How the AI tattoo machine applies ink with precision Once a human operator starts the process, the machine scans your skin. It then gets to work, placing ink with incredible accuracy. It's quiet.

But Art-o-mat does have guidelines that artists have to follow — in part so that the art will dispense properly from the machine. They just have to resubmit if their art isn’t accepted.

The vending machine contains work from 20 small artists who live across all five boroughs. By removing the “e’ in “mystery,” the name contains the phrase “try art.” ...

Late last year, ArtWorks installed an Art-O-Mat in its new Walnut Hills headquarters building. A repurposed cigarette vending machine that sells cigarette pack-sized artwork at $5 a piece, the machine ...

SEATTLE — One of the coolest vending machines you’ll ever see is inside a longtime Seattle shop. The Art-O-Mat is a vintage cigarette machine that dispenses small pieces of art. There are ...