 That's not photoshop; that's an actual cloud hovering inside an actual room. Artist Berndnaut Smilde merges art and science to create small man-made clouds that exist — albeit for just a moment — indoors.
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 London (CNN) -- A newly discovered painting by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci has sent shock waves through the art world, prompting speculation that more of his paintings could be as yet undiscovered.
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 If you still think that African art is not your thing, there's an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum that may change your mind. It's called "Heroic Africans: Legendary Leaders, Iconic Sculptures," and it's as beautiful to look at as a show can possibly be. It's a perception changer in other ways too, as it argues, through demonstration, against basic misunderstandings surrounding this art. African art has no history? No independent tradition of realism? No portraiture? All African sculpture looks basically alike, meaning "primitive"? African and Western art are fundamentally different in content and purpose? Wrong across the board.
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