A large creature is being assembled behind the scenes at the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum, and by spring it will be alive. In the museum’s carpentry shop, 14-foot-long arms frozen in both ...

Children will soon get their hands on eight arms. In a few weeks, youths will assist in completing The Alaska State Museum’s new giant Pacific octopus installation built by exhibit specialist Aaron ...

DENVER (CBS4)- Some of the first pieces from the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver's Octopus Initiative, a program to bring more people closer to local art, have arrived at their new temporary homes ...

In honor of their new “Giant Pacific Octopus” exhibit, Bristol Aquarium has commissioned some pretty badass building art. Thanks to Justin Dowling (the artist) for bringing this to our attention. Your ...

Westword: First, I think the Octopus Initiative is pretty brilliant in the way it addresses the mission of the museum and the hardships that Denver artists are facing. With this in mind, how did the ...

DENVER (CBS4) – Denver's contemporary art museum is supporting local artists and sharing their work with the public by buying hundreds of works of art and letting people enter a lottery to take that ...

The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), gives visitors a glimpse into the creative reinvention of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Despite formal training ...

An array of sea life can be seen during a stroll on the San Clemente Pier: gray whales passing on their annual migrations, dolphins frolicking near surfers and even the occasional great white shark.

The sands of Watergate Bay in Cornwall were transformed into a canvas for a unique art installation courtesy of the Eden Project. The sand drawing, depicting a gigantic octopus emerging from the water ...