The best public art mimics nature, as Pierre Vivant’s Traffic Light Tree does. This giant sculpture of fully-functioning traffic lights is in London adjacent to a roundabout near Canary Wharf.

Pierre…

Strangely enough, there has been a fair bit of creativity using meat. We have seen everything from household objects suitable for carnivores to hats made of meat which actually became internet smash hits.…

Australian photographer Magdalena Bors creates magical and scenic vistas using only household items and then captures them in photos.

The beauty is in the detail, and the artist bases the pieces in her…

Martin Waugh’s exceptional high-speed photography of falling water droplets made choosing the 10 images here extremely difficult. He achieves these amazing shots by varying not just the size, speed and…

All lovers of street art will adore this: A beautiful book by Stephan Doitschinoff’s who is known on the streets as Calma. This book proves that the street art scene is alive and kicking in the furthest…

At 89 7th Avenue between West 4th and Bleeker Street in the West Village of New York City, a pet shop opened four days ago without much fanfare. But after a closer look, this definitely isn’t your normal…

French designer Etienne Meneau has made some pretty strange wine carafes before, but this design appeals to the belief that red wine is good for the heart. Meneau’s heart-shaped decanter is vaguely reminiscent…

The Mario Chalk Art is a genius idea and brilliantly simple. I wish I had though of it, but I didn’t, so I will have to write about someone else’s brilliant idea again.

What I love about this is that…

I love it when an artist can take a bunch of garbage and turn it into art. Brenda Guyton created some strange creatures out of crap she found, but for the most part her creations are made of pieces from…

Nathan Sawaya is one of only three certified professional Lego artists in the world. And just in time for Christmas, he will create a 3D life-size version of anybody you chose. Nathan Sawaya has created…

L’atelier WM makes these colourful hand gesture candles by casting them from real hands. They offer quite the selection, from the good luck variety with crossed fingers. Then there is the “Live Long and…

Statuephilia is a collection of contemporary statue pieces on show at the British Museum featuring artists such as Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Ron Mueck, Noble & Webster and Marc Quinn.

The British…

This art in the park piece is titled, “Public Prayer Booth.” The work was created by Kansas City based artist Dylan Mortimer.

This is a great ‘in-your-face’ reminder for those of us who have been forgetting…

People are too quick to dismiss street artists as rebellious, out of hand vandalists, but this collection of biology-inspired images shows they really know their stuff when it comes to anatomically correct…