THE BEST Art

Wander through the public spaces of the White House and explore its artworks from the comfort of your computer, thanks to Google’s collaboration with President Obama and the First Lady.

A group of colorful beings bring an equally colorful city to life with their mind in this eye-popping animated short film by Argentinian design and motion graphics studio 2veinte.

A young man experiences afterlife in the Old West, still haunted by memories of his lover. An animated visual feast directed by Mike Roberts, based on the music of Canadian indie rock band The Sadies.

David Lindecrantz created this cool retro-style app which takes your iOS device back to the 80s, complete with classic Macintosh and Game Boy B&W dithering algorithms. Sample images here.

Cribble put the envelopes given to him by his university’s career department to send out resumes in to good use as the background for this imaginative and often nonsensical short animation.

Now through April 15th, 100% of the net proceeds of these cool art prints, magnets and keychains from ExBoyfriend go to help save the lives of animals through the Maryland SPCA. DJ Kitty FTW!

The title says it all for this awesome print from The Oatmeal. The perfect print for any kitchen, as Grizz spices up his kill with an ample dose of hot sauce. Signed by the artist and measures ~19″x27″.

Youtuber rikkitikkiberger captured the long process of lathing that woodturner Soren Berger uses to make one of his unique lampshades. Don’t worry, he repurposes all that scrap material.

Australian painter Jeremy Geddes often uses space travelers in urban environments as a motif in his hyperreal/surreal work. The results are amazing dreamlike images like these.

It was this epic poster for a Mastodon show that first drew us to designer/illustrator John Vogl’s work. Truth is that his great style and clever touch make it hard to find a print of his we don’t like.

Illustrator Stephen Wildish tries to make something witty each Friday. These film alphabets with clever graphics corresponding to each letter are great examples and available in plenty of print options.

There’s something strangely compelling about the way that the classic cello of Yo-Yo Ma perfectly complements the smooth moves of Los Angeles based dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley.

Daniel Franke and Cedric Kiefer created this digital sculpture by capturing the movements and sounds of a dancer using three Kinects, then rendering them into abstract volumetric 3D forms.

To create these images, R. Iida and Y. Tanaka captured numerous portraits of a subject sitting still over a three-minute period, then layered them to reveal the small movements they each made.

Samsung Portugal produced this eye-popping clip which features some of the coolest projection mapping we’ve seen – using a human being as the projection surface instead of a building or screens.

Someday a “book” will be but bits of data, just one of the many functions embedded in our gadgets. Here’s a look at the soon-to-be lost art of printing and bookbinding, courtesy of Glen Milner.

Sam Hallows made five illustrations of Star Wars characters, vehicles and ships. They’re bare sketches, but what makes them impressive is that they were each made with a single, continuous line.

You’ve probably seen pictures of this crazy room floating around the Web. Watch the video to see how graffiti artist Tilt and his friends created the split-personality Panic Room at Au Vieux Panier.

DeviantART member paperbeatsscissors matches characters from comics, videogames and cartoons and captions them with the sympathetic meme. Can you guess all the character connections?

Callum Cooper and John Kassab place us in a truly unique perspective – on the arc of a jumprope – as it twirls over the heads and under the feet of multiple jumpers. Dizzying and amazing.

Artist Willard Wigan uses a microscope to help create incredibly detailed miniature sculptures which reside in the tiniest of places – inside the eye of a needle. (Second hat tip to Faith is Torment.)

Spanish photographer Victor Enrich loves taking pictures of urban landscapes, only to manipulate the structures he captures into surreal shapes that are evidently fake but still seem authentic.

UK artist Derek Kinzett creates incredibly detailed sculptural figures using precisely formed lengths of wire. His life-size human forms are pretty amazing, but we’re partial to the motorcycle.

Artist Ryan Renders created this very clever and perfectly detailed bust modeled after one of the greatest mashups of evil ever conceived. Lightsaber Power Sword ftw.

For his Time series, John Clang created montage style photographs that show how time moves and emphasize the fact that we all travel, albeit at different times, in the shame shared space.

“An epic multi-medium show celebrating all things Zelda.” Featuring works of over 30 artists who fell in love – just like millions of us – with Miyamoto’s masterpiece. Through 4/21 at Land Gallery.