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A high school student from Illinois just earned a Guinness World Record by building a 17-foot replica of the Eiffel Tower using only toothpicks and glue. His creation stands as the world's tallest toothpick sculpture, inspiring young engineers everywhere.
Hilda Palafox's first solo New York exhibition invites viewers to pause and reconnect with nature through warm-toned paintings and stone sculptures. Her work transforms environmental awareness into an act of resistance against our culture of constant consumption.
Ancient Egyptian treasures stolen from a Queensland museum were recovered within 48 hours after police tracked down an "amateurish" thief carrying a priceless cat sculpture in his backpack. What looked like organized crime turned out to be an opportunistic solo act with a surprisingly quick happy ending.
Public art is transforming everyday spaces into surprise galleries where benches become sculptures and walls become masterpieces. From Banksy's anonymous interventions to massive installations in Doha, art is meeting people where they live.
A 22-year-old art student turned childhood nostalgia into a world record by creating a sock monkey sculpture nearly as long as five school buses. The 50-foot plushie is now helping adults reconnect with their inner child.
Cambridge University is returning around 100 stolen artifacts to Nigeria, including precious bronze sculptures and royal commemorative pieces looted in 1897. The move restores cultural treasures seized during a colonial military raid on Benin City.
Artists worldwide are transforming wind into haunting music through massive steel sculptures that help people emotionally connect with renewable energy. These installations are turning abstract concepts like kilowatt-hours into experiences you can hear and feel.
A massive underwater sculpture off Japan's coast is designed to transform into a thriving coral reef, offering marine life a new home while protecting fragile natural habitats. Artist Jason deCaires Taylor created the piece to heal ocean ecosystems while reconnecting islanders with their coastal heritage.
Famous sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a stunning beach sculpture celebrating India's record-breaking Under-19 Cricket World Cup victory and 14-year-old star Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The artwork at Puri Beach in Odisha honors the team's historic sixth title and the youngest player's explosive performance.
Skilled artisans in Agra are keeping a 500-year-old marble carving tradition alive, creating intricate sculptures that reach temples and homes worldwide. Now government support is helping these craftspeople access better tools and wider markets.
For the first time in Olympic history, two cauldrons are putting on hourly shows at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games. These moving, light-emitting sculptures mark the evolution of the Olympic flame from a simple bowl to dynamic performance art.
Chinese archaeologists revealed six major discoveries spanning 120,000 years of human history, including 8,000-year-old pottery sculptures and some of China's earliest bronze artifacts. The findings offer fresh insights into how ancient civilizations evolved, traded, and thrived across northern China and Xinjiang.
Japan's beloved Sapporo Snow Festival returns for its 76th year with over 200 stunning ice and snow sculptures welcoming millions of visitors. As the military steps back from building giant sculptures, a local bank is stepping up to preserve the tradition.
A British artist built a massive musical sculpture using 310 steel pipes that transforms invisible wind into beautiful sound. The Aeolus Wind Pavilion now has a permanent home in Bristol, UK, proving wind energy can create more than just electricity.
A young Mumbai artist transforms brass and metal into sculptures that capture human emotion, spirituality, and movement. His works blend traditional Indian iconography with modern artistry, bringing peace and joy to collectors across India.
When Benjamin Klapper's massive beer coaster sculpture collapsed before breaking a world record, he turned disappointment into joy by letting visitors play giant Jenga with it. A young girl won the game by toppling the entire 63,000-piece structure with a single pull.
An anonymous tip about looting led Mexican archaeologists to discover a stunning 1,400-year-old Zapotec burial chamber in Oaxaca, now being called the country's most significant archaeological find of the decade. The remarkably preserved tomb features colorful murals, an owl sculpture symbolizing death, and carved figures that will reveal new insights into ancient Zapotec life.
A steel "tree" in England turns wind into haunting music instead of electricity, and it's solving renewable energy's biggest problem: getting people to care. The Singing Ringing Tree proves that sometimes connection matters more than power output.
Three ancient bronze sculptures stolen from Tamil Nadu temples in the 1950s are finally going home after researchers matched them to old photographs. The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art confirmed the sacred Hindu images were illegally removed and sold with falsified documents.
Archaeologists in Mexico have uncovered a stunning 1,400-year-old tomb adorned with an enormous owl sculpture and vibrant murals that offer an extraordinary window into ancient Zapotec culture. Experts are calling it the most significant archaeological discovery in Mexico in the past decade.
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