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.
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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) 5 years 2 months ago • 1,440 views • 3:06YouTube 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) 5 years 2 months 1 week ago • 347 views • 4:13YouTube 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) 5 years 3 months ago • 296 views • 2:41YouTube 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) 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 417 views • 11:31YouTube 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) 5 years 4 months ago • 97 views • 8:10YouTube 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) 5 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 259 views • 3:18YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 303 views • 2:46YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 449 views • 3:30YouTube description: Watch a time-lapse video of the installation and deinstallation (rotation) of large carpets and mounted textiles in The Met's galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 337 views • 1:21The White Horse, in Uffington, is one of the oldest surviving works of art in Britain: carved into a hillside in Oxfordshire 3,000 years ago. Every year, it's rechalked by volunteers co-ordinated through... continue reading
posted by nanrod 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 624 views • 2:50YouTube description: For the past 30 years, Paul Francis has been crafting the perfect sound, honing his skills at a company that has been in the business of making cymbals for 400 years. Making cymbals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 9 months ago • 831 views • 2:41YouTube description: A look at the colorful history of sci-fi book covers
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 483 views • 6:29YouTube description: Chi-Tien Lui is an electrical engineer and technician whose craft has evolved to the realm of high art. Born in China, he trained as a technician in Taiwan before moving to the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 week ago • 1,047 views • 4:22YouTube description: Researchers from NVIDIA, led by Guilin Liu, introduced a state-of-the-art deep learning method that can edit images or reconstruct a corrupted image, one that has holes or is missing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 week ago • 909 views • 2:15Powerhouse Museum – Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Australia has created an incredible interactive area for kids, including giant wall screens that display scanned drawings made by the children... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 3 weeks ago • 346 views • 1:36Tiffany Haddish tells the story of Rose Valland, an assistant curator in Paris who helped recover thousands of works of art stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
posted by newtboy 6 years 3 months ago • 255 views • 5:40"... Ever since Macauley Culkin smashed his hands against his face and screamed, audiences have loved the film HOME ALONE. It has become a Christmas classic; played along side other holiday pictures that... continue reading
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