5 fun art facts to impress your friends

To spark some interesting conversations and impress your friends with your art knowledge at your next dinner party, here are five fun art facts:

1. Pablo Picasso produced an estimated 50,000 artworks throughout his career, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, and more.

2. Vincent van Gogh only sold one artwork during his lifetime, "The Red Vineyard," which was purchased by a Belgian collector for 400 francs.

3. The world's smallest sculpture is a tiny insect carved from a speck of gold by artist Willard Wigan. It measures approximately 0.005 mm and can only be viewed through a microscope.

4. The Sistine Chapel, in Vatican City, took Michelangelo four years to complete.

5. Piero Manzoni created a series of artworks called "Artist's Shit" in 1961. The pieces consisted of 90 tin cans filled with his own poo. Each can was labeled with the inscription "Artist's Shit" and purportedly contained 30 grams of feces.
Ok, maybe don't talk about that one at dinner.