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A crypto baron spent a whopping $6.2 million on a banana duct-taped to a wall has eaten it at a flashy event in Hong Kong.

Crypto Guy Buys $6.2 Million Banana, Eats It on the Spot

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time since 2021, a new reflective monolith has appeared out of the blue — and it's just as unclear as ever what it could mean.

Reflective Monolith Found in Desert

By Noor Al-Sibai

A powerful Australian mining magnate has been trying to get an unflattering portrait of her removed from a museum.

Science & Energy

Billionaire Mining Magnate Not Happy With Her Portrait Hanging in Museum

By Jon Christian

OpenSea, one of the largest NFT marketplaces on the internet, is making royalty fees to artists an option instead of making them mandatory.

OpenSea Is Dropping Royalties to Artists as Crisis Deepens

By Sharon Adarlo

Art lovers are understandably peeved at an art exhibit in The Hague after one artist used AI to recreate Veermeer's masterpiece "Girl With a Pearl Earring."

Artificial Intelligence

Lazy Artists Use AI to Rip Off Famous Dutch Painting for Museum Exhibition

By Noor Al-Sibai

Italian robotics startup Robotor has crafted a machine that is just as good at creating marble masterpieces out of Carrara marble than human artists.

Italy Invents Robot That Carves Sculptures Out of Marble Like Michelangelo

By Victor Tangermann

Somebody entered the Colorado State Fair’s fine art competition with an AI-generated painting — and won first prize, Vice reports, pissing off artists everywhere.

Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Painting Wins State Fair Fine Arts Competition

By Victor Tangermann

A new NFT project aims to steal African artifacts back from Western colonialists — and it's actually pretty freakin' awesome.

Art Plundered From Africa Stolen Back, Sold as NFTs

By Noor Al-Sibai

Museums financially strapped by the pandemic have turned to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to help them recoup money from eager collectors.

Broke Museums Are Selling NFTs of Famous Paintings by Raphael and Da Vinci

By Noor Al-Sibai

The tree-stump-sized gold cube worth a reported $11.7 million that graced Central Park's frozen lake is apparently promoting a cryptocurrency and NFTs.

The Central Park Gold Cube Is an NFT Publicity Stunt, You Idiots

By Noor Al-Sibai

NFTs were supposed to help independent artists. Instead, many say that they're forcing to deal with a bunch of new headaches.

Independent Artists Say NFTs Are the Bane of Their Existence

By Simon Spichak

The Vienna Tourist Board is turning toOnlyFans to post images of artwork deemed too NSFW for Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.

Museums Are Getting on OnlyFans After Other Platforms Keep Banning Them for Nudity

By Tony Ho Tran

A team of scientists used AI to uncover a lost Picasso portrait painted over by the artist back in the early 1900s.

Scientists Use AI, 3D Printing to Uncover Hidden Picasso Painting

By Tony Ho Tran

Neural Network Is Frighteningly Good at Drawing Cthulhu

Virtual Reality

Neural Network Is Frighteningly Good at Drawing Cthulhu

By Tony Ho Tran

Elon Musk stole Miles Klee's meme and reposted it on Twitter, raising questions about digital ownership and the inner workings of the billionaire's mind.

Elon Musk Appears to Have Stolen This Guy’s Meme

By Dan Robitzski

Contemporary artist Krista Kim sold her "Mars House," a virtual piece of real estate, for 288 ether, worth over half a million dollars, as an NFT.

Architect Sells Rendered 3D House as $500,000 NFT

By Victor Tangermann