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Adobe Photoshop has come up with exciting upgrades for brushes, curvature pens which can be used by designers, digital photographers, and illustrators. The new update is somewhat similar to the Adobe Illustrator. Some of the upgrades are : Stroke Smo
The LA Art Show focuses mostly on modern and contemporary art and it is an annual event held in Los Angeles. According to LA art show, "The LA Art Show entered its third decade with an expanded curatorial team, harnessing their knowledge and experience to drive the International focus and content development of the fair. We partnered with galleries and non-profits to feature bold new art performances and continued to expand out Littletopia and Street Art sections both at the fair and at off-site events to facilitate dealer and collector networking and create a...
Smithsonian magazine organises photography contest anually to encourage and bring out the talented photographers around the world. The contest is open to all photographers who are above 18 years of age. The contestants can submit 15 photographs per category for a contest total of 90 submissions. The Smithsonian will select 10 finalists per category, a winner for each category and a Grand Prize winner from the 60 finalists. The 60 finalists will be announced in the website by spring 2018.
DEADLINE : November 30 2017
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Street Art : The Crystal Ship is a group of street artists who travel around the world and showcase their talents. After the successful annual street art festival in Ostend, they travelled to city of Dendermonde in Belgium. Six artists were chosen to showcase their talents. The six popular artists painted a total of six murals and 20 attractive art interventions in the city for the theme :Kaleidoscope. The six artists were: David Walker, Jaune, Low Bros, Oli-B, Joachim and Joelle Dubois. The six artists are part of the Crystal Ship Street Art. Together they...
The original artworks of masters like Raja Ravi Varma, C Raja Raja Varma, Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy and Binod Behari Mukherjee are being showcased by the Sandeep and Gitanjali Maini Foundation at their gallery in Bengaluru.
The exhibition titled The Masters & The Modern, An Amalgamation of Old and New World Classics features unique paintings that were bought by private collectors and never presented before anywhere.
Interestingly, these artworks have been insured by the foundation because they are of high value and safeguarded...
Polaroid is always a favourite amongst instant photography users. Now Digital camera users can also be thrilled with the additional features offered by the latest camera, 'Snap Touch' announced by Polaroid. Polaroid Snaptouch comes with a 3.5 inch LCD touchscreen display, which allows you to adjust the background settings after taking a picture. . Images are captured on a new and improved 13 MP CMOS sensor and the new model is capable of recording 1080p Full-HD video. Images and video footage are saved on a microSD card up to 128GB in size. This camera also comes...
Flow Photography Festival is in the first year and the inaugration will happen in September 2017. The Flow Photofest celebrates the work of photographers from Scotland, Norway, Finland and Iceland. Flow Photofest has opned on September 2nd in Inverness and exhibitions will be displayed in more than nine venues throughout Scotland. The highlight of the photography festival is the photograph taken of a north man by Ragnar Axelsson, who has been travelling extensively through the artic to find the people from north. Another photographer Sigga Ella will be exhibiting...
Google launches a new experiment that uses machine learning algorithms to match your doodles with professional drawings. Drawing on a tablet, laptop or smartphone can be very difficult and time-taking if you are not used to it. This is where Google’s new AI (artificial intelligence)-backed online platform AutoDraw can come to your assistance. It is a free-to-use website and doesn’t require users to sign up or create an account.
How it works
The Autodraw homepage shows a blank canvas in the middle with tools on left side of the screen. How Autodraw...
The largest international photography show comes with it's 4th edition at NEC, Birmingham in March 2017. According to NEC, " It will take place between 18-21 March, offering visitors the chance to try the latest technology from leading photography brands and access a variety of seminars, demos and conferences, designed to suit all levels of photographer". The show is organised by Future Plc, an international media group. Professionals and non-professionals, this show has something for everyone, from workshops, live demos, masterclasses, latest technologies and...
The iconic Australian Design has launched a virtual exhibition curated by Ian Wong featuring over 100 products designed in Australia. i-conic is Australia’s premier design centre by Design Tasmania since 1976 planned to promote design in Tasmania by the way of their collection, exhibition and retail space. Design Tasmania is a respected coordinator of fresh Australian design. They motivate creative risk-taking, smooth creation, innovative, creative exhibition of new works, to expand the international and national audience for Tasmanian craft and design, and...
Mantis Camera: Mantis shrimp is an underwater animal which has sophisticated eye sight. Humans have three eye receptors, whereas the mantis shrimp has different color receptors and six polarization channels. Scientists have developed a camera which mimicks the mantis shrimp eyesight and it can be used to detect early cancer and in other medical fields. This camera will definetly make the lives of humans better.
Illinois researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive camera capable of sensing both color and polarization by mimicking the eye of the mantis shrimp. A...
Art Exhibition venue : Manipal Art School, Udupi, Karnataka, India
Date: From Oct 3- Oct 7th, students of the Manipal Art School will be exhibiting their paintings at the Vibhuti Art Gallery which is located near the city bus stand. This painting exhibition was organised by Manipal school of art partnered with Chitrakala Mandira. It's open to the public from 10 a.m till 6 p.m till Friday October 7th, 2016. More than 45 paintings created with different techniques will be displayed. The exhibition was inagugrated by K.P Rao on October 3rd, who is a...
Here is your chance to win $25,000 and some amazing prize packages including a safari. You can enter your submissions now and get your submission exhibited at an exhibition in New York. Wildlifephoto.com organises three separate contests every year and they are split into three themes. Currently Animal Behavior theme is open and you can submit your entries. To submit your entries, you have to register yourselves in wildlifephoto.com/ and you can start accessing the details. Login here: www.wildlifephoto.com/members/contest-join/. If you are a free user you...
Design: OWP eyewear company is conducting an eyewear design contest to bring in some of the most trendiest and wearable eyewear designs of the future. The aim of the eyewear design contest is to bring forth innovative ideas for the corrective frames and sunglasses. The materials used by the participants should be large scale production friendly. The frames can be designed for both men and women and this design contest particularly targets university level students and graduates who are in the creative field. There are no entry fees.The following factors play a...
Usually, historians and well-learned art collectors can quickly tell whether the painting is real or fake, but a Russian modern art called avant-garde seems tricky. When the museum in Cologne decided to research avant-garde, the complexity of proving its authenticity unfolded. To find the originality of the painting, the museum has to appoint a separate scientific group. Later through the research, it was revealed that out of 49 artworks, 22 were not authentic. Various new techniques were used to tell the authenticity of the avant-garde paintings. Some popular...
Street Photography: It's time to explore the streets and capture stunning photos which can yourselves $5000. Motif Collective organizes regular contests to appreciate uniqueness and creativity of the photographers. This month the theme is "Street". There is an entry fee of $12 and the contest is open to all photographers(18+) worldwide. The entries have to be submitted online and format of the images should be in JPG and size should be 1200 * 900 and the file size not exceeding 1 MB.
You can choose random subjects and location. Get creative with your frames and...
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