art
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The splashiest exhibit at Art Basel Miami … is about climate change
Artist Lars Jan wants to show off human resilience (and stubbornness) by putting performers in a giant aquarium tank.
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Dutch virtual sky flood is as terrifying as it is beautiful
We haven't the foggiest idea how the Netherlands keeps making cooler eco-art than the rest of us.
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Now even birds can find their homes using Google Maps markers
Artist Shuchun Hsiao he has an ongoing project in which he puts up birdhouses that look like Google Map markers.
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Gigantic, beautiful sand drawings take hours to make and minutes to start washing away
Tony Plant's sand drawings are meant to be "left to nature and passersby."
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Another reason to save trees: Without them, art looks stupid
One scientist photoshopped all of the trees out of a few famous paintings.
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Sand sculpture of 500 Santa Clauses has an environmental message, somehow
Sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik and thirty of his students carved 500 Santa Clauses (and one Jesus) into a beach in Puri, India.
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Watch a pool of oil magically turn into a Christmas tree
NPR's Robert Krulwich calls this "the perfect tree for an oil billionaire.”
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Awesome metal squid will guard your bike
We want these everywhere. Because who would dare steal a bike from the tentacles of a squid?
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Balanced rock art is crazy stressful and crazy beautiful to look at
Watching artist Michael Grab balance rocks is really kind of stressful, but the results are amazing.