Appropriate packaging is vital because this art isn’t destined for a gallery. Nope, the only place it will be available is a vintage cigarette vending machine in the cluttered Rhode Island ...

Enter the Art-o-mat, a restored vintage cigarette machine that poops out handcrafted art pieces as if they were gumball-machine trinkets. The project began in 1997, when North Carolina artist ...

S ince the 19th century, vending machines have provided consumers with two enticing qualities: choice and convenience. While they may bring to mind high-calorie, low-quality products, a new addition ...

But for Hockney, the act of smoking is firmly entwined in his work and approach to art. “He’s 87. He has smoked, I don’t know, maybe 100 cigarettes a day and he still smokes. His lungs are ...