Mystery beach masterpieces appear overnight as California sand wizard unmasked

Mystery beach masterpieces appear overnight as California sand wizard unmasked

Massive works of art are appearing in the sand along one Bay Area beach, all created by a single artist who gets to work while most people are going to bed. Brighton Denevan, 34, starts working on his intricate designs around 11 p.m. On a recent Tuesday night, Denevan arrived at Keller Beach in Point … Read more

Artists scooped up this SoCal beach retreat for $10K in the ‘60s — now it’s listed at a wild 43,000% markup

A modest Southern California tract house that was built in 1960 and sold during that decade for under $11,000 has hit the market for the first time in six decades — now listed at $4.25 million, representing a nearly 43,000% price increase. Long before coastal San Diego real estate became a seven-figure game, artists Wayne … Read more

Artist paints an astonishingly realistic portrait of Jalen Brunson in just 10 minutes — shocking the Knicks star

This was a real buzzer beater. A speed painter created an astonishingly realistic portrait of Jalen Brunson in just 10 minutes — using only his fingers — shocking the Knicks star with the MVP work of art. Cody Sabol of Pittsburgh depicted the King of New York in prayer — from memory — dunking his … Read more

Janie Bradford Hobbs, Motown ‘unsung hero’ who co-wrote ‘Money,’ dead at 87

Janie Bradford Hobbs, a key player in Motown’s early hitmaking machine, has died in Los Angeles at 87. The longtime LA resident died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following an extended illness, her family said. Bradford Hobbs later became a familiar face in the city’s music scene, where she ran the Heroes and Legends Awards … Read more

Instagram is booting pickup artists and pranksters using Meta’s ‘pervert’ glasses to harass strangers

Instagram is booting pickup artists and pranksters using Meta’s ‘pervert’ glasses to harass strangers

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has had it with the surge of obnoxious “harassing” videos shot using Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ that are flooding the social media platform – causing the executive to ban the content. “If you’re posting content that is taking advantage of people and harassing them, like a lot of these pickup line kind … Read more

American artists dominate Spotify this Fourth of July — see who’s leading the pack

American artists dominate Spotify this Fourth of July — see who’s leading the pack

They red white and blew the competition away. Taylor Swift’s wedding wasn’t the only thing that put her in the spotlight this week. The “Bad Blood” singer is also leading the pack on Spotify, topping the streaming giant’s list of the most-streamed artists, per internal listener data released ahead of the Fourth Of July. “As … Read more

Exclusive | Diehard Knicks fan pushes for Jalen Brunson statue near MSG after Mamdani laughs off idea

Exclusive | Diehard Knicks fan pushes for Jalen Brunson statue near MSG after Mamdani laughs off idea

After Lady Liberty, this would probably be NYC’s most popular statue. The King of New York Jalen Brunson has a shot at getting a 6′ 2” replica in bronze just blocks from Madison Square Garden. Benjamin Cohen, founder of the popular @newyorkers social media channels, is on a mission to make the baller move happen … Read more

Exclusive | Meet the talented artists creating jaw-dropping Knicks merch and artwork in celebration of the team’s historic win: ‘Not like any other merch out there’

Exclusive | Meet the talented artists creating jaw-dropping Knicks merch and artwork in celebration of the team’s historic win: ‘Not like any other merch out there’

They did it, folks! After 53 long years, the New York Knicks have finally been crowned the 2026 NBA champions. Although the beloved team wasn’t on their home turf for their championship-winning 94-90 game Saturday night, artist Juan Orellana and his sister, Andrea, were drawing crowds outside Madison Square Garden hours before opening tip-off with … Read more

Nailed it! NY Knicks superfan skillfully paints players’ faces in manicure art

Nailed it! NY Knicks superfan skillfully paints players’ faces in manicure art

The Knicks are really nailing the finals. A superfan who works as a nail technician paid homage to New York’s basketball team by painting its players on her nails — and the results are All-Star adorable. The talented tech, who goes by Tamami, painstakingly drew the faces of Jalen Brunson, Jordan Clarkson and Karl-Anthony Towns … Read more

Artists bail on America’s 250th birthday bash — but one rapper refuses to quit

Artists bail on America’s 250th birthday bash — but one rapper refuses to quit

Vanilla Ice is ready to rock the stage at the Great American State Fair’s Freedom 250 concerts as other acts drop out. In a video shared to his Instagram, the 58-year-old rapper shared that he is excited and “honored” to be performing at the event, promising to “bring back the 90s.” “It’s all about enjoying the great times of … Read more

Exclusive | Meet the senior hipsters lighting up NYC: Aging gracefully is out — and living large is in

Exclusive | Meet the senior hipsters lighting up NYC: Aging gracefully is out — and living large is in

