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Legendary Asian American Photographer Corky Lee Dies of Covid
The legendary photographer Corky Lee, who spent half a century in documenting a community that had long been unseen has passed away due to Covid complications.  To him his works which appeared in New York Times, Time Magazine and the Associated
Hyderabad (Indian city) is all set to host the Street art festival, where artists from all around the world can come and exhibit their creativity. This is the first time in Indian history, such a large scale Street art festival is being conducted. “From November 1 to 12th, 2016, St-artindia, art@telangana, and Kalakriti Art Gallery are collaborating to host a street art festival where artists from across the world and the State will choose and execute their work at select locations,” said B.V. Papa Rao, trustee of art@telangana. St-artindia is...
Talented body painters transformed the models into living canvases at a festival in Daegu, South Korea with thier delicate brush strokes and flamboyant illustrations covering their skin. Artists from around the world descended on the city for the event. With dazzling body art the models mersmerised the audience with the paintings of top artists across the world. The models feel that the paintings almost made them comfortable as if they are wearing clothes around their body. The artists, who competed for cash prizes, were judged on a range of criteria including...
Art: Light Space & Time is an online art gallery which is all set for the theme competition for month of November - Patterns, Textures & Forms. All 2D and 3D digital artists around the world can submit their artworks online. Professional and amateur artists are welcome to submit their art. Artists should submit their abstract or representational art. The deadline to apply to this art competition is November 26, 2017. The “Patterns, Textures & Forms” theme will be the artist’s interpretation and depiction of patterns, textures &...
Macphun, now known as Skylum has announced the latest version of its photo editing software Luminar. The update focusses mainly on the speed factor of the photo editor. Images, filters and the entire application sees speed in every aspect. Difference could be felt in each and every tool of the software which is often felt as a competitor for Lightroom. In windows Luminar finds a 5 times improved speed while on Mac it is 12 times when compared to the earlier version. There is six to seven times boost in filters like the golden hour filter, polarizer and dehaze...
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...
To engage users, empower creators, and scale to a new generation of devices and inputs Microsoft is advancing its design system with Fluent Design. This is a bold step into the future of sensory experiences, to bring the world in our fingertips. It is a co-creation to transcend your medium and share the creativity to the world. The digital world is expanding and very complex in which creating a design should be effortless and natural experience. The sensory experiences, co-creation, building blocks, light, depth, motion, material, scale are evolving across...
Landscape Photography Contest : Participate in Chiiz Landscape Photography and win exciting prizes and gift hampers. The contest is open for month till March 31st so participants upload some of your best photos. The judgement is based on the number of votes received for your photos. Entry is free and participants can upload maximum 10 photos. The three winners will be chosen from the top 10 finalists. Chiiz will help promote the winners by publishing their works on magazines, coffee table books, calendars and exhibitions at popular international galleries. This...
Books became the most sought after recreation in 2020, thanks to the pandemic which shut people inside their houses. Reading books introduces us to an entirely different perspective of life and connects us to different people and ideas. The classical art works, drawing tips or behind the scenes craft of an animation, be it any kind, the artist gets greater knowledge through reading a proper art book. The art book collectives shared in our post will inspire and educate you if you happen to be an artist with a creative mind. Here we share some of the latest and...
Painting: Jackson's Open Painting is currently in it's third year and it welcome entries in 2d painting, print making or drawing. It's an annual competition and the winner takes home $13,532 USD as cash prize and an international recognition. Selected paintings will receive a physical painting exhibition at the Hampstead Affordable Art Fair in London which will be held in May 2018. Artists from all over the world can participate in this contest and entries will be accepted till 16th March 2018. The first round of judging will be on March 30th and around 380 fine...
The World Photo Organisation has revealed the winners of Overall winners of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards after the announcement of the shortlisted and Open Category and National Award winners earlier. The contest consist of the prestigious Photographer of the Year, Open Photographer of the Year, Youth Photographer of the Year, and the Student Photographer of the Year and it also includes 10 winners of the Professional categories. The overall winner of 2018 Sony World Photography Award is won by British photographer Alys Tomlinson for his 'Ex-Vota'...
Design: Pixel Lab encourages people who have a talent to make their home projects with immense detail and passion. To honor the passionate steam punk model designers around the world, a new contest alert has been started by Pixel Lab. The new modeling, texture, light, rendering and learning contest theme is 'Transportation'. The steampunk model design can be any kind of vehicle like airplane, train, stations bus stop, motorized/un-motorized which can be based on real life or sci-fi. The model design pictures can be sent to  joren@thepixellab.net.. Entry...
Street Art: Miles MacGregor is popularly known as El Mac in the art community. He is quite popular for his pattern graffiti and life like portraits a public places. His portraits become larger than life even in high raise apartments. You can see a lot of spirals, blur lines which makes his work unique. He has been street art, graffiti since the 90's and his work has become landmarks in many places. You can see his large street art murals in USA, Mexico, Canada, Sweden, France, Ireland, UK, Spain, Vietnam and many other stunning places. Even though his work is...
Art-competition.net is calling out to all amateur and professional artists around the world to participate in its contest named ,"Emotion & Energy Of Color 4". The participants age should be 18+. The entries should be submitted before December 19, 2016 (Midnight EST). The jury selection will happen on December 27, 2016 and winners will be notified on January 6, 2017. There will be 7 Winners and 10 Honorable Mentions. The selection will be based on the artists creativity and their interpretation of the world around them which focuses on colors and emotions. It...
Mac Photo Editing App : Photolemur makes your photos better with the help of computer science and artificial intelligence. Photolemur is the world's first truly automated photo enhancement solution.It bridges the gap between what your eyes see and what your camera captures. In real life no camera is powerful enough to transmit the actual beauty of the world that we see with our eyes.This is what Photolemur does. All by itself. Beta version is available for Mac OS. With just one click the images are enhanced with out spending hours together. Photolemur processes...
On the occasion of the World Photo Day which falls on August 19, Calumet, a photo retailer has launched a photo competition for student photographers. This is an excellent opportunity for budding photographers to exhibit their talents to the world of photography. There will be a host of major photographic brands and professional photography magazines along with Calumet. Student photographers who are passionate about photography are supported by Calumet to bring out their photographic abilities.The winner will receive wonderful prizes worth over £11,000 and...