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February 13th, 2008 | Articles, News: International, Video/New Media

Pixel power: Virtual art online commands high prices in the real world

An MFA graduate exhibition in Second Life. Image: www.deanterry.com

Second Life, the virtual world that mimics the real world, has held art auctions fetching big prices. And curiously “real world” galleries have sold artworks based on online creations — capturing the image, enhancing it and transferring it to canvas. (Those pieces reportedly sold for $10,000 each.)

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