The TED prize for 2011 will go to the graffiti artist J R, who plastered downtrodden neighborhoods with colossal photographs.

James Franco as Bruce Nauman, a contemporary update of Nauman's Art Make-Up video piece from 1967.

Take a look at Nikola Bašic's clever 'Sea Organ' and 'Greeting to the Sun' solar energy LED installations in Zadar, Croatia.