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Michael Murphy is a master when it comes to optical illusion. His most recent work, The Immigrant , is a three-dimensional composition made of 2,300 black wooden spheres suspended with translucent fibers. When you view the sculpture from the right angle, the seemingly chaotic array of objects suddenly aligns to form an image of Michael's partner Natasha Vladimirova. The imagery was inspired by the contributions immigrants make in enriching the society and economy. Natasha is an immigrant and it is with her help that the artwork was made possible. Michael studied sculpture at Kent State University and received his masters degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The Brooklyn-based artist became famous when he created the first fine art portraits of Barack Obama during his 2007 presidential campaign. His work has been featured in various publications and websites and can be seen in numerous permanent installations around the globe.

Adobe Fresco is now available on the iPad and it's free... sort of. Android and Windows users will have to wait a little bit longer. Creative Cloud subscribers can use the painting and illustration app for no additional cost while others can download a free version that has limited access to certain things like brushes, exporting and future updates. A standalone version of Fresco is also available for purchase at $9.99 a month, which comes with six months for free if you sign up by December 31st. Kyle Webster, who works as senior design evangelist at Adobe, shares his thoughts on the app: "I know that professional artists will find a lot to love in Fresco. But I'm just as eager to have kids and people who have never thought of themselves as artists try it. Fresco on iPad lets you experiment with materials that most novices would never have access to. You can try out different kinds of media and different techniques and if things don't turn out the way yo...

Somewhere in the back room of our memories Elle Fanning is still a child star. She's radiant and carefree—a cheerful little girl who brings sunshine to everyone. At the age of nine, Elle landed the lead role on Phoebe in Wonderland. Since then, she has continued to act, taking supporting roles in films. Her breakthrough came in 2011 with her starring role in Super 8, for which her performance was praised by critics. Here's Elle on the cover of Tatler 's November issue . She looks stunning. But at first glance, you probably wouldn't have recognized her. Maybe it's the result of the makeup, lighting, or the colorful headscarf she's wearing, but the Neon Demon star looks much different than the actress fans are used to seeing. Tatler 's November 2019 issue hits newsstands October 3rd.

It's not every day you get to jump, crawl, walk, and play on a giant hammock slash trampoline-like installation. But kids (and adults) who visit Exhibit Columbus have a chance to do just that. Titled Into the Hedge , the massive piece features 130 trees covered in pink, yellow and blue nylon webbing. After the exhibition is over, the trees will be planted in a garden and the woven material will be used to make bags. The gabions, mulch, limestone and other parts that comprise the piece will all be recycled into local infrastructure projects. Exhibit Columbus features 18 site-specific installations by designers, architects, artists, and academics from across the United States and Mexico. The event runs until December 1, 2019. Found via Dezeen

Dressed in his trademark parka, former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher participates in Vogue's 73 Questions series while taking a brisk walk through London's Hampstead Heath. The popular video segment is normally rehearsed, with several takes. But Liam's outdoor interview was shot just once with no rehearsal and no advance peek at the questionnaire.

Imagine if Napoleon Bonaparte had an Instagram account, or if Pauline de Broglie was on Twitter. In his upcoming solo exhibition at Galerie Bessiéres in France, Denver-based artist Shawn Huckins satirically juxtaposes French history with internet culture.  Titled Happy Go Lucky , the collection features paintings based on 18th and 19th century portraits by French artists which Shawn painstakingly copied by hand. Superimposed over the images are hand-painted texts and symbols that remind us how our language is currently being radically transformed.         For example, Shawn recreates Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's The Valpinçon Bather with the words PLZ DELETE ME. Bashi-Bazouk , painted by Jean-Léon Gérôme in 1869, is embellished with the words M K WHTEVR. Renoir's Pére Fournaise gets the Internet slang LMAO printed across the old man's face. Happy Go Lucky is opening at Galerie Bessiéres on October 4, 2019, and wil...

When promoting something, companies want to create a strong connection between their products and the consumers. What better way to do that than through the use of humor? This 60-second spot for Splenda really made my day.

This collapsable skateboard concept from industrial designer Chia-Wei Chen is small enough to fit in a backpack or a locker. It's made from interlocking pivot hinges and looks sturdy enough to carry me on long rides. I've seen a variety of folding skateboards before, but some of them have really bad designs. This one looks pretty nice.

Ryo Ogawa, better known as Roamcouch, recently finished this beautiful art piece in Fukushima. The 43-year-old Japanese street artist spent four days working on the mural and was joined by local kids in spray painting the stars on the side of the windmill. Influenced by manga, Roamcouch is known for his impressive works that can require up to fifty different layers of stencils. Incredibly, each stencil is both hand-drawn and hand-cut by the Gifu native himself. Roamcouch spray-paints on top of each stencil until he gets his desired results. His work has been featured at solo and group exhibitions in Japan, Norway, London, Malaysia, Germany, France, and in the US. In 2014, he opened his first solo show, titled A Beautiful Life , in New York and achieved an amazing feat of selling out the entire collection. Roamcouch has a Facebook page that updates quite often and a website where you can find all his work.

