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Exclusive | Infamous banana artwork up for auction – here’s what a buyer will actually get for $1.5 million

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Exclusive | Infamous banana artwork up for auction - here's what a buyer will actually get for $1.5 million

The art world has gone bananas. Five years after its creation, Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, consisting of a banana duct taped to a wall, could fetch $1.5 million when it is auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York City next month . However, what you actually get for the staggering sum is not the original banana. The … Read more

Sotheby’s Auctions Painting of Humanoid Robot in Futuristic Beginning – Expected to Bring Up to $180,000

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Sotheby's Auctions Painting of Humanoid Robot in Futuristic Beginning - Expected to Bring Up to $180,000

She is a true Vincent van Go-bot. In a first for Sotheby’s, the famous auction house will sell a painting made by a humanoid robot – and it is expected to fetch up to $180,000. The robot, known as Ai-Da, created renowned mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing’s painting titled “God AI” with its own … Read more