Sold! The first art piece painted by humanoid robot — which was expected to fetch up to $180,000 — shocked the crowd when it sold for a whopping $1.08 million.

An oil painting of a Māori elder by New Zealand painter Charles Frederick Goldie was sold at an auction for a record £1.7m, becoming the most valuable work in New Zealand’s art history.

Caitlin Pluta, who lives in New South Wales, Australia, picked up oil painting for the first time in September 2023 at age 30, and just six months later had gone on to create a piece of artwork ...