Floating vacant smiles cheer up London: A dyed helium soap-foam cloud - one of 2,057 released in an installation by British artist Stuart Semple - rises over the Thames past St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Semple was trying to add a little levity to the current economic situation. Watch the video at http://www.wikio.com/video/879204

When your back windsheild gets dirt, instead of the usual "WASH ME," why not get a bit more creative, like Scott Wade and his Dirty Car Art.

Check out Randy Ritchey and her "Insanity is a Virtue" Art Show at the James Gray Gallery in Santa Monica - hard-edged and provocative and still aesthetically pleasing, and the artist is HOT! You can't make this stuff up!

Find your new favorite urban photographer here. Amanda Lopez has been working to make a name for herself in Bay Area music and culture publications. See her blog here and admire your new perspective.

Creator of the world’s first underwater sculpture park, Jason de Caires Taylor has gained international recognition for his unique work. His sculptures highlight ecological processes whilst exploring the intricate relationships between modern art and the environment. Check it out!

Mind bending origami pieces made with a dollar bill!

A giant microphone seems to pierce the tiled floor of Berlin's main railway station in an art installation advertising a radio station.

Thomas the Tank Engine never saw it coming...
Gotta love Banksy!

Oil Drum Tapestry by Cal Lane. I saw this work in person at Bergamot Station and it is absolutely amazing!

The Tom Golden Collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Now through December 13th at the CSUN Art Gallery.

Wondering what to do with those old records? How about recycling them into a piece of modern art like this?

I don't know how I find this stuff... Click on the pictures - it's fun!

Lets beautify ugly spaces...

Graffiti Projection! Display your graffiti without damaging property.

I love this website! It will motivate you to get creative with all that inexpensive furniture from Ikea.

Check out the Chicago freak bike scene! Freakbikes, choppers, funnybikes, clownbikes, kustoms, tallbikes, mutant bikes, cargo bikes, tallchoppers, frankenbikes... This is a record of human-powered creativity in Chicago.

Check out Chris Burden's "Urban Light" sculpture. The light poles will link the original LACMA with the soon-to-open Broad Museum of Contemporary Art.

Like mirages shimmering in a desert, four man-made waterfalls pour 35,000 gallons of water a minute into the East River and New York harbor in one of the most ambitious public art projects undertaken in the United States.
Inspired in part by the waterfalls of Iceland, where Eliasson grew up, the artist called waterfalls "a fantastic natural phenomenon," but added that they are also a way to make people think not only about water but also space because "water falls through space."

Not everything is exactly as you appear to see it!

A great exhibit of art by Gary Palmer, "Distilled Landscapes" will be at the Tarryn Teresa Gallery at Bergamot Station from May 3rd to the 30th. There's also a special reception on May 10th, 2008 from 6pm - 8pm. Bergamot Station is at 2525 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404. You can also get more info on the gallery at www.tarrynteresa.com.

Check out an event near you and support some great, worthy causes!

- May 3rd @ 6:30 pm: Barker Hanger, Santa Monica Airport
- May 3rd @ 7:00 pm: Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave
- May 7th @ 2:00 pm: 3100 Airport Ave, Orange Hanger #3 Santa Monica
- May 7th @ 6:00 pm: 6505 Wilshire Blvd. #100 Los Angeles
- May 10th @ 6:30 pm: O'Donnel Hall, 624 15th St. Manhattan Beach
- May 18th @/ 12:00 noon: Venice Middle School, Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA

Check out this Joshua Allen Harris street sculpture... who knew subway air could be so creative?

This is a great time-lapse video straight from the Japanese art scene.

If you just happen to have that kind of money lying around and were wondering what to spend it on, this could be it. Damien Hirst's latest artwork is this life-size platinum skull encrusted with 8,601 fine diamonds. Titled 'For The Love Of God', this is the most expensive contemporary artwork ever made!

Artist: Michael Schunke
Nine Iron designs, privately commissioned works and his own sculptural pieces. These classic straight sided incalmo bottles are a wonderful example of sophisticated yet simple design. Incalmo is a glassblowing technique used to create bands of color by joining two or more sections of hot glass. The complimenting top and bottom colors of each vase are separated by an opaque band of color containing gold leaf.

For more than a decade, Japanese artist Mariko Mori has been donning a special bodysuit, climbing inside her custom transparent time capsule, and posing at famous spots around the globe. For Mori, whose art often blends pop glamour and mysticism, Zen Buddhism and Hollywood sci-fi, this project has a higher purpose. “It’s a kind of peace mission,” she says, “connecting East and West as well as past, present, and future.”

Sculptor David Mach created a female nude from Scrabble tiles, using 4,200 pieces worth more than 7,600 points. The figure stands eight feet tall.