Diane Macrae stepped up to the vintage cigarette machine in her Seattle art boutique recently, dropped a gold coin into a slot and waited to hear it clink against the inside of the steel machine.

Vending machines aren’t just for snack food anymore. A staple in office buildings or schools, they’ve been a great place to alleviate hunger, and even those of a certain age bracket will likely ...

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NORTH ADAMS — Soda, candy and chips are all staples of a typical vending machine. But what if those items were replaced with small pieces of art? And, what if the vending machine was placed on the ...

The Greater Denton Arts Council wants to bring a vending machine to Denton to offer local artists exposure. The Art-o-mat, a retired cigarette vending machine converted to sell a cigarette pack-sized ...

Pull a knob on the vintage cigarette machine and you may pick up a new habit _ buying art. The Art-o-Mat offers miniature paintings, sculpture and other tiny trinkets for not much more than a pack of ...

About 150 bubble capsules sit inside a small, square vending machine in Rochester ― the type that most often carries gumballs or cheap, plastic toys. Here, however, four quarters and a little ...

Assuming that the emergence of consciousness in artificial minds is possible, those minds will feel the urge to create art. But will we be able to understand it? To answer this question, we need to ...