A painting panda is creating abstract artwork — and you can buy it
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Yang Yang is the Picasso of the panda world, and her works of art are now on sale.
The 18-year-old panda, who lives at the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, has a knack for painting. Yang Yang uses a special brush to dab black finger paint onto white paper, and the look of each
painting depends on her mood at the time. It's a collaborative effort, as a zookeeper holds the artist's paper for her.
Yang Yang has created at least 100 pieces, all of which are being sold online for about $560 each. All of the money raised will be used to create a picture book about the Schoenbrunn Zoo's
pandas. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book
of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.