found art
A Desert Museum’s Ode to Black Assemblage Art
The Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture sits on 10 acres in the Mojave Desert.
90 Tons of Glacial Ice Melt in Front of the Paris Climate Talks
Olafur Eliasson takes his 'Ice Watch' project to COP21.
One Man’s Trash Is Another Artist’s Treasure
It's hard to distinguish between the hordes of thrift store collectibles and Jim Shaw's art—and that's the point.
The 'Internet History' Tumblr Finds Your Darkest Defunct Flickr Gallery
Doug Battenhausen has been trolling dead image-hosting accounts, rotted links, and maybe your tweenage MySpace for the past five years, amassing a collection of gloriously depressing snapshots.
Man Builds Palace of Recycled Things in an Icelandic Junkyard
We spoke to film director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson about his hand-built home, gypsy witchcraft, and stewardesses.
Here's Fidel Castro's Head Made of 3,000 Door Hinges
A giant metallic bust of the controversial Cuban leader, a bronze hammer and sickle, and silver prints in porcelain urinals emerge in Yoan Capote's 'Collective Unconscious.'
10,000 Amazing Film Clips Available for Free in a Public Domain Database
An inside look at the royalty-free video marketplace Pond5's 80,000 public domain videos, images, and more—available to artists for free—on the Public Domain Project.
The Great Mouse Detective: How 'Stuart Little' Uncovered a Lost Painting
How researcher Gergely Barki discovered Róbert Berény’s lost masterpiece, 'Sleeping Lady With A Black Vase,' hidden in the background of the beloved children's movie.
See 1,400 Ghostly, Glowing Hands Illuminate a Lake
The eerie exhibition by anonymous art collective Luzinterruptus sent 1,400 glowing latex gloves floating across a lake in the French Parcs des Iris et de l’Ermitage.
Surreal Short Film Bends A Greenhouse Into A Shapeshifting Jungle
Joe Hamilton's "Regular Division" is a video collage of found footage merged into a complex, head-spinning composition.
"Art Of Fraud" Showcases The Simple Infographic Beauty Of Malware
Turns out, even malicious software can make art.