skulls
Crystal Cyborgs Come Alive at RINSED's NYE Blowout
Artist James Moore casts human faces—and skeletons—for RINSED's five-year anniversary NYE spectacular, which features Dinamo Azari, Jacques Greene, Morgan Geist, Parris Mitchell, and Todd Edwards.
You Can Buy a Human Skull for $750 at This Toronto Store
If you need a real human skull in Canada, there is only one place to get it.
This Morbid Artist Serves Her Cake with a Side of Death
Annabel de Vetten—a.k.a. Annabel Lecter—may have started her career as a fine artist, but she has since become the force behind a highly unorthodox cake business, for which she creates some jaw-dropping (and edible) morbid glories.
Mexican Day of the Dead Celebrations Bring Creativity to Life
A celebration of mixing pre-Hispanic customs, like human sacrifice and Catholicism.
Using Sculptures to Replicate the Human Experience
Chinese artist Xu Wang brings personal stories into sculptures like gargantuan skulls and umbrellas made of candy.
Photographs of the Weird and Beautiful Ways the Dead Are Memorialized Around the World
We talked to Paul Koudounaris about decorating skulls, burying bodies, and "Memento Mori," his latest book.
This Artist Is Crushing His Dead Father's Skull to Work Through Their 'Weird Relationship'
In using his late father's skull to clone his own, Lee Wagstaff aims to explore the pair's estranged relationship, as well as themes of religious worship, deification, and eternal life.
Learning to Read Corpses at the Texas State Body Farm
I talked with Dr. Daniel Wescott, director of the Texas State Forensic Anthropology Center, about how bodies decompose in the wild and what our bones say about us.
Bask in the Disturbing, Skeletal Candlelight of OBN IIIs' "No Time for the Blues" Video
The Austin punks share a creepy video for this garage punk thriller.