News
June 24, 2025

The Netherlands Returns 119 Looted Historical Bronze Artworks to Nigeria

Over the last few years, museums around the world have vowed to return artwork and artifacts that were looted from their places of origin. The latest institution to fulfill their promise is the Wereldmuseum, in the Dutch city of Leiden. In tandem with the government of the Netherlands, they've returned 119 stolen artifacts, known as Benin Bronzes, to Nigeria.

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Drawing
June 24, 2025

Artist’s Remarkable Patience Brings Stunning Stippling Art to Life With Millions of Dots

Like any art form, creating a detailed drawing takes time. But for French stippling artist Xavier Casalta, he spends hundreds and even thousands of hours, sometimes over the course of years, on a single piece. Casalta’s breathtakingly intricate drawings of architecture, botanicals, and more come to life through the painstaking application of millions of tiny dots on paper. The pointillism technique demands an extraordinary level of patience, but the end results are totally worth it.

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Technology
June 23, 2025

World’s First Personal 3D-Texture UV Printer Revolutionizes DIY Creativity

Being creative at home just got a whole lot easier thanks to an exciting new product wrapping up its Kickstarter campaign. The eufyMake E1 is the world's first personal 3D-texture UV printer and transforms any space into a professional printing shop. With the ability to print 3D textures on virtually any material, it's a revolutionary product for anyone with a small creative business.

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Street Art
June 23, 2025

46-Foot-Tall Mural Beautifully Expresses a Balance Between Strength, Fragility, and Resilience

Every year for the past decade, the Alpine city of Grenoble, in southeastern France, becomes a beacon for street art. That annual transformation is thanks in large part to the Street Art Festival of Grenoble, which, since 2015, has brought more than 400 murals to the city by artists from around the world. For this year’s edition, the UK-based duo SNIK unveiled Flourish, their newest and, in many ways, most technically complex artwork to date.

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