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David Choe is a 35-year-old Korean-American artist based in California. He began spray-painting as a teenager, and created the cover art for Jay Z and Linkin Park’s Collision Course in 2004. In 2005, he was commissioned to decorate the walls of the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto. At the time, Facebook was only open to [...]

We love being baffled, here at 8Ball. We are huge fans of illusions of any kind, none more so than optical illusions. We stumbled upon a couple of basic illusions in a magazine recently, but we wanted more. In true 8Ball fashion, we went on the hunt to find some of the best optical illusions [...]

Tonight, we thought we’d take a closer look at a phenomenon known as urban exploration (or urbex). Urbex is the practice of gaining access to places the public don’t normally get to see, then exploring and often photographing them. There is a whole world of high places, subterranean labyrinths and abandoned buildings that most of [...]

Worshipped by some, dismissed by others, Banksy rarely fails to get the attention of the public and the press. Some art critics find his work too obvious. Some fans of graffiti think he’s a sell out. Some people see him as a god-like genius. Whatever you think, there’s no denying he knows how to get [...]

Yesterday was Guinness World Records Day and people around the world were pushing themselves to the limit in bids to claim world records for all sorts of weird and wonderful things. Some record attempts were more impressive than others, but one that really caught our attention was that of the world’s largest 3D painting (pictured [...]

At 8Ball, as you may have already gathered, we’re huge fans of Banksy. We love the little tinker’s work! If there’s a news story that captures the nation’s attention, you can bet your bottom dollar that he’ll voice his opinions through his captivating, urban pieces. A couple of weeks back, we reported on a potential [...]

The untimely death of Amy Winehouse rocked the nation over the weekend. Many saw a glimmer of hope for her in ‘tackling her demons’, whilst others saw her death as a grim inevitability. Either way, the news was quite tragic and the music world will be far poorer without her. Her voice was raw, full [...]