This is so cool! I just saw this on the local Fox 4's night news. Since 1997, Artist Clark Whittington has been using retired cigarette vending machines (actually banned in 1997) to create Art-o-mat machines to vend artworks. The first machine was installed to sell his own artworks, but nowadays there are 82 active machines in various locations throughout the country with more than 400 participating artists. For only 5 dollars you can pull the knob and get an original artwork. There is one machine in Kansas City area located at the Pi gallery. For more detailed information about Art-o-mat and to find the machine in your area, just click here.
This is the machine in KC.
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