Eyestorm

Eyestorm is not only a catchy name, no – it is the name of a noteworthy website too.

As the name suggests it’s a site where your eyes will most probably be temporarily overwhelmed since there is an abundance of unique, contemporary art works to discover. On top of that, it is a great source of inspiration for every (aspiring) visual artist out there. What makes it even more interesting is that you can actually purchase those art works. So that you can first order them online, then decorate your own four walls and finally show them off to your friends by telling them (only en passant, of course!) that they are ’so not from IKEA’. Not even to mention what a great gift one of these art pieces would make.

However, the prices are rather not so ‘ikea-like’, after all. They usually range from £100 to £13000, which is more or less reasonable for the majority of the works you find. I guess there is something for everyone’s taste. Anyway, enough babble! Click here and have a look, if you haven’t already.

Dan Baldwin’s “The Future Frontline Renegades of Dead London” (2009)

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Between Earth and Heaven: The Landscapes

If you are as artsy-fartsy as I am and you are interested in seeing paintings by a certain someone who cut his ear off called Vincent Van Gogh, I  warmly recommend the following to you:

From the 26th April to the 27th September, 2009 the Kunstmuseum Basel will exhibition 70 landscape paintings by the infamous Dutch post-impressionist artist. Some of the paintings are world-known, others have never been revealed to the general public before, which makes it all the more interesting. Along with Van Gogh’s works, 40 paintings by contemporaries like Gauguin, Cézanne and Pissarro will be presented. Additionally, the exhibition is said to be “the most important European art event in 2009″. To sum it all up: Don’t miss this!

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