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FOUND: Pricey Comic Book Inside Wall Of Man's House

Posted 05.23.2013 | Arts

Remodeler David Gonzalez found quite the unique treasure in a fixer-upper home he purchased in Elbow Lake, Minnestota. While examining the insulat...

Family Inherits Unknown Painting Worth $250K

Posted 04.29.2013 | Arts

A recent UK art auction serves as yet another friendly reminder to get artworks appraised. Today's found masterpiece, "Landscape with Rainbow" had gon...

Meatless Monday: Our Hen House's Jasmin Singer and the Art of Defiance

Ellen Kanner | Posted 04.15.2013 | Green
Ellen Kanner

What would make you change the way you think, the way you eat? For many, the answer is Carol Adams' 1990 eco-feminist work, "The Sexual Politics of Me...

Is This The Missing Half Of Art History's Naughtiest Painting?

Posted 02.08.2013 | Arts

The award for art history's naughtiest work must go to Gustav Courbet's "The Origin Of The World," the 19th century close-up of a woman's nether regio...

This Guy Found A Diego Rivera Painting Worth $1M In An Office

Posted 01.16.2013 | Arts

Normally we consider the artwork adorning office walls a step above dentist waiting room art. But the painting titled "El Albanil," which hung behind ...

A Mysterious Art Project Unfolds In Edinburgh

Posted 08.02.2012 | Arts

An unknown artist has been expressing her gratitude to the cultural centers of Edinburgh with a little culture of her own. Mysterious book sculptures,...

She Makes Amazing Art From Salvaged Wood And Vintage Objects

Bonnie McCarthy | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Bonnie McCarthy

Tucked away in a studio minutes from the world-class surf of Huntington Beach, California, artist Heather Roth of the Salvage Design Company is hard at work smashing china plates with a hammer.

Mallika Rao

America's Sweethearts: Why Mugshots Are The New Found Art

HuffingtonPost.com | Mallika Rao | Posted 06.15.2012 | Home

Some people collect stamps. Mark Michaelson, a graphic designer in Manhattan, prefers mugshots. Not just any old mug will do -- Michaelson’s 10,000-...

Cherry Blossoms And Safety Cones

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.28.2012 | Arts

How much attention have you given to safety cones? Aside from swerving to avoid them, or fleeing the scene if you did... have you ever thought about a...

Artist Creates Animal Collages From Found Photos of Lightning

Posted 04.27.2012 | Arts

We've all sat and watched shapes appear in the clouds, but have you ever seen them appear in lightning? Cassandra C. Jones, "Dog Dog Dog," (2012)...

German Street Artists Makes Cardboard Cities

Posted 04.24.2012 | Arts

Most often artwork made with a cardboard box is referred to as a diorama and is made by a third grader, but sometimes the humble material can yield in...

John Chamberlain's Guggenheim Retrospective

Posted 02.24.2012 | Arts

"Choices" is the title of sculptor John Chamberlain's latest retrospective at the Guggenheim, which opens today. He specified the intensely gestural s...

Envelopes With Attitude: Let's Get Crafty

Posted 01.17.2012 | Arts

To start off the new year with a curatorial bang, Known Gallery has enlisted the help of artist Sage Vaughn to bring a refreshing flavor to Known's wh...

PHOTOS: Incredible Envelope Portraits

Posted 01.10.2012 | Arts

London-based artist Mark Powell has produced these striking drawings despite only using the most basic of materials: ink and paper. His recent series ...

PHOTOS: Ron Pippin's Mythical Archives Uncover Treasures From Land And Sea

Posted 01.02.2012 | Arts

Ron Pippin's works are little treasure chests of everything. From mythical skeletons to historical relics that never were, all his quasi-scientific co...

Mystery Art Found In Trash Now On Display

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 01.01.2012 | Home

PHILADELPHIA — Three decades after hundreds of strange wire-bound oddities were saved from the trash heap, an art gallery eight blocks from wher...

WATCH: Masterpieces Recreated With Junk

Posted 12.20.2011 | Arts

They say "one man's trash is another man's treasure," but in Thomas Deininger's recreated landscapes the old saying takes on a while new meaning. D...

Lucy Liu's Spiritual Art

Posted 12.06.2011 | Arts

Lucy Liu may have already been one of Charlie's Angels, but recently she's really been exploring her spiritual side, culminating in a new show of her ...

STREET ART: Ben Wilson's Chewing Gum Paintings, On Kuriositas

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Thanks to Kuriositas, our curiosity was momentarily quenched when they revealed a unique kind of street art. Imagine walking down the street and all ...

BLOG WATCH> Secret Hidden Art At SFMOMA, See If You Can Find It On Juxtapoz

Current | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

We applaud low cost-high concept art. This past summer at SFMOMA, artist and curator Brion Nuda Rosch invited Chris Sollars to use SFMOMA as a site fo...

ARCHITECTURE: The Hidden Archives Of Philip Johnson, On Sale Now

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

A huge and previously unknown trove of archival material from Philip Johnson's architectural practice -- including his hand-drawn sketches for towers ...

Found, Reused Art: Cassette Tape Rock Star Portraits

flickr | ir15 | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

From the artist's profile: I am an artist who specializes in using non traditional media... old books, cassettes, playing cards, magazines, credit ...

Found Art And DIY Art: Cheap And Green

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

I love white walls and stunning art--but stunning doesn't have to mean expensive. You can get great original work on websites like Etsy.com or snap up...