In the 1960s, Yoko Ono was associated with the Fluxus movement. Fluxus objects contained large doses of burlesque but were often minimalist.

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was made by the English artist Andy Brown using tea bags that included both used and unused tea bags.

Pietro Torrigiano, who was a rival of Michelangelo at the Academy of Ancient Art in the Medici Palace, hit his face with mallet which disfigured him for life.

The painting “The Last Supper” is a depiction of the content from the Bible where Jesus is having supper with his disciples. Leonardo da Vinci created this painting in the late 15th century.

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian theorist and painter. He was famous for his work on Abstract Art. The school of art and architecture at Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis, causing him to later move to France.

Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime, although he made more than 900 paintings. Even that painting was purchased by his sister.

The painting, Madonna Enthroned, kept at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, was created by the Italian painter Giotto di Bondone. This painting is often considered as the first painting of the renaissance.

When in London, James Abbott McNeil Whistler’s mother posed for a painting being made by him, which was later called Whistler's Mother.

Spanish artist Diego Velázquez created the painting “Portrait of Pope Innocent X” in 1850. This portrait is still considered one of the finest pieces of art to date.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian architect and sculptor famous for the Baroque style of sculpture. Some of his famous sculptures include David, Apollo and Daphne and Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius.