De Marchi studied art and drawing at the “Accademia di Belle Arti” in Venice, an expert craftsmanship in wood sculptures,his artworks have been acclaimed in several magazines and television features in several foreign countries.

Fabergés jeweled eggs

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 15 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , ,

Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé created some of the most expensive eggs in the world, these eggs are made in the style of Easter eggs from expensive metals or gemstones decorated with combinations of enamel and gems.

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MUTO: an ambiguous animation painted on public walls

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 15 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , , ,

Innovative Argentinian graffiti artist Blu creates stop animations on the walls and sidewalks. Brilliant!


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

The fantasy sculptures garden as created by Bruno

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 14 2008 Published in: Art, Funny Stuffs Tags: , , , , ,

South American artist Bruno Torfs created an amazing sculptures garden as a permanent attraction in the small Australian Victorian village of Marysville, where he and his family resigned after a short stayed in Europe.

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Stunning Masako Yasumoto dances Omodaka

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 11 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , , ,

I found this one on Youtube, it features Japanese dancer Masako Yasumoto dancing on a style called Omodaka, the video was directed by Hiroshi Kizu. I’m not a dancer myself, so i don’t know much about this style or ever heard of it. But it looks stunning nevertheless!

Horror photography of a spooky kind

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 10 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , ,

35 year old photographer Joshua Hoffine from Kansas City creates some really spooky photographs which he combines photo shoots like small movies, with sets, costumes, elaborate props, fog machines and special effects make up with photoshop.

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175-year-old image of a leaf found, could it be the world’s first photograph?

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 9 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , ,

The image of the out of focus leaf which was possibly taken by Thomas Wedgwood in the early 1800s might not seem much to the rest of us, but it was hailed as ‘priceless’ by experts who believe it could be the world’s first photograph.

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Metropolitan Museum exhibits superheroes fashion and fantasy

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 9 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , ,

From the look of the photos below, this seems like one hell of an exhiibit. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, there is a “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy” exhibition which opened on May 7 and running until September 1. George Clooney and actress Julia Roberts were some of the stars present on the opening night last Monday.

The world’s tallest Lego tower took 4 days and 500,000 bricks to build

Written by: Bruce Cat on: May 9 2008 Published in: Art Tags: , , , , ,

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To celebrate Lego’s 50th anniversary at Legoland in Windsor over the English bank holiday weekend the world’s tallest tower made of Lego brick was built. The tower at Legoland took 4 days and half a million bricks to build and stands nearly 100ft tall. The tower was designed to resemble a Viking longboat mast to mark the opening of the new Land of the Vikings at the Berkshire theme park.