Birmingham: Take a Look at the Big Picture
Posted on Feb 16 2018
If you happen to be in Birmingham, don’t miss the opportunity of seeing The Big Picture photo mosaic in Millenium Park, and even walking on it!
Made up of 112,896 personal images submitted by people from across the West Midlands, the photo mosaic sets a new record by being the world’s largest photo mosaic. With a massive size of 30m x 30m square, the record-breaking work of... READ MORE 
House-Inspired Mosaics
Posted on Feb 16 2018
Born in 1965 and a graduate from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Hong Hao is today’s most famous Chinese contemporary artists. Among the many art creations he produced since 1978, household object mosaics are what he is most renowned for.
After choosing objects from his own living space or ones we use everyday like rice cookers, toys, cups, cameras, and even Nintendo game... READ MORE 
Van Gogh’s Starry Night Painting “Revisited”
Posted on Feb 16 2018
When American PhD astronomy student Alex Harrison Parker was held from exploring the starry night at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge because of bad weather, he decided to find an alternative solution.
Coinciding with Hubble’s 22nd birthday, the idea he had was to assemble a collage of the most beautiful images captured by the Hubble telescope in the... READ MORE 
Human Mosaics Honor North Korea
Posted on Feb 16 2018
The mosaic you’re seeing below isn’t one of marble or ceramic. It’s a living breathing one made by children. When human discipline and harmony are put together, the most beautiful creations can be conceived. Standing in the largest stadium in the world with giant colored flip-books containing hundreds of colored panels, tens of thousands of children moved in perfect unison to... READ MORE 
When Art Invades
Posted on Feb 16 2018
Invader is not a fiction hero or the protagonist of a thriller novel this time. Invader is the appellation given to the French street artist who has been invading cities around the world with his mosaics of Space Invaders characters and icons from other 1970s video games.
Beginning in his hometown of Paris in 1998, which remains the most “invaded” city to date,... READ MORE 