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French artist, Michel Vienkot, uses cow dung as paint when he creates his pictures.
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In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni packed his feces in cans, signed and mounted them, and then sold them as art
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In 1983, a Japanese artist, Tadahiko Ogawa, made a copy of the Mona Lisa completely out of ordinary toast.
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Leonardo Da Vinci never signed or dated his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa.
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The artist Vincent Van Gogh sliced part of his ear off in madness.
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The highest paid price for a drawing was $8.36 million for Vincent Van Gogh's "Garden with Flowers."
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The little circles of paper that are cut out after a paper has been punched by a hole puncher are called "chad."
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The most valuable painting made by a female artist is "In the Box," painted by Mary Cassatt. It was sold for $3.67 million at Christie's in New York City
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Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet is the most expensive painting sold at an auction. It was purchased for $85.2 million dollars.