Next time you visit your grandmother, be sure to help her clean her house because you never know what kind of treasure you'll find. In this case, the treasure found was a rare Renaissance artwork by Florentine painter Cimabue and it turns out it may be worth up to $6.6 million. Th 13th-century piece, titled The Mocking of Christ , was discovered hanging above a hot plate in a 90-year-old woman's kitchen in France. It is believed to be part of a polyptych—a larger work of painted scenes divided into several panels—which also included the Flagellation of Christ and the Madonna and Child Enthroned Between Two Angels . The painting will go on sale on October 27 at the Actéon auction house in Senlis.

When you think about somewhere that is peaceful and quiet, what do you imagine? Whether it's a quaint countryside, a remote tropical island, or a magnificent Japanese garden, tranquillity is mainly found in natural outdoor environments. Cityscapes, however, can also serve as subject equally as engrossing as their nature-made counterparts. That's how I feel every time I look at Laurent Minguet's work. I find peace in his beautiful urban landscapes. Wood_City is a collection of monochromatic cityscapes painted on untreated cherry wood, walnut and oak panels. Each of Laurent's pieces exhibits his obvious appetite for visual arts and his undeniable love of the urban jungle. There's a lot to see in his paintings, so make sure you visit his website and Instagram to fully enjoy the scope and detail of it all. Found via Yatzer

This rare signed copy of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is expected to fetch up to $25,000 at Heritage Auctions' Photographs Auction on October 4 in New York. The print has four signatures: three by the only three soldiers in the picture who survived the battle, and one by photographer Joe Rosenthal. The photo was originally owned by artist Felix de Weldon, who used it as his basis for the massive sculpture for the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. Heritage Auctions tells more about this iconic image: "On February 23, 1945 there were two American flag raisings on the top of Mount Suribachi. The first flag was hoisted about 10:30 am. It was decided that the first flag was too small and that a second larger flag should be upraised. Around noon the second flag was uplifted and Rosenthal took this Pulitzer Prize winning photograph. There were six flag-raisers originally identified in the photograph - Ira Hayes, Michael Strank, Franklin Sousley, Rene Gagnon...

With the advent of social media, the tradition of sending postcards to friends and family back home has sadly declined. But before Facebook and Instagram came along, the humble postcard was the ultimate holiday brag. These pop culture postcards from Gallery1988 are so clever and creative you'll want to frame them and keep them for yourself. The collection features dozens of original pieces paying tribute to your favorite movies and TV shows with impressive artwork from the gallery's favorite artists. The postcards are inspired by the likes of Jurassic Park , Adventure Time , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , Friday the 13th , Game of Thrones , Midsommar and much more. Here are some of my favorites:

Swedish company Hövding has released its third generation wearable airbag for cyclists dubbed as the 'world's safest' bike helmet. Just like the previous models, it's worn around the neck like a collar and protects the head in event of a crash, just like a car airbag. Here's how it works in slow motion: Hövding 3, the company claims, is easier to use, adjustable, Bluetooth-ready and 8x safer than a normal helmet. The latest version comes equipped with a newly upgraded battery that lasts up to 15 hours and its very own app. This can tell you how much juice you have left and it can also call emergency contacts in the event of an accident. Would you pay 299 euros for this wearable airbag?

When life gives you coffee beans, make sneakers. Helsinki-based Vietnamese designers Son Chu and Jesse Tran have managed to create high-quality shoes made of used coffee grounds and recycled plastic. The company, called Rens Original , says the kicks are waterproof, light, durable and odor-resistant. A pair of these unisex slip-ons weighs about 460 grams – 300 grams of that is coffee. The equivalent of six discarded plastic bottles is also used in each pair. They're made by infusing the used coffee grounds with the plastic bottle pellets. Once infused, this material is then spun into a polymer yarn where it is then knitted onto a waterproof membrane. So if you want to help the environment while shopping for fashionable kicks, perhaps Rens is perfect for you.

I always admire people who turn electronic waste into fascinating recycled art. Take, for example, these electronic arthropods by Julie Alice Chappell. The British artist has skillfully assembled old circuit boards from discarded computers and obsolete gadgets and turned them into gorgeous insect-like figures. Julie's fascination with these "bugs" began when she came across a box of electronic junk donated to a crafting center in Portsmouth. From these scrap materials rose a beautiful collection of electronic insects. About the Artist: "My practice involves breaking down the pre-existing materials, reinterpreting them and offering them a new form with new purpose, creating something beautiful, whimsical and precious. Although my miniature worlds collection can be full of charm, playful, colourful, odd, bizarre, quirky and enticing, like a cabinet of curious, each piece tells a darker underlying story. ‘Wings’ have been used in my subversive taxonom...

From Marcus Leatherdale comes a new photo book, Out of the Shadows , about the bursting New York art and performance scene of the '80s. The 120-page hardcover features stunning black and white portraits of Andy Warhol, Jodie Foster, Madonna, Debbie Harry, Dianne Brill and more. The Montreal-born photographer has been exhibiting for more than two decades in museums and galleries worldwide and his new book is a genuine treat for any '80s fan. Madonna Jodie Foster Andy Warhol Debbie Harry