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Deep in the passageways below the Paris Opera lives a lonely, talented, horribly disfigured man who revels in terrorizing the theater's employees as The Phantom of the Opera. But when the masked Phantom sees young Christine Daaé, his heart melts. When she cannot return his affection all the pain that the Phantom has held within is revealed with horrifying results. Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon Callow, and Ciarán Hinds. Click here to see more.

This art exhibition is focused on the connection between art and political power, from antiquity to the present day. Click here to see more.

There are countless approaches and methods that you can investigate to increase the knowledge of drawing ideas and techniques. A straightforward way is to draw basic simple subjects, objects, and shapes. This post includes a comprehensive list of simple subjects you can attempt if you are new to drawing and sketching. Click here to see more.

This incredibly in-depth tour of California’s Yosemite National Park is the brainchild of virtual reality photographer Scott Highton. Use the map feature to click around the huge park and explore dozens of points of interest. Click here to see more.

Flor Carvajal creates micro-miniature sculptures which are so small that they fit on the head of a pin or in the eye of a sewing needle. All she needs to make these amazing pieces of art is good lighting, a magnifying glass, needles, and synthetic resin. Click here to see more.

There’s ahead of its time, then there’s Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau — a 900-page book of paint colors made before any such things were common tools of the artist’s, scientist’s, and industrial designer’s trade. Author and artist A. Boogert created one, and only one, copy of his extraordinary manual on color mixing in 1692. Click here to see more.

In this post, you will learn how to make a gorgeous and cheap toilet paper roll mandala wall art. The mandala is a Hindu and Buddhist symbol and are always concentric in nature. The figure represents the universe and symbolizes the notion that life is never-ending. Click here to see more.

Do you worry about the effectiveness of your writing style? Larry McEnerney, Director of the University of Chicago's Writing Program, led this session in an effort to communicate helpful rules, skills, and resources that are available to anyone interested in further developing their writing style. Click here to see more.

If you're new to watercolor, you may find it helpful to follow these step-by-step watercolor tutorials for beginners. In this collection, you'll find over 21 watercolor paintings that are broken down into steps. Click here to see more.

Guitarists Renaud Côté-Giguère and Matthew Lyons, baritone Efrain Solis, and pianist Mai-Linh Pham present works by Da Milano, Martin, Takemitsu, Assad, Handel, Poulenc, Barber, and Gardel. Click here to see more.