YouTube description: Discover how the notorious art forger Han van Meegeren tricked the world— and the Nazis— with his counterfeit Vermeer paintings. -- It was one of the strangest trials... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months ago • 61 views • 5:17

YT description-Much of the information on the midnight paintings was obtained from this website which has a few more paintings I didn't mention. If you want to learn even more I encourage people to visit it. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,036 views • 11:53

YouTube description: It sounds ridiculous, but it's true. At the Cooper Union Foundation Building in New York, there's the world's first elevator shaft: constructed four years before the safety elevator... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months 2 weeks ago • 724 views • 5:10

YouTube description: The hippie aesthetic owes a lot to Art Nouveau.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months 3 weeks ago • 933 views • 5:41

YouTube description: It’s amazing what Anne Rosat can do with a pair of scissors. This 83-year-old artist has been depicting life in the Swiss Alps through the folk art known as papercutting for 50... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 3 weeks ago • 447 views • 2:58

https://youtu.be/h9AiJWk5QdU Dorothea Lange captured this iconic photo known as Migrant Mother in 1936. But who was the woman pictured? And how did she and her family feel about its existence in the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 2 weeks ago • 395 views • 11:19

"... Step aboard Discovery and explore the space shuttle in 360. National Air and Space Museum and Google Arts & Culture have teamed up to bring a piece of Hubble’s history to life like never before.... continue reading

posted by ant 10 months ago • 17 views • 6:55

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 2 weeks ago • 214 views • 6:55

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading

posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 12 months ago • 162 views • 20:41

YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 149 views • 4:06

YouTube description: Micco and his older brother Samsoche (Seneca and Muscogee Creek), who perform together as the Sampson Brothers (https://sampsonbrosarts.com) are well known on powwow grounds and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 199 views • 4:21

YT: The Forbes Pigment Collection, at the Harvard Art Museums, is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 438 views • 5:13

I've heard a lot of discussions about Banksy, but this does a really good job of explaining it from all sides as well as giving it thorough philosophical and historical context. Good stuff.

YouTube description: Ruben Orozco Loza is an artist from Guadalajara, Mexico. He is a self-taught sculptor. He creates sculptures of celebrities and everyday people using modeling clay, silicone, resin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months 1 week ago • 1,422 views • 3:06

YouTube description: Sabra Kauka finds great joy in making the past present. A cultural practitioner on Kauai, she teaches Hawaiian children the arts of their ancestors, including kapa. In this physically... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 346 views • 4:13

YouTube description: At 15 years old, Tan Wei Tian already has a prolific 12 year opera career behind her. By day, she’s your average high school student, balancing schoolwork and friends; by night,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months ago • 294 views • 2:41

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months ago • 415 views • 11:31

YouTube description: In 1958, scientists from Russia left a plastic bust of Vladimir Lenin at the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, and as of 2007 it was still there. What does it mean? Guest host John... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months ago • 93 views • 8:10

YouTube description: From the dynamic Choy Li Fut martial art—made world famous by Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee—to the stunning dragon dance, Pun Keng Man takes great pride in building community through... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 257 views • 3:18