NYC artist’s photos of unknowing subjects raise privacy concerns
(Photo: Bebeto Matthews / AP)
To the well-known photographer who shot them with a telephoto lens, the pictures of people going about their daily lives in the building across the street constitute art.
Source: nbcnews.to
Giant rubber ducky’s not-so-lucky ending
(Photo: Tyrone Siu / Reuters)
A deflated Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, with the island skyline looming at the background, May 14. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the territory on May 2, will be shown at the Ocean Terminal for a month.
Source: nbcnews.to
‘Art of Science’ exhibit makes the connection between truth and beauty
(Photo: Anna Hiszpanski and Yueh-Lin Loo / Princeton)
Worms are a source of wonder in this year’s crop of aesthetically pleasing scientific images, served up by Princeton University’s Art of Science Competition.
Source: nbcnews.to
‘Grumpy Cat’ becomes artistic muse for online auction
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She’s been an Internet celebrity, morning show guest, South by Southwest star and magazine cover girl. And now, Tardar Sauce aka “Grumpy Cat,” the sourpuss that’s spawned a million memes, can add a new role to the list: Artist’s muse.
Source: nbcnews.to
The world is its bathtub: Giant rubber duckie continues international tour
(GIF: Sarah Coffey / NBC News)
A giant rubber duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor on May 2, 2013. “Rubber Duck,” which is 54 feet high, will be in Hong Kong until June 9. Since 2007, the duck has traveled to 10 countries and 12 cities.
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Dolls without makeup: An artist’s vision goes viral
(Photo: Nickolay Lamm)
Barbie has been scrutinized for years over everything from her controversial body proportions to her outfits and accessories to her careers. But there is one aspect of her persona that Nickolay Lamm feels consumers have glossed over: her heavy makeup.
Source: nbcnews.to
Picked up for 3 bucks, Chinese bowl goes for $2.2 million at auction
(Photo: Sotheby’s via AP)
A Chinese bowl that a New York family picked up for $3 at a garage sale turned out to be a 1,000-year-old treasure and has sold at auction for $2.2 million.
Source: nbcnews.to
Dad’s photos of daughter, 5, look like classic paintings
(Photo Courtesy Bill Gekas)
At first glimpse, they look like classic paintings you might see hanging in the Louvre — but actually they’re photos taken by a photographer in Australia of his 5-year-old daughter, Athena.
Source: nbcnews.to
Giant ‘Miracle Garden’ is Dubai’s latest over-the-top attraction
(Photo Courtesy Dubai Miracle Garden)
No, it’s not a mirage. An impossibly huge and colorful garden is blooming in the desert climate of Dubai, aiming to set world records and lure visitors with sensory delights.
Source: nbcnews.to
Japan town demands underwear for Michelangelo’s David
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Agence France-Presse reports — A replica of Michelangelo’s Renaissance sculpture David that was erected suddenly last summer is unnerving residents of a Japanese town, with some calling for the naked masterpiece to be given underwear.
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For two weeks the medieval cloisters of Lalock Abbey, which was featured in two Harry Potter films, will be bathed in dazzling colors to highlight their architectural treasures as part of the installation “Into the Light” by Britain’s National Trust. According to the BBC, the abbey’s “cloisters and side rooms were transformed into the classrooms at Hogwarts School while the location was also used for Harry’s discovery of the Mirror of Erised.” The installation opens to the public on Jan. 12.
Source: photoblog.nbcnews.com
(Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP)
Instead of a traditional pine tree, a high-tech light installation vaguely shaped like a Christmas tree stands in the the city center of Brussels. And the 82-foot sculpture is causing quite a stir, with thousands of signatures appearing on an online petition against it.
Source: nbcnews.com
(Photo: Ed Stockard)
Is this heaven? No, it’s Greenland — lit up by a dazzling display of refracted sunlight.
These pictures are from Ed Stockard, who’s part of the team at Summit Station on the peak of the Greenland ice cap. The research facility, which is funded by the National Science Foundation, serves as an observation post for the complex interactions between the atmosphere and one of the world’s biggest reservoirs of ice.
Source: photoblog.nbcnews.com
Political talking points have never looked so artistic.
In real time as President Obama and Governor Romney duked it out Tuesday night, artists commissioned by NBC News sketched the discourse.
From job creation to Big Bird, each topic that came up during the 90-minute debate is rendered in the illustration.
Source: todayonthetrail.today.com
(Photo: Laurent Gillieron / AP)
GENEVA — A younger vision of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” will be presented in Geneva on Thursday with the suggestion that it is the original version of what has been called the world’s most famous painting.
The Swiss-based Mona Lisa Foundation organizing the event said on Wednesday that detailed research over three decades strongly indicates that it is an earlier portrayal by the Italian genius of “the lady with the mystic smile.
Source: todayentertainment.today.com
Step one: Talib Kweli comes in for rehearsal and sees Al Roker on a bike.
Step two: Someone else spots Talib, then Al on his bike, and has the...
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