This is snow impressive! A Manhattan wedding dress designer went viral this week for sculpting an uncannily realistic mannequin out of snow. Upper West Sider Colette Komm headed to Central Park Tuesday afternoon with only two serrated bread knives — and in just three hours, had carved out the snowy work of art. Dress designer Colette … Read more
BOSTON — The information needed to decipher the last remaining unsolved secret message embedded within a sculpture at CIA headquarters in Virginia sold at auction for nearly $1 million, the auction house announced Friday. The winner will get a private meeting with the 80-year-old artist to go over the codes and charts in hopes of … Read more
A family ditched their traditional Christmas tree for a standing sculpture and said they’ll never go back. Alexandria Masse, 24, created what she calls a “Christmas obelisk” – which will replace her family’s tree this year. Alexandria, a textile artist, made the “obelisk” last year but hated the result and stored it in her parents’ … Read more
Call it the artist’s magnum opus. A sculpture of an enormous, veiny phallus has been erected in a town square in Italy, outraging the online masses who deemed the colorful manhood monument “disgusting” and a “piece of crap.” Dubbed “Tu si’ ‘na cosa grande’” (“You’re a big thing”) the 39-foot-high leaning tower of penis sprung … Read more
If you can inflate it here, you can inflate it anywhere. Times Square’s largest-ever art installation was unveiled earlier this week as a beacon for New Yorkers and tourists alike, who are invited to “conjure” up their cathartic thoughts and feelings — and even hopes for the future. Standing at a massive 30 feet tall, … Read more
VENICE, Italy (AP) – Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has warned against arrogance, calling it “a time of so much trouble” with “Memento Mori,” with his first glass sculpture ever created on the Venetian island of Murano: “Memento mori,” Latin for “remember you must die.” Russian bombs were dropped on Ukraine. China is increasing … Read more