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Art of the Solipsist

March 10, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Andrew Huang’s Solipsist won the special jury prize for Experimental Short at Slamdance 2012. It’s a movie that draws on nature and how mankind interacts with it… but its most remarkable for being a striking visual exploration of the possible. Here’s the video: There are many scenes that qualify for highlights – but here are […]

The Angels at Mottisfont

December 19, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Managed by the National Trust, Mottisfont is a tranquil estate that includes the Gothic remains of an Augustinian priory. It’s near Romsey in Hamsphire and open for some of the Christmas holidays. In fact, for Christmas Mottisfont is doing something rather special. Angels are coming to the historic gardens. The Angel Garden is inspired by […]

Ghosts made with body parts

April 26, 2011 by Andrew Leave a Comment

You’re probably aware of some of the fantastic art talented peopel can create with long exposure photography and sources of light. It’s known as light painting and the internet is full of simply superb examples of it. For example, we have this thought provoking example from Rafoto. Hats off to Croix Cagnon and Frank Schott […]

The Virgin of the Rocks: Da Vinci decoded

July 15, 2010 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Everyone agrees it is a masterpiece. But who painted The Virgin of the Rocks – Leonardo or his students? Jonathan Jones joins the National Gallery on an epic quest to find out

Browse our interactive guide to the Virgin of the Rocks

The Chinese zodiac in crayon

March 21, 2010 by Andrew Leave a Comment

These ordinary crayons have been gracefully carved into the 12 symbols of the Chinese zodiac. The artist behind this clever feat is Diem Chau. She normally works in other materials but I’m glad she made a colourful exception with these crayons. In Pure Spirit What do you think? Aren’t they as beautiful as they are […]

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