A great piece of art can get the world talking, and create a lasting impression that people continue to buzz about for years to come.
We asked art experts, like the folks from Artsy, to select the most talked-about works of art from galleries, auction houses, or art shows within the last year or so.
From paintings to sculptures to bizarre and possibly illegal installations, these 19 works of art had the world buzzing this year.
Actress Tilda Swinton partook in a piece of performance art called "The Maybe," when she slept in a glass box at New York's Museum of Modern Art last March. Swinton would appear at various times and places throughout the museum.
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Jay Z's "Picasso Baby" is a 10-minute music video that should be considered a piece of performance art. Inspired by Marina Abramović's 2010 installation "The Artist Is Present," director Mark Romanek shot over 30 hours of footage showing Jay Z rapping his song over and over again at Chelsea's Pace Gallery in July. The film premiered on HBO in August, and is now permanently viewable on YouTube.
For 81 days in 2011 controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained by security forces for alleged "tax evasion." His imprisonment became the subject of his latest work, "S.A.C.R.E.D.," which showed how he lived during those 81 days, and was on display at the Venice Biennale in May. It is on display again in Brooklyn, N.Y., until Aug. 10.
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