Arts and entertainment
August 24, 2018
Portrait created by GAN. Image credit: Obvious
By Brielle Jaekel
Auction house Christie’s has brought a modern technology into a veteran industry, as it becomes the first to sell a piece of art created by a digital rather than human artist.
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