Less than a week after the latest weapon-involved domestic violence charges against George Zimmerman were dropped at the behest of his victim-slash-girlfriend, the perennial troublemaker-slash-black-teen-killer is back in the headlines today, but this time he's showcasing his softer, more artistic side.
A Kanye West fan who just didn't get her idol's art was unceremoniously booted from a recent concert by Ye himself after asking him to take off his creepy-ass mask.
It's a question as old as art itself: If a famous artist tried to apply to art school using his own iconic artwork, would he or she get in?
A Russian conceptual artist known for his extreme political protests shocked tourists visiting Moscow's Red Square yestersay by nailing his scrotum to the cobblestone pavement as part of a protest marking Russia's annual Police Day.
Art school student Clayton Pettet says he's held on to his anal virginity for the past 19 years, but he's finally ready to lose it — and he wants to share his grand opening with the world.
When Bryan Lewis Saunders heard from a friend about a "fuck mattress" near his apartment that was in the service of some local prostitutes, he did what any other person who also happens to be a performance artist would do: He decided to give it an extreme makeover.
Inspired by a 1986 Smiths gig poster that features a ponderous Charlie Brown, Bay Area graphic designer Lauren LoPrete decided to see what would happen if she combined other Morrissey-penned lyrics with random panels from Peanuts comic strips.
It's been almost exactly one year since octogenarian Spanish widow Cecilia Giménez took it upon herself to destroy an 80-year-old Jesus fresco painted on the wall of her local church — and what a year it's been.
Sure, we could talk about the upcoming release of Lady Gaga's third studio album ARTPOP. Or the controversy surrounding the album's (alleged) first leaked song, the "burqa swag" anthem "Aura."
A Chilean artist is being called "filthy," "disgusting," "blessed," and "unique," for sharing an extremely intimate part of her life with complete strangers: Five years worth of her own menstrual blood.
The controversial "Nude Men" (NSFW) exhibit at Vienna's Leopold Museum is making headlines once again.
At the time of writing there is just one comment underneath Annie Leibovitz's Hurricane Sandy-themed photoshoot for Vogue magazine: "this is tacky and tasteless."
On last night's episode of Conan, millennial movie star Aubrey Plaza regaled the audience with a potentially tall-tale of how she came to hang a portrait of a nude, callipygian woman alleged to be her in full view of all who enter her home.
When last we left elderly Spanish villager Cecilia Giménez, she was attempting to cash in on her infamy as the world's worst fresco restorer by trying to copyright her beastly tarnishing of GarcÃa MartÃnez's Ecce Homo.
A Swedish visual artist is being accused of disturbing the peace of the dead and desecrating human remains for using a solution made up of equal parts water and Holocaust victim ashes to paint his latest work of art.
This one really needs no comment because, well, it's a 25-lbs. portrait of "Honey Boo Boo Child" Alana Thompson made entirely out of trash.
A controversial art installation at a sushi bar in Vienna will allow male patrons to peek into the restaurant's ladies room from inside the men's room through a one-way mirror separating the the two restrooms.
A local CBS affiliate uncovered the personal art website of Jeffrey Johnson, the 58-year-old man who shot a former co-worker and was gunned down by police yesterday.
A Canadian-Ukranian artist has recruited several women to play the part of sleeping beauty in a new art installation currently on display at the National Art Museum of Ukraine.
Santa Monica-based artist Lorenzo Maggiore is seeking $15,000 from generous donors to help cover the mass production costs of his latest invention: A shotgun-themed "insect eradication device" that offers a "chemical free alternative for eradicating pesky insects."
