An annual event, 'Art's Birthday' was first proposed in 1963 by the artist Robert Filliou. He suggested that 1,000,000 years ago, there was no art. One day, the 17th of January to be precise, Art was born when, according to Filliou, someone dropped a dry sponge into a bucket of water. |
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| sculptures to celebrate art's birthday: sculpture 2008 sculpture 2007 |
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