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The Art of Mia Mäkilä

Halloween is the ultimate excuse to indulge in all things horror. Paradoxically, for someone who can no longer feast on horror films, the gut wrenching vivid nightmares that inevitably ensue have seen these days (and nights) go into premature retirement, I simply cannot get enough of horror art. Maybe the silence of these captivating and haunting images are more amenable to my subconscious mind? Whatever the reason, the simple fact is, I bloody love gothic, macabre and horror art – in abundance. Read more…

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Limited Edition “Halloween” Vannen Watch by Dirty Donny

A Very Frighteningly Artistic “DIY” Halloween Competition

Can you create art to die for?! The spooookiest season has arrived so now’s your chance to put your own spin on it (no pun intended). Don your witch or wizard hats and prepare to whip up some DIY magic! Read more…

YrWall | Interactive Digital Graffiti Wall from Lumacoustics on Vimeo.

Off the wall. No solvents, no drips, no runs.

With so many tedious and laborious tasks being made quicker and easier via the interweb it should come as no great surprise that you can even co-exist via your own pseudo ‘digital you’. Thanks to websites such as Second Life you can live out all of your wildest dreams and perversions anonymously in an ever-evolving 3D fantasy world. Read more…

Have you ever really looked at Picasso’s Guernica?

Originally completed in 1937, Picasso’s Guernica has become one of the strongest anti-war symbols of our time. A graphic reaction to the bombings on the town of Guernica by the Nazis, it depicts the deep suffering inflicted on innocent civilians during the World War II. Over 70 years later, the symbolic nature of the painting continues to be as relevant now as it was then. Read more…