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Most Spectacular and Unforgettable Art: A Huge Collection of Wonders

First, check out our popular "Art & Design" sub-categories (many fascinating posts in each series):

Steampunk Art & Gear (DRB Series)

Definitive Compendium of Steampunk Works

Magnificent Fractals (DRB Series)

Probably the Most Spectacular Collection of Fractals on the Web
Amazing Optical Illusions (DRB Series)

Extensive collection of visual puzzles and treats

Also don't miss other popular "Art & Design" sub-categories:

Retrofuture Art & Design (DRB Series)

Rare and wonderful futuristic illustrations
Robots! Art & Technology (DRB Series)

Intricate robot models and art pieces

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Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update

Soviet Unique Glass Holders, and more
Let's "Go!": Ancient Chinese Game Boards

A long, passionate duel... with less victory
Thrilling Vintage Movie Posters

Spewed from Intergalactic Space!..
Exceptional British 1950s Scifi Artwork

Quintessential Space Pulp Art by Ron Turner and others
Cosmonaut's Bling!

Under the banner of Lenin - to the stars!
Machines Alive! The Whimsical Art of Boris Artzybasheff

Is it a dream, or a nightmare?
Creation and Destruction of Sand Mandalas

Profound Art Ritual Reflecting the Sanctity of Our Lives
Japanese Contemporary 2D Artists

Spectacular, complex, sophisticated
Topological Marvel: The Klein Bottle in Art

Impossible shape with no distinct "inside" or "outside"
The Golden Age of Cigar Box Art

Elaborate Old Cigar Boxes: Visual & Historical Treat

Great Space & Pulp Art by Norman Saunders

Damsels in distress, all over the time and space
Marvelous Maps and Curious Cartography, Part Three

Fanciful maps depicting countries as unusual characters
Glorious Retrofuture from Japan, Part Two

Dramatic Rescues, Aliens and the Apocalypse
Pipe Dreams: The Art of the Hookah

"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
Surreal Human Sculptures by Andrew Baines

Bowler Hats & Umbrellas vs. The Immensity of the Sea
Fascinating Matchbook Art, Part Two

Always Striking: Classic Matchbook Art
Fascinating Matchbook Art

Always Striking! Classic Matchbooks, Part One
Monstrous, Angelic, Unusual Bridge Sculptures

Griffins, trolls, hamsters of all sorts
Olympic Flame Torches & Cauldrons: A Retrospective

Large and exciting collection of designs
Killer Viruses and Other Cutting-Edge Glass Art

Visual Caffeine, Issue Four
Quick Shot: Dieselpunk Art

DRB Pic of the Day: Grimy Airships
Airships & Tentacles

Exclusive Interview with artist Myke Amend
Sensational Japanese Contemporary Art

Visual Caffeine, Issue Two
Intricate Japanese Movable Type Sets

Visual Caffeine: Exploring Art and Architecture, Issue 1
Stunning Art of Ancient Calendars

Time Out of Time: Egyptian & Mayan Wonders
Surreal Art Update: Glass Garage Gallery

Not afraid of "pretty", but still pretty weird
Treasures of Art Nouveau, Part 1

"The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture."
Rare & Wonderful 1950s Space Art

Russian, Italian and British Pulp SF Art
Retro Future: Space Art Update

Gentlemen! Forward - Into the Past!
Intricate Ship Sterns: Art on the Ocean

More elaborate than Barocco palace facades
Gargoyles & Grotesques, Part 2

Still frighteningly strange... after all these years
Intricately Carved Pulpits

Stunning examples of religious art
Painted Trees in the Mountains of Colorado

Psychedelic Dead Trees Revived
Liquid Art & Droplet Photography

One Ordinary Drop of Water
Fluid Dynamics & Liquid Photography

It's a Splash! - High-Speed Photography at its Finest
Grand Scale Environmental & Land Art

"Man's Reaction To His Earth": creative landscape art
Ship Figureheads: Symbols of the Sea

Ladies and monsters as "hood ornaments" for ships
Extreme Murals & Painted Buildings

Boring walls transformed by creativity

Architectural Structures as Musical Instruments

The steampunk piano, and an abandoned silo Echo Device

Retro Future: To The Stars!
Part 3


Rare, gorgeous futuristic space art from unlikely sources

Robotic Crash Test Dummies as Art

Haunting, violent installations...

Peculiar Postage: Unusual Stamps from Around the World

Chocolate, metal, and... meteorite stamps!
Female Androids' Shapes & Anatomy

Alluring steel-plated companions
The Eccentric Brilliance of Stan Mott

The craziest vehicle ideas you ever likely to see

The Art of Science, the Science of Art

Recreating nature in glass... and more

The Extraordinary World of Ex Libris Art

Mythic, bizarre, fantastic

The World's Most Magnificent Pipe Organs

Simply Blockbusters of Their Time!
Incredible Astronomical Clocks

Antique and medieval technology blended with art
Unusual and Marvelous Maps

Alternate histories, sea monsters, weird politics
Britain's Colorful Pub Signs, Part 1

A map to your last night adventures
Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures

Living independent from their creators?
Spring Cleaning of the Mind: Surreal Art Update

Visual kick included

The Light Ages: Used CD Art & Invisibility Cloak

Emerging ways of playing with light in art and technology
Victorian Flea Circuses: A Lost Art Form

Death-defying acts of flea heroism!
We Dare You to Play These Scores!

