Seeing stars: meet the amateur astronomers – in pictures

Seeing stars: meet the amateur astronomers – in pictures

They may stare into space from shonky-looking booths, but these citizen scientists have helped discover comets, dangerous asteroids and more Continue reading… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to … Read more

On the buses: glimpses of passing commuters in rainy London – in pictures | Art and design

On the buses: glimpses of passing commuters in rainy London – in pictures | Art and design

In October 2005, BBC presenter Steve Madden was standing in Shaftesbury Avenue when he saw a woman on the 38 bus, her figure framed by the misted-up window, which reflected the lights from the street. He took a snapshot and, years later, struck by a similar scene, he had the idea for a photography series. … Read more

The week around the world in 20 pictures | Art and design

The week around the world in 20 pictures | Art and design

The New Orleans truck attack, hunger in Khan Younis, the plane crash in Seoul and new year’s celebrations: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists • Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of … Read more

Best of 2024: the year in illustrations for Guardian US stories

Best of 2024: the year in illustrations for Guardian US stories

From online privacy to sex parties and an election illustrated entirely with cut paper, this is how artists illustrated the year’s biggest stories for Guardian US Continue reading… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source … Read more

The week around the world in 20 pictures | Art and design

The week around the world in 20 pictures | Art and design

Russian airstrikes on Christmas Day, the aftermath of the fall of Assad, remembering the Indian Ocean tsunami and a Boxing Day swim in Scotland: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists • Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer … Read more

‘Portal to space’: the place where astronauts take off and land – in pictures | Art and design

‘Portal to space’: the place where astronauts take off and land – in pictures | Art and design

Rocket parts, near Kenjebai-Samai, 2019 Launch Pad One is where the first human, Yuri Gagarin, launched to space on April 12, 1961. The Soyuz spacecraft has been in operation since the late 1960s and, due to its length of service, is considered the safest and most cost-effective space vehicle. The capsule of the spacecraft, which … Read more

Temu shoppers urged to boycott market site after copycat artwork sold for cheap

Temu shoppers urged to boycott market site after copycat artwork sold for cheap

SCOTTISH artists have been left shocked to discover “shameless rip-offs” of their work being sold cheaply on a Chinese website. The Temu online store is now at the centre of a copyright row after selling unauthorised artist’s designs.   2 Temu is at the centre of a copyright rowCredit: Reuters 2 Artists claim their works … Read more

Eccentric crypto tycoon forks out $6MILLION for bizarre ‘artwork’ of banana taped to wall…but won’t even get the banana

Eccentric crypto tycoon forks out MILLION for bizarre ‘artwork’ of banana taped to wall…but won’t even get the banana

A BILLIONAIRE has paid over $6 million for the bizarre artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall – but he won’t even get the banana. Cryptocurrency tycoon and Chinese collector Justin Sun bought the 2019 creation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday in New York. 3 Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s … Read more

We live near hideous £6k statue of a giant POO – woke council thinks it’s ‘modern art’ but it looks like a turd

We live near hideous £6k statue of a giant POO – woke council thinks it’s ‘modern art’ but it looks like a turd

A NEW public sculpture of a snail has been likened to a “giant poo emoji” and branded a huge waste of public money. The Periwinkle Shelter sculpture, which is woven from willow branches, is designed to imitate the tiny sea snail. 5 The work by Two Circles Design was unveiled at the weekendCredit: Brighton Pictures … Read more

The English city break with street art tours, 19th century hotels and ‘top-notch’ cuisine

The English city break with street art tours, 19th century hotels and ‘top-notch’ cuisine

“TRY taking a picture with your phone camera and zoom in,” says our guide as we crowd around a piece of chewing gum stuck on the pavement, squinting to see it better. Sure enough, when I pinch and stretch the photo on my phone screen, I can make out a kitchen scene, with a tiny … Read more