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Spanish artist Fernando Suárez Reguera uses wrought iron, bronze, and sometimes resin to create these wonderful figurative sculptures. Patience and an astute attention to detail have got to be some of his fortes. If you're a fan, like I expect you should be, check out his website and follow him on Instagram for maximum awesomesauce.  [h/t:  Bizarre Beyond Belief ]

Just ignore the lyrics — which only have the barest glancing of relevance to the music video — and concentrate on the visuals. Because it's dripping with 80s slash 90s goodness, from Body Double to Terminator to the awesomely ridiculous Beavis and Butt-Head .

Taku Obata is a Japanese artist who produces impressive life size sculptures that pay homage to the breakdancing subculture. Using traditional Japanese wood carving techniques, the Saitama-born sculptor creates b-boys clad in neon sweatsuits and exaggerated hats and glasses posing in various breakdancing stances. Taku has showcased his art all across Japan – including a solo exhibition at the Nakamura Keith Haring Museum in 2012 and the Jonathan Levine Gallery in 2014. He is probably right now in his lair, creating some new b-boys for yet another epic street dance battle. [h/t: Very Nearly Almost ]

American writer and painter Henry Darger is probably the best-known outsider artist in the world. He lived a life of magnificent confinement, but produced spellbinding masterpieces. His work is contentious, provocative, sexual and childlike all at the same time. This is a short documentary about his life and art. [h/t: Kottke ]

Perhaps I'm late to the party but did you know that NASA is opening an art gallery for aliens? In September, the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. In hopes of making the minor planet the first extra-terrestrial art gallery known to man, the space agency is inviting the public to submit paintings, sketches, photographs, poems, songs, videos and other forms of creative expression. These works will be encoded on a chip and left in the asteroid's soil. NASA is accepting submissions until March 20, and artists around the globe can send their works to the OSIRIS-REx Twitter or Instagram accounts using the hashtag #WeTheExplorers. Videos published to YouTube and Vimeo will be accepted as well; just link to your clips in an appropriately tagged tweet. To know more about the technical guidelines, visit the campaign's website . Below are some of my favorites from Twitter.

It's not just the pictures of celebrities in skimpy outfits that makes Instagram interesting. But if those are the only people you follow, then you are missing out. The social media platform is full of some of the most talented artists of the moment, but one account that truly caught my eye is cold___meat , which is dedicated to vintage pictures of BDSM art and erotica.  The account has been cancelled several times, but it's alive and kicking and is showing no sign of slowing down. Dazed recently interviewed Daryl, the mysterious founder of Cold Meat, to learn more about his background, his fear of another shutdown, and his mission to make "formerly clandestine and underground erotica available to a wider audience." A photo posted by Darryl (@cold___meat) on Oct 31, 2015 at 1:11pm PDT A photo posted by Darryl (@cold___meat) on Nov 6, 2015 at 8:35am PST A photo posted by Darryl (@cold___meat) on Jul 22, 2015 at 7:17pm PDT

I don't know if this interests you but I just found out that the Library of Congress has obtained 96 courtroom sketches of high-profile cases, spanning over four decades. The drawings range from Watergate whistleblower Mark Felt to murderer Charles Manson, and were acquired through the generosity of the prominent Los Angeles lawyer Thomas V. Girardi. The collection includes illustrations by Aggie Kenny, Bill Robles and Elizabeth Williams, who have chronicled famous trials over the last fifty years. Although courtroom art is slowly going out of fashion in many court districts, sketch artists are still widely used around the world.

Instagram has become the world's largest art gallery, with the opportunity to view different types of artwork from talented people around the globe. Thanks to the social networking site, I discovered the beautiful and evocative watercolor portraits of Stella Blu and am now one of her biggest fans. I love the color schemes, the contrast, almost everything about them. Stella was born in England and moved to the United States when she was six. After that, she grew up in many different places such as Sri Lanka, Texas, Connecticut, and eventually California. Aside from watercolor, she also works in a variety of mediums, including colored pencil and sometimes acrylic and oil paints. From having her work featured in Fox's hit TV series New Girl to designing the cover art for Prince's album 3rdeyegirl , the Los Angles-based artist is already making her mark in the contemporary art scene. To know more about Stella, be sure to check out her website and her inte

When you think of a normal typical doll you probably conjure up visions of Barbie, a Care Bear, or a Strawberry Shortcake. But not all dolls are charming. Some are scary, some are bizarre, and others are down right brilliant—like this angry Vincent van Gogh doll . It's available from The Unemployed Philosophers Guild for $19, and like their other Little Thinker dolls, Vincent stands 11 inches tall. But what makes it totally unique is that the left ear can be removed and reattached. Well, this actually makes a lot of sense. As the story goes, the Dutch painter allegedly cut off his own ear after a dispute with fellow artist Paul Gauguin, and gave it to a whore at their favorite brothel. "The tortured artist Vincent van Gogh can now be tortured just a little bit more," reads the doll description. "We have to admit this is an uncommon doll, but Vincent van Gogh was pretty uncommon, himself." [h/t: Laughing Squid ]

