Style and Art

Nathan Sawaya specializes in custom sculpture made from Lego bricks.
His creations range from tabletop pieces, picture mosaics, made to order pieces and large constructions.

Google celebrates Edvard Munch's birthday with this logo inspired in his famous painting “The Scream“

The exhibition Bad Art for Bad People by Jake and Dinos Chapman at Tate Liverpool has stirred controversy because of its explicit sexual content.
Family values groups have branded the exhibition “irresponsible” - saying children could be mentally scarred by seeing such images. Dr Adrian Rogers, chairman of the campaign group Family Focus said: “Failing to [...]

The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum at Chicago, has changed its name to the National Museum of Mexican Art.
The museum, opened in 1987, in a renovated boat craft shop in Pilsen's Harrison Park decided to do some status-seeking as its 20th anniversary approachs. Carlos Tortolero, its president and, said that, if anything, the name [...]

Peter Goldlust gives a new meaning to the phrase “Crayon Art“. Goldlust specializes in carving crayons in complicated and beautiful patterns.
He also produces works in digital imaging, industrial manufacturing processes, and children’s arts-and-crafts materials.
Check out his wall installations, whimsical prints and weird creations.

Listen to your iPod in style with the Amadeus Sound System. This comfortable couch made in the “Louis XV” style allows your iPod to be plugged in to its enclosed hi-fi speaker system by Altec-Lansing.
The armchair is available in a variety of colors and is available from Robbadinoï for 2,150 EUR.

Robert Altman legendary director of films such as Network, Nashville, MASH and Gosford Park among other has passed on at the age of 81 of non-disclosed causes.
He was known for making highly naturalistic movies, but with a stylized perspective and large ensemble casts.
When asked about retirement he said:
Retirement? You're talking about death, right?
RIP Robert [...]

“Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History” brings together for the first time works by the greatest spanish masters from the 16th through the 20th century.
Art historians have classified Spanish painting between El Greco and Goya, maintaining that 20th-century avant-garde movements such as Cubism and Surrealism—Pioneered by artists of Spanish origin—broke [...]

While in Berlin stay at the Art Luise Kuntshotel. Where every room was decorated by a renown artist. Every room is an original, and all rooms are only united by the high artistic standards with which the concepts were carried out. Sculptures in the lobby and philosophy in the stairwell accompany guests throughout the hotel.
This [...]

Paris is the undisputed center of the fashion world and the new exhibition “Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006″ demonstrates why fashion is stil fine art. Featuring runway garments from the spring and fall-winter collections from ten of the most influential designers the exhibition explores the motivations behind contemporary fashion.
Among the designers highlighted in this exhibition [...]