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Meat Bags! Art That's Meant to Gross You Out.

A show devoted to the unsavory side of consumption

Jun 6, 2013 11:01 am

Here's Louis Vuitton like you've never seen it before... Luxury fashion accessories and shoes are getting the rarefied treatment (literally) at this Los Angeles gallery show showcasing iconic items from designer labels in the form of raw meat. Photo slideshow and info about the show, which opens tomorrow, after the jump.

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Check Out These 8 Realistic-Looking Photos Of Food Chopped In Half

Cut Food, an art project that's heavy on gelatin

May 21, 2013 11:02 am

Chicken soup? Ramen noodles? These amazingly detailed gelatin renderings kind of make all those candy bar and sandwich scans look like child's play. See them after the jump.

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NYC: Here's A Bar That'll Have You Dizzy Before Your First Drink

Missed Frieze? Get your art fix at Bar Oppenheimer

May 15, 2013 4:31 pm

Frieze Art Fair may have rolled in and out of NYC last weekend, but for the next three months you can take in some crazy visuals at Bar Oppenheimer, Tobias Rehberger's temporary installation in Chelsea's Hôtel Americano. Photos and more details on the art installation-slash-cocktail lounge after the jump.

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Video: The Most Artistic Cakes We've Ever Seen Are Sold At A San Francisco Museum

Mondrian and Matisse's works translated to baking

Apr 18, 2013 4:01 pm

Imagine getting up every morning and going to work in one of the world's greatest museums. After arriving at the "office," you take a spin through the halls and galleries. When inspiration strikes, you head to the kitchen and start messing around with fondant to recreate the works of contemporary art masters in the form of cakes, cookies and ice cream.

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A Museum Exhibit For 3 Things Italy Does Well: Food, Art And Design

Previewing the Food Project at MART

Apr 18, 2013 10:03 am

Futuristic eggs! Conceptual cutlery! And chocolate nipples, too! If only the museum visits of our youth were as much fun as this food-focused exhibition in Italy's Trentino region. Check out the slideshow after the jump.

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About The Artist Who Turns Whisky Into Trippy Celestial Art

Art at the bottom of a single-malt Scotch glass

Apr 17, 2013 2:01 pm

Phoenix-based artist Ernie Button found inspiration in the base of a scotch glass. The photographer creates images from the residues of single-malts that look as though they've been taken from outer space. Here, he walks us through the process of his series, Vanishing Spirits, and describes how he makes art from whisky. Check out the stunning images in this gallery.

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Modern Farmer Digs Into The Cutthroat World Of Professional Butter Sculpting

Linda Christensen is known as the Queen of Butter

Apr 16, 2013 1:02 pm

Each year since 1972, Linda Christensen has spent 12 straight days sitting in a 38-degree booth at the Minnesota State Fair, sporting an orange jumper in front of thousands of onlookers, working diligently with clay and kitchen tools…and 90-pound blocks of butter. Her task? Carving butter busts of people. Frighteningly real busts. Read on.

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Art Talk: Meet Illustrator Floc'h, The Man Behind Le Fooding's LA Program

The French artist talks Le Fooding and more

Apr 9, 2013 11:01 am

To illustrate the program for its Le Grand Fooding Crush Paris-LA, Le Fooding tapped famed Parisian illustrator Floc'h. Here, we talk to him about the project, and find out how a comic book artist and magazine illustrator ended up drawing chefs from Paris and L.A. And for those Francophones out there, the interview is featured in V.O., with subtitles, so to speak.