If you happen to venture to England in the coming weeks, make sure to visit Legoland Windsor's exhibition of this massive LEGO Death Star. The spherical model contains over 500,000 bricks, weighs approximately 1,900 pounds, and took 15 builders with superhuman abilities over three months to complete. The 2.4 meter wide, 3 meter high creation will serve as the centerpiece of the 651,086-piece Star Wars Miniland Model Display, which will be showcased when Legoland Windsor opens for the season on March 11.  [h/t: Comic Book Resources ]

I really like these whimsical ceramic creatures by James DeRosso. Yes, they have bulging eyes and toothy grins, but they're not scary at all. The Portland-based artist started making cute monsters while he was a student to jokingly create gargoyle-like guardians for the kiln. After other students kept taking his quirky little figures, he realized there was a market for them. "I'm enjoying the whole monster making niche," James says. "It's amazingly gratifying to be doing ceramics full time and especially to be a teacher introducing kids to the joy of clay." Be sure to visit his website and like his Facebook page for the latest monster news.

What you see here is the world's oldest-known woven garment still in existence. It's 5,000 years old, and was found by archeologists in an ancient Egyptian tomb in 1913. The Tarkhan Dress, as it has been dubbed, is currently on display at London's Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Researchers believe that a teenager or a slender woman wore it. [h/t: National Geographic ]

Using dismembered parts from old toys and found objects, artists from Y_Nakajima create creepy dystopian figures. The Japanese modder is really good at subjugating childhood icons. For example, they took the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine and turned him into this unbearable monstrosity. Take a look at some of their creations below, and visit their blog for more creepy goodness.  [h/t: Kotaku ]

I have not read the book it's based on, but the movie version of The Light Between Oceans , starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz, looks pretty solid—the kind of movie that wins awards. Based on the best-selling novel from M.L. Stedman, the Derek Cianfrance-directed film follows the story of a lighthouse-tending couple (Fassbender and Vikander) that end up raising a baby they rescue from a boat. But several years later, the child's mother (Weisz) appears, explaining that she lost her baby at sea around the same time. It hits theaters on September 2.

I recently discovered Raven Kwok 's art and now I'm infatuated with it. Raven (aka Guo, Ruiwen) is a visual artist, animator and creative programmer, whose artistic and research interest mainly focus on exploring generative visual aesthetic brought by computer algorithms and software processes. His latest project, a lyric video for Greatness by Karma Fields featuring Talib Kweli, is such an awesome visual experience, and the music isn't bad either. Enjoy!

I read somewhere that a commuter sued Showtime a couple of years ago because an advertisement caused her to break her ankle. The ad for the TV series Dexter , featuring Michael C. Hall's face wrapped in a plastic sheet, was so disturbing, the woman lost her footing and tumbled down a subway staircase. Well, this artwork by Axel Void reminds me of that Dexter ad. A few months ago, the Miami-based artist was invited by the good folks from WEAART Festival to create a new piece on the streets of Aalborg in Denmark. The mural is based on his Sehnsucht exhibition in Berlin, which gives "emphasis to that confusion and state of wellbeing within our basic necessities, and longing for something else." More about the artist: "Axel Void has from an early age been strongly influenced by classical painting and drawing. Void's style is nostalgic and sometimes bittersweet – and his signature style proposes striking and ironic messages in an everyday life c

Modern art enthusiasts are a special breed of people. But here's what I learned after watching this clip: Even with the most limited artistic skills, you can still make something totally worthy of that coveted MoMA wall. [h/t: Pleated Jeans ]

Sheffield-based street artist Phlegm was recently in New Zealand where he painted this huge wall for the Fringe Festival organized in the beautiful city of Wellington. The mural shows various film projectors and steampunk contraptions handled by two odd creatures, all reminiscent of the British artist's imagery. Aside from street art, Phlegm also creates comics and books of his ink drawings. I highly recommend you check out his blog and follow him on Instagram for maximum awesomesauce.  Thanks, @ StreetKiwi !

While I believe mother nature needs to be protected for the benefit of ourselves and future generations to come, I think this poster from ad agency TBWA Copenhagen is just absurd. You might feel better after clicking that "like" button, but in reality… you've done nothing more than press your finger.  [h/t: Ads of the World ]

What would it look like if characters from The Force Awakens were born in the Regency era? This is the question Mer, who runs the Star Wars  fan blog The Real McGee , asked himself when he created these playful new illustrations. Some of our favorite characters like Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren got the Regency treatment as images of them resembled 19th century portraits. If you're interested in owning a work of art from Mer, you can purchase these illustrations as prints on his Society6 store . [h/t: Geeks are Sexy ]