Most mornings, style maven Debra Rapoport wakes up in her Manhattan apartment and gets ready to post her colorful, fashionably maximalist fits to Instagram, where she boasts 109,000 avid followers and counting. On Thursday nights, Gerald Delet and James Valentino can be found taking their places at a popular local nightspot, where they’re always sure … Read more

Fair play: Our guide to Miami’s star-studded 2025 Art Week

Fair play: Our guide to Miami’s star-studded 2025 Art Week

Headed to Miami for Art Basel and the surrounding Art Week festivities? Here’s our roundup of the top fairs to visit for 2025 — whether you’re hunting for eyebrow-raising art or the ultimate celebrity sighting. ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH | @artbasel Show notes “Torre” by Ana Navas at Art Basel Miami Beach via Crisis Galería. … Read more

Rare Gustav Klimt painting sells for $236.4M in record-breaking auction for modern art

Rare Gustav Klimt painting sells for 6.4M in record-breaking auction for modern art

A recovered Gustav Klimt painting made history this past Thursday night at Sotheby’s when it became the most expensive piece of modern art to ever be sold at auction. The Vienna-born artist came to prominence during the early 20th century and is best known for his gold-leaf-laden works “The Kiss,” “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer” and … Read more

Exclusive | Quirky NYC artist celebrates the Big Apple with tribute to the biggest apple of all — The Post

Exclusive | Quirky NYC artist celebrates the Big Apple with tribute to the biggest apple of all — The Post

Olivia Rose spent most of Thursday morning knee-deep in Red Delicious apples.  The Manhattanite, an artist, was busy engraving 80 pieces of the produce with iconic New York Post front-page displays — from the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy to Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral crowning on Nov. 4 — for a Tribeca exhibition she … Read more

Exclusive | NYC artist dresses as Van Gogh self-portrait every year for Village Halloween Parade

Exclusive | NYC artist dresses as Van Gogh self-portrait every year for Village Halloween Parade

He Gogh-es all out. New York City artist James Haggerty has attended the Village Halloween Parade for the last 15 years dressed as “different incarnations” of a self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh — and revelers find his costume brush-taking. “During one night, I could take hundreds of photos,” Haggerty, 52, told The Post. New York City artist … Read more

Taylor Swift fans flocking to German museum to see this painting from her new video: ‘It’s been a shock’

Taylor Swift fans flocking to German museum to see this painting from her new video: ‘It’s been a shock’

Look what she made them do. Taylor Swift fans are flocking to a German museum to view a painting of the Shakespeare character Ophelia that the pop star reimagined in a music video for a song off her new album “The Life of a Showgirl.” In the video for “The Fate of Ophelia,” which has … Read more

360-year-old mystery of ‘Girl With The Pearl Earring’ solved — who was Johannes Vermeer’s muse?

360-year-old mystery of ‘Girl With The Pearl Earring’ solved — who was Johannes Vermeer’s muse?

Here’s a pearl of wisdom. After 360 years, an art historian has allegedly solved one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the identity of the subject in the “Girl With A Pearl Earring” painting. Art expert Andrew Graham-Dixon dropped this alleged bombshell in a recent Times of London article ahead of the release of … Read more

Exclusive | Meet the NYC artist turning Manhattan’s streets into viral masterpieces: ‘A lot of people know me now’

Exclusive | Meet the NYC artist turning Manhattan’s streets into viral masterpieces: ‘A lot of people know me now’

For this artist, New York City is the only canvas big enough. When Benny Cruz picked up a paintbrush for the first time, he had no idea that his art would catapult him to the highest heights of social media. “I always wanted to be a painter, until I reached a point where I wasn’t … Read more

Artist’s infamous $6M banana that was duct-taped to a museum wall meets a tragic fate — again: ‘The security team acted quickly and calmly’

Artist’s infamous M banana that was duct-taped to a museum wall meets a tragic fate — again: ‘The security team acted quickly and calmly’

It’s bananas! A popular and pricey piece of art has been eaten — yet again. The artwork titled “Comedian” has been eaten for the fourth time. AFP via Getty Images Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” — which features a real banana duct taped to a wall — has been replicated by the artist several times, most recently … Read more

Exclusive | MTA gives subway Rex-treme makeover with dino store and other ‘whimsical’ art installations

Exclusive | MTA gives subway Rex-treme makeover with dino store and other ‘whimsical’ art installations

NYC’s art scene is going back underground — literally. As the Big Apple’s subterranean newsstands, shoeshine parlors, barber shops and other vintage conveniences roll down their gates for the last time, the MTA has been experimenting with a creative way to fill the voids — with eye-catching installations Dubbed the Vacant Unit Activation program, which the … Read more