Supermodel Heidi Klum’s brilliant worm costume has inspired even more brilliant memes.
Halloween
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The Spookiest Images of Early Photography
From creepy Victorian post-mortem portraits to Félix Nadar’s horrifying shot of the Paris Catacombs, we’re definitely never sleeping again.
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The Most Pawesome Looks From NYC’s Halloween Dog Parade
“Frito Pawlo” stunned, Mochi struck a pious pose as the Pope, and a “Bodega Cat” pupper took the top prize.
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The AI Halloween Art of Your Nightmares Is Here
We asked the AI image generator Dall-E to reimagine famous artworks at their spookiest. We really wish we hadn’t.
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How Witches Cast Their Spell on Art History
From Remedios Varo to Francisco de Goya, artists have long turned to witchcraft as subject matter.
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The Competition for This Year’s Creepy Doll Contest Is More Horrifying Than Ever
These horrifying dolls definitely won’t murder you in your sleep.
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Spooky, Sensual, and Nostalgic Halloween Shorts
Amid the ups and downs of episodic horror, a few gems stick out from the rest in Hulu’s Bite-Size Halloween collection.
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Happy Doll-o-ween! Museum Displays Its Creepiest Haunted Dolls
The History Center of Olmsted County is embracing the Halloween holiday season with a showcase of nothing but the creepiest dolls from its collection of historical and clearly damned objects.
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Art History Parades Around the Streets of Japan Ahead of Halloween
“Beast Jesus” is finally getting his due alongside works by Picasso, Vermeer, and Munch.
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From Bosch’s Bird to Kusama’s Spots, Arty Halloween Costumes
Halloween brings out the creative spirit in everyone but the art community may very well do the day of dress-up the best.
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A 19th-Century Guide to Seeing Ghosts Everywhere
The 1864 Spectropia used optical illusions to manifest ghosts in Victorian homes, and was designed to attack the quackery of Spiritualism.
