Underwater Photography
February 9, 2025

Photographer Breaks Yet Another Guinness World Record for the Deepest Underwater Model Photoshoot

In June 2021, photographer Steve Haining set out to break a Guinness World Record for achieving the deepest underwater model photoshoot. At the time, it felt like the ultimate feat of underwater photography, pushing both the limits of diving and art. Yet, Haining and model Ciara Antoski kept challenging themselves, breaking the record again and then again. For their latest endeavor, the pair held a photoshoot at 163.4 feet underwater.

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Sculpture
February 7, 2025

150-Foot-Long Serpentine Sculpture Celebrates the Year of the Snake at World Trade Center Oculus

It's officially the Year of the Snake, and to celebrate, the World Trade Center Oculus has installed a large sculptural serpent. INFINITE HARMONY is a monumental serpentine structure created by Danielle Chang, founder of LUCKYRICE, internationally renowned artist Warren King, and architects Richard Gluckman and Andrew Weigand. The installation, which spans 150 feet and features augmented reality, will be on view until February 12, 2025.

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Street Art
February 7, 2025

Self-Taught Artist Masterfully Spray Paints Large-Scale Hyperrealistic Portraits [Interview]

North Carolina-based graffiti artist JEKS ONE is known for his hyperealistic portraiture. Often accomplished on a large scale, these murals show JEKS ONE's incredible mastery of spray paint. His work is all the more impressive when one realizes that not only is he self-taught but that he also only picked up painting again about 10 years ago after a career in music.

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News
February 6, 2025

Researchers Uncover Previously Unknown Portrait Beneath Iconic Titian Painting

In his painting Christ Shown to the People (or Ecce Homo), Titian conjures a brutal scene. Beneath the eerie glow of a torchlight, Pontius Pilate, the Roman ruler of Judea, presents Jesus to the unseen crowd who will decide his fate. Researchers in Cyprus, however, have recently discovered the Titian painting is more than simply a religious narrative: it’s also a puzzle, bearing a portrait hidden beneath layers of paint.

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