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad music
Strangest Music Scores, Part 2

It's a mad, mad, mad music!
Sculptural Weirdness in Public Places, Part 1

Maddeningly bizarre, some very slightly nsfw
"Cosmic Motors" Concept Art by Daniel Simon

Find a quiet corner to drool over it
Painted Castles: Graffiti to the Max!

Some castles get a full makeover
Crazy-Covered Cars

When paint just ain't good enough
Medieval Suits of Armor

vs. Weapons of Medieval Destruction
Phantasmagorical Art of New Orleans

Procurers of anomalous perturbation
Weird Books & Illuminated Manuscripts

Stranger than the fiction inside
Small Wonders: Miniature Palaces and Dollhouses

Infinite care and craftsmanship
Travel Distant Worlds!

Vintage Space Travel Posters, and more.
Wicked Wearable Sculptures

Halloween costumes gone deliciously wrong
Strange Knits & Yarn Monsters

When Art and Knitting Needles Collide
Grand Old Times... In the Future

Overview of the Pulp SciFi Art
The Bittersweet Art of Cutting Up Books

Unusual Book & Page Sculptures, Part 2
Sublime & Sensual Smoke Art

Smoke meets Electricity
Russian Vintage Advertising Posters

Tzarist and Communist Eye Candy
Largest Human-Made Art on Earth

Made by a single person... gone the next week
Unexpected Creativity
(found in unusual places)


Wild designs lurking in everyday world
Extreme Sand Sculpting

Magnificent, yet so eminently perishable art
Extraordinary Art from Metal

Made from "found" and military scrap objects
Soviet Futuristic Illustration:
Oodles of Optimism


Black-and-white rare series of images
The Tasty Art of Chocolate & Candy

Never eat an Easter Chocolate Bunny Again
Japanese Creative Barcodes

"Barcode Revolution" is sweeping the world
The Geekiest LEGOs &
Rubik's Cubes


The world of twisted dimensions
Surreal Art Update

Landscapes of the Soul, Amplified
Radical Mannequins

Their Love, Revolt & Ultimate Decay
Russian Imperial Faberge Eggs

Nestled Wonders, killed by Revolution
World's Most Curious Ephemera, Part 2

The Art of Luggage Labels, etc.
World's Most Curious Ephemera

Pieces of Paper that Intrigue & Inspire
Winter Magic:
Ice & Snow Carving


Melting your heart, soon melting to the ground
Painting with Light

Mystery and Melancholy of a Street
The Machine-Animals of Nantes

Mechanical Elephants Forever
Retro-Future: To the Stars!

Part 1: rare vintage space graphics
Cool Art from Everyday Objects

Creative recycling at its best
Most Radical Car Movie of All Time

Insane drive through Paris for a romantic rendezvous
Modernist Art in Camouflage

Naval fleets as the largest painting canvases in the world.
The Pasta Monster (and Other Strange Food Art)

Don't stare at your food, or it will stare back
Strange Food Special

Taste the weirdness...or not.
The Art of Grotesque

Things that do more than just go "bump" in the night

Propaganda Posters of World War Two

Warped, Twisted "Hall of Mirrors" vs. Actual Truth
Awesome Tank Modification

This church means business
Fascinating Worlds
of Jacek Yerka


and other surreal art, which blows our mind
Continuous Line Art

One line to link them all...
Exquisite Eggshell Carving

Fragile & Intricate Masterpieces
Unusual Musical Instruments

Spoil your inner "music geek"
Most Unusual Books

From Codex Seraphinianus to pulp sculptures
Automated Musical Instruments

Music Robots: No Performer Necessary
Best Graffiti Showcase

Funniest & Most Creative Street Art
Satellite Dish Art!

Yet Another Urban Art Form?
People as Pixels in Monumental Art

Living people in mass photography
"Vertical Grass" Art & Architecture

Transient Green Masterpieces
Cyberpunk Art Update

Fashion with teeth, shoes with spikes
Fantastic Art by Tomasz Maronski

Realm of Dreams
Painted City Blocks

How much of the color is TOO much?
Monsters on Display

Night in the Museum: Weird Galleries and Fossils
Communist Gothic:
Architecture by Yakov Chernikhov


Soaring Palaces of Communism in Gothic Style
Pleasures of Vertical Scrolling

Spectacular vertical panoramas
Red Sheep of Scotland

Do Androids Dream of Painted Sheep?
Surreal & Spectacular Art of V. Kush

Dream-like, glowing landscapes

VW Bus Ball - and other "Rolling Art"

Sculpture by Lars-Eric Fisk

Controversial Cyberpunk Art

Playing with political correctness


A Happy Scooter Family

Made by Patricia Piccinini, these are the cutest scooters in the world.

Animal Armor: a new art form?

Cat-and-Mouse Warfare Equipment

One Sheet of Paper

Paper Sculptures and One-Sheet-Wonders

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