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These four 98-foot-tall silos in Thallon, Queensland, took Brisbane artists Joel Fergie (aka The Zookeeper) and Travis Vinson (aka Drap) three weeks to paint.
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Painted Silos Are Turning the Outback Into an Alfresco Art Gallery

Can these unlikely bursts of beauty refresh Australia’s parched rural towns too?
Natasha Bazika May 19, 2020
In the summer
Kitagawa, Japan

Monet's Garden Marmottan

Nope, not the one in France. The only officially-recognized reproduction of Monet’s garden in Giverny is located in a remote corner of Japan.
Walking into the apartment can be a disorienting experience.
paintings

How One Outsider Artist Reclaimed Her Drab Indoor World

Suddenly confined in a small space, Afia Zecharia painted every wall.
Gitit Ginat May 14, 2020
A vision of the Swing at the End of the World in Ecuador in oils, by Alexandrea Farquhar.
paintings

Art Challenge: Readers Draw Places They've Never Seen

Some of your creations are even more extraordinary than their real-life counterparts.
Michelle Cassidy May 7, 2020
Tokangawhā / Split Apple Rock
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Art Challenge: Draw a Place You’ve Never Seen Before

Is your imagination as wondrous as reality?
Michelle Cassidy April 22, 2020
Medieval manuscripts were illuminated with folium, and one bore the instructions for recreating the ink.
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The Mystery of a Medieval Blue Ink Has Been Solved

Turns out it was hiding in plain sight by the side of a Portuguese road.
Isaac Schultz April 17, 2020
The gentle, almost soothing aftermath of Krakatoa.
disasters

See the Soft Aquarelle Watercolors That Resulted From Krakatoa’s Big Bang

A set of paintings show the calm, lingering aftermath of a world-shaking event.
Isaac Schultz April 13, 2020
B8 Containers Mural
Edinburgh, Scotland

Wildlife Mural

One of Edinburgh's most popular works of street art is located well off the beaten path.
Mural of Tlālōcān
San Francisco Mazapa, Mexico

Palacio de Tepantitla

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.
Part of the fresco.
Beram, Croatia

Svetište Sv. Marije na Škriljinah (The Sanctuary of St. Mary of the Rocks)

Inside this small chapel tucked away in the forest is one of the most well-preserved Danse Macabre frescos.
The entire neighborhood makes a macromural.
Pachuca de Soto, Mexico

Macromural de Pachuca

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey

Rat's Restaurant

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
At the Abrams Planetarium in Michigan, the black light gallery is still going strong.
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When Trippy Black-Light Murals Brought the Cosmos Down to Earth

The paintings once dazzled and enlightened mid-century planetarium-goers.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 10, 2020
Bald-headed Jesus fresco
Rsovci, Serbia

Bald Jesus Fresco

This fresco inside a Serbian cave church has been a source of disagreement.
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.
Podgorica, Montenegro

Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ

Its frescoes depict the likeness of Marshal Tito, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels burning in hell.
Rapa Nui, Chile

Ana Kai Tangata (Cannibal Cave)

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.
Mononymous artist Mahalaxmi shows some of her Mithila paintings inside her home in Ranti, a small village in Bihar, India.
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India and Nepal’s Mithila Art Is Having a Feminist Renaissance

As the region changes apace, so does an ancient style of painting.
Tricia Taormina November 20, 2019
The researchers detected arsenic, lead, and antimony in the yellow paint—meaning it was more than just orpiment.
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Found: Surprisingly Modern Paint on an Ancient Egyptian Gate

How did a pigment that Vermeer used in the 1600s wind up on Egyptian art from the 6th century BC?
Sabrina Imbler November 12, 2019