The Delicate Art of Cobweb Paintings
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 24, 2018
Who could have thought that the delicate, fine, silky threads of a spider’s cobweb could be woven into a canvas strong enough to withstand t...
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Alexander Fleming’s Microbial Art
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 16, 2018
Alexander Fleming is widely known as the brilliant microbiologist who gave the world the miraculous life-saving drug called antibiotic. But ...
Netherlandish Proverbs
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2018
Hanging at the Gemäldegalerie art museum in Berlin, Germany, is an unusual painting. Measuring 64 inches by 46 inches, this 16th century oil...
Copenhagen’s Urban Birdhouses
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 28, 2017
Thomas Dambo—you may remember him from a couple of months ago, where he constructed giant troll-like wooden sculptures and hid them around ...
People Matching Artworks
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 7, 2017
Austrian photographer Stefan Draschan spends hours hanging around museums looking for curious coincidences where visitors perfectly match t...
The Spectacular Sets of Early 20th Century New York Theater
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2017
Many theatrical set designers today follow the maxim of “less is more”, but in the old days when theaters had to compete with moving picture...
Kito Fujio’s Dramatic Photos of Japanese Playgrounds At Night
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2017
Ever since Kito Fujio quit his job as an office worker to become a freelance photographer, he has been exploring every possible nook and co...
Giant Hand Sculptures Around The World
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2017
The other day, a pair of giant hands appeared rising out of a canal in Venice, as if to support the sides of the Ca’ Sagredo Hotel. It was a...
Alex Chinneck’s Architectural Illusions
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2017
A historic building in London’s Covent Garden, violently slashed through the middle, floats mysteriously in the air with no apparent support...
Djerbahood: The Street Art Drive That Transformed A Tunisian Village
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2017
The sleepy little village of Erriadh on the island of Djerba—once known as the “island of dreams”— is not part of Tunisia’s tourist circuit....
Thomasson: Architectural Relics That Serve No Purpose
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 14, 2017
A city is like a living organism, constantly growing and evolving with time. Buildings get renovated, new structures are added and old ones ...
Ecce Homo: The Botched Painting That Saved a Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 20, 2017
Eighty-three year old amateur artist Cecilia Giménez had nothing but good intentions when she turned her attention towards a deteriorating f...
The Museum of Bad Art
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2017
On rare occasions, a thrift store or a pawnshop can yield items of extreme value, but these are hardly the places you can expect to bump int...
From The Sketchbook of a World War 2 Soldier
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 14, 2016
Victor A. Lundy is best known for his modernist architecture —the imposing rectangles of the United States Tax Court Building in Washington,...
Monument To The Unelected
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 11, 2016
Drive past Lefferts Historic House, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, this week, and you will be confronted by a crowd of political signs res...
Fairy Doors of Ann Arbor
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2016
Fairies have invaded the city of Ann Arbor, that’s what long-time resident Jonathan B. Wright, a graphic designer, wants you to believe. He ...
‘Fallen Star’, University of California, San Diego
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 27, 2016
Teetering on the corner and edge of Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, is a small cottage that appears...
NASA’s Mars Explorers Recruitment Posters
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2016
Continuing with the theme of imaginary space-based scenarios, NASA has released a new set of posters calling for explorers to join them on t...
Artist Creates Record-Breaking Mural For Rio Olympics
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 17, 2016
While athletes compete for various titles at Rio’s ongoing Olympic Games, one Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra is attempting to enter...
Historic Panoramic Paintings And Cycloramas
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2016
The word ‘panorama’ is used very frequently in modern times. The rise of mobile phone photography and the ability to take panoramic photogra...
