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100

I am one of the most famous female painters of all time. I was producing professional work by the age of fifteen, inspired by the style of Caravaggio. 

Who is Artemisia Gentileschi?

100

urinal - tag with black paint


What is Fountain?

100

The epicentre of the artworld at the turn of the 19th-20th century

What is Paris?

100

The Art Gallery of NSW repurposed an abandoned tank in their new building design. What did the tank originally contain?

oil / petrol

100

An x-ray of the Mona Lisa reveals what?

a portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci

200

I emerged on the art scene in Bristol, UK during the 1990s. I am renown for my satirical and political activism. I have even created my own film 'Exit through the gift shop' in 2010.

Who is Banksy?

200

13 men - dinner - long table

What is The Last Supper?

200

The invention of the silkscreen printing technique is associated with this art style

What is Pop Art?

200

What object did artist and comedian Maurizio Cattelan duck tape to a gallery wall at Miami art gallery and sold for $120,000 in 2020? 



Banana

200

Which type of clay takes its name from the Italian for baked earth?

Terracotta

300

I am renowned for my technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarre images in my work. During the 1920s in Paris my friends were Pablo Picasso & Man Ray. I found commercial success moving from Spain to USA in 1940, in which my elaborate persona propelled me to fame! (including my pet, an ant-eater).

Who is Salvador Dali?

300

72 objects

What is Rythmn 0?

300

The title of the style was intended to be a nonsensical word. Some claim it translates to 'yes yes' in the Romanian language.

What is Dada?

300

The MONA is situated in Hobart,Tasmania. What does it stand for? 


Museum of Old & New Art

300

My full name contains 23 names:

______ Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de Los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y_______.

Pablo Picasso

400
I was born in 1853, Netherlands. My parents were devote Catholics. I failed as a book-keeper, priest and miner and ended up trialing painting upon the recommendation of my one true friend, my brother. 

Who is Vincent Van Gogh?

400

nude woman - clam shell - ocean

What is the Birth of Venus?

400

This style revived Renaissance painterly approaches within a modernist context

What is Surrealism?

400

Started in 2021, this digital record can be purchased and traded - it is associated with a particular digital or physical asset.

What is an NFT?

400

Abstract Expressionist artist Yves Klein is known for his brand of what colour paint?

Blue

500

I was a violent drunk who lived close to poverty until my art career picked up. Penny Guggenheim gave me my 1st solo show in 1943, New York! I once knocked down a wall to make a room large enough for a 20-foot canvas.

Who is Jackson Pollock?

500

7 metre canvas - monochromatic - horse - bull - people dying - light bulb

What is Guernica?

500

After viewing an exhibition containing wild brushstrokes, ridiculous colours and absurd simplification art critic Louis Vauxcelles proclaimed this style of art as "wild beasts!" - which was adopted by the group as their name. 

 

What is Fauvism?

500

In 2017, an artwork was sold for a record US$450.3 million making it the highest known prices paid for a painting. Who painted this artwork?

Leonardo Da Vinci 
500

Who am I? My parents were biblical fundamentalists and my father worked in the military. When my mother died unexpectedly, I was only six, left to be raised with my 5 other siblings by her alcoholic father. My closest sister was placed in a mental aslymn, and I would try to visit her...however, that meant going outdoors. This trauma has now become my fame.

What is the Scream?