Forget body painting—body marbling turns your skin into a psychedelic work of art

Invented by Brad Lawrence, body marbling is a water painting technique that uses hydrodynamics to transform your body into a psychedelic canvas. Produced by Black Light Visuals, this non-toxic paint is the coolest trend one can try in music festivals …

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Rage against the FCC: Musicians say killing net neutrality threatens art

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Net neutrality’s day of reckoning is fast approaching, and musicians of all persuasions – pop, rock, rap – are making noise about Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s intentions to quash Obama-era internet equality rules.

The decision will be made by the FCC’s five commissioners in a vote on Dec. 14. Three are Republicans (including Pai), two are Democrats, and they almost always vote along party lines. 

As the vote looms, some 150 musicians signed an open letter to Congress underscoring a salient point that affects anyone who listens to music, or generally appreciates art: Read more…

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Why the YouTube of AR won’t be YouTube

 A couple of years ago when I was working at Samsung, around the time the GearVR was being launched, there were lots of ideas flying around regarding the services to offer alongside the device. Many (most) of these ideas were related to hosting 360 Video content, and our boss David Eun (ex-YouTube) often reminded everyone that YouTube will be the YouTube of VR. He meant that the content on… Read More

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Why the YouTube of AR won’t be YouTube

 A couple of years ago when I was working at Samsung, around the time the GearVR was being launched, there were lots of ideas flying around regarding the services to offer alongside the device. Many (most) of these ideas were related to hosting 360 Video content, and our boss David Eun (ex-YouTube) often reminded everyone that YouTube will be the YouTube of VR. He meant that the content on… Read More

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Jennifer Lawrence describes dating Darren Aronofsky and it’s basically the plot of ‘mother!’

When it comes to Jennifer Lawrence and mother! director Darren Aronofsky’s romance, life’s being a little too on the nose while imitating their art. 
The controversial mother! tells the story of an insufferably self-important, middle-aged Artist…

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Just when you thought breakfast couldn’t get any better, someone creates egg art

Attention all lovers of brunch: It’s time to gather ’round because the internet has cracked, whipped, and scrambled something pretty egg-citing. 
Whether you enjoy french toast, a bowl of grits, or just prefer avocado on toast, nothing completes…

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Leonardo da Vinci painting sells for eye-watering $450 million

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It’ll surely be a while before you see this much money being thrown around again.

Leonardo da Vinci’s 500-year-old painting “Salvator Mundi” has broken the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction, selling for an eye-watering $450,312,500, including buyer fees. 

The sale decisively eclipsed the previous record held by Picasso’s “Les Femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)” — which sold for $179 million in 2015. 

A crowd packed into the Christie’s saleroom in New York City gasped as the price jumped from $332 million to $350 million in one bid. Then again from $370 million to its final cost of $400 million, in a bidding war lasting just under 20 minutes. Read more…

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