The “Golden Age” of magic coincided with the heyday of the lithographic poster, and acts involving levitation, decapitation, escapes, hypnotism, and other illusions were lavishly advertised. Illusions ...

‘Magic matters,” says David Copperfield. “It transports people into a world in which the impossible appears possible.” It was magic, after all, that transported him—David Seth Kotkin, born 65 years ...

Prepare to be captivated when Illusion Impossible, the critically acclaimed theatre show, takes centre stage at the ...

This ball is on a roll. In this optical illusion, you’ll see a hand place a metal ball at the bottom of what looks like an ordinary slide. However, it immediately rolls uphill, seemingly defying the ...

In this video, I combine my passion for magic and optical illusions with furniture building by creating five optical illusion ...

At No. 5 would be Angel’s “Walking on Water” which has gone viral, becoming one of the best-viewed magic tricks of all-time on cyberspace. His “100 Disappear” illusion would come in at No. 4, which ...

For centuries, magicians have practiced the art of deception, quietly passing down illusions in order to keep their livelihoods intact. But in the age of the internet, when a secret can be looked up ...

Magicians have been using the art of illusion to deceive the mind for centuries, yet it appears that even they can fall victim to trickery. In Fish Bowl Films and Magic Castle Entertainment Production ...

In the last 15 years or so, magic has nearly pulled off the one trick it would rather avoid: vanishing from public view. At the turn of the 19th century, magicians were among the world’s most popular ...