7. Non-Existent Art, Sold for $10,000
The Museum of Non-Visible Art is an organization that hosts and sells art that exists only in the imagination of the artist. Or, as the people behind the museum prefer to call it, “non-visible.” In 2011, a woman paid $10,000 for a piece entitled “Fresh Air.” Now that sounds perfect for that big blank wall in your office, right? In case you’re worried that you’re getting ripped off, the museum assures you that its works are completely real.
8. Venus de Milo Statue Made of Excrement, Sold for $45,000
Zhu Cheng, one of China’s most famous and talented sculptors, has helped nine of his art students create a replica of Venus de Milo out of excrement. As you can see in the photos, the excrement-made Venus de Milo is encased in a transparent box to protect it and make sure that the smell of crap doesn’t drive everyone away from the exhibit at the Henan Art Museum in Zhengzhou city, China.
But the most unbelievable thing about this “shitty” statue of Venus de Milo is that it was actually purchased by a Swiss art collector for a staggering 300,000 yuan ($45,113). Talk about spending money on crap, right?
