When film critic Roger Ebert declared that video games can never be art, he set off an internet firestorm. At this moment, 4,547 comments have rained down upon me for that blog entry. I'm informed by Wayne Hepner, who t...

The Bakemono Zukushi scroll was painted in Japan sometime in the 18-19th centuries by an unknown artist. There are 24 legendary Japanese monsters depicted on the scroll. Pink Tentacle has scans of them, including the...

(Vimeo link) This is the 8500 year history of I...  ...are" a dramatic presentation. Art Direction & amp amp

Many of us are familiar with American artist Edward Hopper's evocative painting of folks hanging out at a diner in New York City. It has been speculated that the location of this cafe is Multry Square. Jeremiah Moss seek...

Advertisements painted by hand directly onto the...  ...rovide a window into the past and evidence of the craftsmanship that once went into their production. However, th...  ...igns showcasing old time products hand painted by craftsmen . They don't make them like that any more. http...  ...http://www.hatads....

(You Tube link) And you thought crayons were just for making pretty pictures! Nathan Gibbs will set you straight. Crayola Monologues (2003) uses the crayon as a human metaphor for exploring color and identity in t...

We didn't plan it that way, but this past week turned out to be "Art Week" at Neatorama. We welcomed The Nag to Neatorama, as in Marilyn Bellamy, who many of you know as the Nag on the Lake. Since we spent years findi...

The following is an article from Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader. If you were to see some of the tacky stuff that adorns the walls here at the BRI, you may not think we are qualified to comm...

Two experts in neuroanatomy are convinced that Michelangelo's depiction of God in the Sistine Chapel contains a secret message found in the bumps on the Almighty's neck: a map of the human brain (meant to represent human...

When most of us think of someone riding a bomb, the image of Slim Pickens in the movie Dr. Strangelove comes up. But he was far from the first character to do so, as you'll see in this collection of photographs and a...