LEGO Approves Van Gogh ‘The Starry Night’ Set: It Belongs In A Museum!

Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ is easily one of the most recognizable paintings in the world. And now LEGO has decided to make it an official set after the concept was proposed by builder Truman Cheng on the LEGO Ideas website, garnered the 10,000+ necessary supporters, and made it through LEGO’s approval process. Nice, I’ve already started clearing off a place on my wall to hang it.

The set will consist of a 3-dimensional recreation of the famous painting, and LEGO believes it “illustrates a whole new way to think about LEGO art.” Does this mean an entire line of famous artworks will get the LEGO treatment in the near future? Granted I don’t have my Magic 8-Ball on me, but if I had to take a guess, it is decidedly so.

The last time I was in New York, I actually went to see ‘The Starry Night’ at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, which has had the piece in its permanent collection since 1941) and I was surprised at its size. I assumed it was going to be a behemoth of a painting at like 6′ x 8′, but it’s roughly only 2′ x 3′. I was so bewildered I immediately left and tried to eat my weight in street hot dogs.

[via Nerdist]

Pixelist Turns Instagram Shots Into Oil Paintings

Think your latest Instagram shot could be a masterpiece? Then have it painted on canvas and show the whole world your awesome shot in a traditional medium.

You could commission your own artist, or you could just send it off to Pixelist.

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Pixelist is a service that promises to deliver hand-made paintings of your Instagram image of choice. Their campaign is currently up on Indiegogo, where you can get a 12×12 Pixelist painting by making a minimum pledge of $90(USD).

If you want to have a regular-sized image printed, then you can cough up $10 more to get the 12×16 painting. Prices go up from there for larger sizes.

Pixelist aims to use the money raised from their Indiegogo campaign to set up a website and spread the word about their awesome service. If you’re interested, head on over to their page before the end of the day on 7/25 and make a pledge!

[via Laughing Squid]

Dark and Surreal Art Looks at Man vs the Universe

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Dark. Powerful. Meaningful. Prophetic. Tomasz Alen Kopera describes some sort of surreal world in his paintings, with more than a slight touch of magical and abnormal, but always with sadness, melancholy and something simply bad going in the world he creates through his art.

Kopera seems to be exploring the battles between ...
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