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Coconut Cannon, Confiscated

The artist Julian Charrière built the device, which is currently in the hands of German police.
Erik Shilling March 20, 2017
Frederiksberg, Denmark

Cisternerne

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.
A panel depicting the formation of the universe, the constellation Orion and Copernicus’ solar system model showing the sun as the center of the universe.
Orem, Utah

Roots of Knowledge Stained Glass

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.
The big fake on the left, and the little fake on the right. (The smaller one was copied from a real Etruscan statue.)
museums

The Forged 'Ancient' Statues That Fooled the Met's Art Experts for Decades

The fakes were on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 28 years.
Natalie Zarrelli March 16, 2017
Chuck Close's mosaic portrait Sienna Shields.
New York, New York

Second Avenue Subway Art

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
Detail of <em>Druksland</em>, Michael Druks cartographic self-portrait.
maps

This Map Charts the Complex Landscape of an Artist's Face

In 1973, the Israeli artist Michael Druks created an unconventional self-portrait.
Lauren Young March 13, 2017
Handcrafted marbled endpapers of a book manually bound in France around 1880.
art

The Unsung Delight of a Well-Designed Endpaper

They're an art form all their own.
Sarah Laskow March 10, 2017
A 1936 poster about the Federal Art Project.
art

The American Government Is Searching For Its Own Lost Art

Murals and sculptures created during the New Deal have ended up in unexpected places. And one by one, they're being tracked down.
Matthew Blitz March 8, 2017
Lasco project - Cleon Peterson
Paris, France

Lasco Project at Palais de Tokyo

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.
Robots mid-repair.
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

Fraley's Robot Repair

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.
paintings

Painted Characters Step From Their Walls and Wander the Streets of San Francisco

Artist Alexa Meade can change any three-dimensional object into 2-D art.
Lauren Young March 6, 2017
"The Fight Between Carnival and Lent," 1559, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
hidden

The Original Hidden Picture Artists Were Dutch Masters

Finding Beyoncé is fun, but so are the minds of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Hieronymous Bosch.
Sarah Laskow March 6, 2017
Remnants of the streetcar station.
Washington, D.C.

The Dupont Underground

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
A page from the Camp Amache Christmas Calendar, based on a photo taken by Mike Wada.
art

The Art—and Anger—of Japanese Internment Camp Silk Screeners

Inside the complex legacy of the print shop at Colorado's Camp Amache.
Cara Giaimo March 3, 2017
Le vere imagini et descritioni delle piv nobilli citta del mondo, pl. 28
art

The Scandalous Flap Books of 16th-Century Venice

Cheeky pages revealed more than their drawings initially let on.
Sarah Laskow March 3, 2017
Cowboys in the mural.
Marfa, Texas

Building 98

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.
A giant robot spraypaints houses in this mural.
Fanzara, Spain

M.I.A.U. (Unfinished Museum of Urban Art)

The streets of a sleepy Spanish town proudly exhibit some of the world's finest graffiti.
Maison de la Bellone
Brussels, Belgium

Maison de la Bellone

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.