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Opulent taxidermy made by Idiots

The Idiots are an artistic collective made up of Afke Golsteijn and Floris Bakker, whose work, as they describe, is “characterized by the use of animal material exquisitely sculpted into natural...

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Abandoned suitcases of insane asylum patients

These fascinating images show abandoned suitcases which belonged to patients who were residents of the Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane between the 1910s and early 1960s. The institution stored...

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Children not looking at modern art

I can’t overstate how much I love this photograph of two little girls not looking at modern art in the San Francisco Museum of Art. I am unsure of the date and photographer of this remarkable image...

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Horses, balloons, bunnies and smoke: Surreal photographs by Andrea Galvani

Andrea Galvani is an Italian artist working out of Brooklyn, New York, whose conceptual work spans across the mediums of sculpture, photography, video and performance, challenging the clear-cut...

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Tony Fomison’s inner werewolf

Art and monsters are two of my all-time favorite things, so I’m in (weird, twisted) heaven when the two things combine. A strange, hairy beast lurks inside the soul of New Zealand artist Tony Fomison –...

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Wearing her own face

Chelsea Nichols explores just what is creepy about Gillian Wearing's photograph of Lily Cole wearing a damaged mask of her own face.

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GUEST POST: Make your own bat colony with Alice Fennessy

Create your own bat colony: a downloadable art activity designed by curator and museum educator Alice Fennessy

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Imposter family portraits

The family portraits in Hans Eijkelboom's 'With My Family' series contain an unsettling secret.

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The pelvises of Christine Borland

Christine Borland's 'Set Conversation Pieces' (1998) combine obstetric pelvises with 18th century English china.

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