A thriving graffiti culture has been brewing for decades in Beijing, featuring Chinese characters, animals of the zodiac ... and complaints about the price of pork

Whether you think graffiti is a subversive, democratic art form or a public nuisance, it harks back to our cave-painting days

A few speedcubers have jumped from participating in competitions and exhibitions to creating mosaics. There are also some artists and designers who use Rubik’s Cubes in their masterpieces.

Had to go out for a bit. :-)

The French artist’s giant biodegradable artworks adorn fields, are best seen by drones and last only days.

The installation called ‘Zabkowska 9, Take off’ was designed by artist Piotr Janowski and installed in November 2018.

Brutalist architecture has an unavoidable presence in every major metropolis, even Paris. In fact, the French capital is something of a haven for futurist concrete architecture. Brutalist boomed here during the 60s and 70s in response to Modernism’s utopian vision. (All photos courtesy of Anthony Saroufim).

Ana Martins, the 22-year-old Portuguese artist and graphic embroiderer fell in love with textiles while working on her bachelor’s degree in graphic design, and now she works to “deconstruct, decontextualize and transform a traditional technique into a modern graphic, connecting cultures and generations.”

Artist Julien de Casabianca pastes famous neoclassical paintings onto unexpected, inner-city surfaces as part of his ongoing Outings Project.

Australian artist Michael Pederson, better known as ‘Miguel Marquez Outside,’ isn’t interested in art galleries. He prefers to hide his strange and witty signs throughout cities like Sydney to be noticed and enjoyed by the public. If all the official signage that can be found around an average city bores you, you might not even notice the ones that are a little bit off, warning you of dangerous pigeons and tiny sinkholes.

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All the hoopla about Banksy's new stunt, but nobody cares for the details.

A look at 10 important moments in the history of graffiti that pushed graffiti art from underground subculture to mainstream trend.

The naturalism that defines Art Nouveau has its roots in the Arts & Crafts movement, a melting pot of art and philosophy that was opposed to the changes imposed on society by industrialism. People began to realize that small-scale homemade crafts that were produced with care and skill were being lost among the mass of factory-produced items.

Artist Meg Saligman created the "Common Threads" mural.

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Meet Lisa, an amazing artBot. Lisa specializes in painting murals on large scale canvas. From urban walls to buildings, tunnels, storage tanks, and public infrastructure, Lisa will make it beautiful. In fact, the larger the canvas and more complex the mural, the higher her performance.

MyeongBeom Kim (previously) builds unique works by combining everyday objects whose purposes are often in stark contrast. The sculptures are created from recognizable pieces such as birthday cake candles, canes, and standard #2 pencils. These objects are reworked to drastically limit their inherent