Invisible art: the gallery hoax that shows how much we hate the rich

People love to lampoon a credulous art world, but the reaction to the fake invisible work of Lana Newstrom shows just how repelled we are by its marketplace

A lot of people have fallen for a fake news report about invisible art. Collectors, claimed Canadas CBC, are paying through the nose for the art of 27-year-old Lana Newstrom even though you cannot see any of it.

Art is about imagination and that is what my work demands of the people interacting with it. You have to imagine a painting or sculpture is in front of you, the artist supposedly said.

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