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NYC exhibition depicts ancient Buddhist caves

The China Institute Gallery has been transformed into an ancient cave, taking visitors back more than a millennium to a dazzling world where Buddhist worshippers adorned the walls with colorful frescoes, silk prayer banners and lavishly painted life-size clay sculptures.Full story

Elaborate sculpture lights up San Fran bridge

  A public art project known as “Bay Lights” came to life in a spectacular fashion Tuesday night in San Francisco, featuring the world’s largest LED light sculpture, which will remain there for the next two years. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports.

Artist Creates Tiny Buzz Aldrin Moonwalker in Eye of Needle

The first steps by Apollo 11 astronauts on moon in 1969 may have marked a giant leap for mankind, but one artist has recreated the colossal space exploration achievement in a statue so small, it fits inside the eye of a needle. Full story

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  Farm show unveils 1,000-pound butter sculpture

A 1,000-pound butter sculpture debuted at the 97th Pennsylvania Farm Show. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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A wedding couple pose in front of a five-metre-high sculpture "Pentateuque" by contemporary French artist Fabien Merelle being displayed in Statue Square at Hong Kong's financial Central district May 21, 2013. The artwork brings to real life the fantastical and seemingly impossible act of an averag

Sculpture "Pentateuque" by French artist Merelle is displayed at Hong Kong's financial Central district
Sculpture "Pentateuque" by French artist Merelle is displayed at Hong Kong's financial Central district

A five-metre-high sculpture "Pentateuque" by contemporary French artist Fabien Merelle is displayed in Statue Square at Hong Kong's financial Central district May 21, 2013. The artwork brings to real life the fantastical and seemingly impossible act of an average man balancing a gigantic elephant,