In a scene straight out of a slapstick comedy, a 12-year-old boy has tripped and accidentally smashed a hole in an AU $2 million dollar painting on display in Taiwan.
Danish authorities admit they have no clue as to the whereabouts of a 19th century statue worth more than $400, 000 stolen in broad daylight from a museum by a bold pair of thieves.
A giant red inflatable ball has broken its moorings and raced away down a street in the US midwest, fortunately coming to a stop at a corner before causing any serious chaos.
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Mysterious British artist Banksy has unveiled his biggest work to date – a creepy “bemusement park” called Dismaland. Click through to see inside the confronting show.
French photographer Francois Dourlen has created a series of viral images on Instagram by combining cartoons, celebrities and everyday objects with real life. Click through the gallery to see Mr Dourlen's clever combinations.
Frustrated with the narrow portrayal of women in popular culture, one Adelaide visual artist has started a campaign to photograph at least 100 women in a celebration of diversity.
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British talent swept the board at Broadway's equivalent of the Oscars on Sunday where a lesbian coming-of-age musical and a play about a teenage math whizz each won five Tony Awards.
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A big Banksy artwork spray painted on the side of a truck has sold in Paris for 625, 400 euros (AU $900, 000), an auction house has said.
An Iranian resistance movement has attracted more than 1000 entries to a cartoon contest aimed at spoofing the rise of terror group ISIL.
Robert De Niro gave an honest and inspired speech to graduates of a New York arts college in which he plainly told the young adults: "You're f---ed".
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More than two years after the famous 1921 paining ‘Seated Woman’ by Henry Matisse was discovered in a Munich apartment, it is finally being returned to the heirs of its original owner.
Pablo Picasso’s 1955 abstract oil painting ‘Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O)’ has broken the record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction after being purchased for more than $179.3 million by an anonymous buyer.
Canadian pop star turned wannabe bad boy Justin Bieber has reportedly been dragged out of Californian music festival Coachella by a security guard.
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Celebrated British street artist Banksy has released a satirical promotional video for Gaza after going undercover in the Palestinian territory to spray paint his iconic murals.
The NSW government hopes to earn up to $200 million by selling the site of Sydney's Powerhouse Museum and moving it from the CBD to Parramatta.
ISIL jihadists have filmed themselves on a gleeful rampage in an Iraqi museum, toppling priceless statues and destroying ancient artefacts and idols with sledgehammers.
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An elderly English man claims he has proof his ex-wife is the tennis player photographed exposing her bottom in the iconic 'Tennis Girl' poster.
A hugely valuable painting believed to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci has been seized from a Swiss bank on the orders of Italian police who suspect it was moved out of the country illegally.
A Paul Cezanne painting of a southern French town sold for $20.5 million (18 million euros) in a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the artwork had been sold since 1936.
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A collector who bought what they thought was a copy of a painting by British artist John Constable stands to make a multi-million dollar profit, after the work was discovered to be an original.
An audacious theft of a $300, 000 painting in a US gallery was captured by security footage showing the thief simply picking the painting off the wall and carrying it away.
Melbourne-born photographer Peter Lik has made history by selling his photograph Phantom for US$6.5 million (AU$7.8 million), the highest amount ever paid for a photograph. His photograph Illusion also sold for US$2.4 million, making it the eighth most expensive photograph of all time. Eternal Moods and One are the sixteenth and eighteenth most expensive photographs respectively.
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Melbourne-born photographer Peter Lik has made history by selling his photograph Phantom for US$6.5 million (AU$7.8 million), the highest amount ever paid for a photograph.
Two artist collaborators backed up Shia LaBeouf's claims that he was raped by a woman while he performed in a live-art installation on Valentine's Day this year.
In the West, India's Kama Sutra most often evokes an exotic bible of sexual positions regularly consulted for blush-inducing tips in glossy magazines.
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A would-be art thief in England has been caught in the act after he comically failed to conceal a large painting under his jacket before walking out of the gallery with the piece under his arm.
A rush for gold has begun at a beach in Kent, southeast England, after 30 24-carat gold bars were buried in the sand as part of an arts festival.
A contestant on last night's episode of Hot Seat correctly guessed the answer to a $100, 000 question simply because he hadn't "done D for a while".
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A mural by Rolf Harris that has adorned the wall of a Melbourne hardware store for more than 20 years has been painted over.
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Disturbing art work recreating a notorious photograph showing Nigella Lawson being throttled by her ex-husband, gallery owner Charles Saatchi, have gone up for sale on his website.PUEBLO, Colo. — Some may not want to call Jason Allen an artist, but he says he's an author at the very least.
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Allen used artificial intelligence software and written prompts to create a digital painting depicting what he describes as a "lavish sort of space opera scene."
Allen entered his piece "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" into the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts competition, and he took home first place in the digital arts category.
“This is the first time I’ve ever entered into a contest, and I won, " Allen said. "I think it really speaks to the power of AI, and a lot of people got upset by that, unfortunately.”
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“They assume that by having submitted artificial intelligence that I had nothing to do with it as an artist, " Allen explained. "That I just typed a couple of words, hit the enter key and voila, first place. It’s a little more complicated than that.”
Before he submitted the work, Allen said he went through about 900 iterations of the "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial" using the AI software, Midjourney.
“The AI is a tool like a paintbrush is a tool, and there is a creative force and mind behind it, " Allen said. “There is an imagination and author behind the prompts.”
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Allen claimed he spent about 80 hours on the project and did several touchups on Photoshop before scaling up the image and printing onto a canvas.
“Did the person who won the award create the program?" Jessica Hair asked. "Should the person who did create the program have credit in the award?”
Hair also entered the art competition at the Colorado State Fair. She took home third place for her piece, "Judge, Jury, Executioner." She isn't sure how she feels about losing to an AI-generated piece.
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“I don’t know if I’ve had enough time to process that, " Hair said. "It’s such a new conversation that we’ve been having.”
"I think this art, it had a voice, you know, " said Cal Duran. "I think the artist that made it had a voice creating it.”
Duran was one of the two judges in the art competition. He said he didn't know Allen's piece was created using AI, but that doesn't change how he feels about the entry.
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“We have to kind of embrace those changes, and I think as artists we kind of have to let our ego go, you know, " Duran said. "We have to be strong and grounded in our own creating.”
Allen took home the first place blue ribbon and $300 for the winning entry. He said he entered without any idea how much prize money was attached.
“I’m not in this for the money, " he said. "I’m literally only wanting to share my imagination and the vivid imagery that I’ve been able to generate using my words to convey a concept and an atmosphere and a story that I otherwise wouldn’t be able to.”The digital art show called “Faces in the Crowd: 100 Portraits of a Community” by artist Dwayne Glapion will be on display at RedLine Contemporary Art Center.
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It's a series he painted digitally -- the process of creating artwork on a computer. This is done through painting software that uses brushes much like traditional painting.
“I was able to paint and work as I had done traditionally, ” said Glapion. “I got to get rid of the hazardous materials, the toxins, the
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