“Christmas is definitely a time when I take a moment to think about all we have and how incredibly lucky we are,” says Matilda, welcoming Woman’s Day into her and Art’s semi-rural home in Warkworth, ...

“Shine On You Crazy Diamond” (2024) The artist quickly connected what the anglers created with the traditions of textile art and began to source their leftover rope. Now based on KNSM Island in ...

A mysterious googly eye bandit has struck again in Bend, Oregon. These comical adornments have appeared on sculptures from Adelaide, Australia to Savannah, Georgia over the past few years.

Many residents of Bend love the illicit adornments, which they say are sparking joy and driving engagement with public art Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Someone has been sticking googly eyes onto ...

Bend’s googly eye roundabout-sculpture conundrum has made its way to the late-night circuit. Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show,” joked about the “lighthearted vandalism” in central ...

A city council in the US has asked people to stop sticking plastic eyes onto sculptures around the city, saying it costs a lot to remove them. The googly eyes appeared on a number of artworks ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by the City of Bend, Oregon, shows a pair of googly eyes placed on a public art ...

and have the feeling that you’re being watched, it’s not a stroke of paranoia: Googly eyes were affixed to eight public art sculptures around the city, to the chagrin of some local officials ...

Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB Bend leaders want an unnamed person or persons to stop putting googly eyes on public art mainly in roundabouts throughout the city. “While the googly eyes placed on ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. — It was quite the unusual scene in a frosty Michigan Thursday as strong winds made some unique sculptures along a frozen beach. Sand sculptures in St. Joseph along the shores of ...

Talk about a sight for sore eyes. A city in Oregon is pleading with locals to stop taping googly eyes onto roadside sculptures as the goofy gag is costing a pretty penny. Officials in Bend noticed ...

The art critics of The Times select their favorites, from the biography of a “famously unknown” artist to an ode to the Louvre from 100 poets. By Holland Cotter Jason Farago and Walker Mimms ...