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The Most Famous Artist is Matty Mo. Press coverage of his work, 2007–2026.
2026
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10 headlines- Reflective Monolith Found in DesertRead article text
- 'Mysterious monolith' found in desert near Vegas: 'HOW did it get up there?’
- The Most Famous Artist described the New Mexico venue as “Storm King meets Meow Wolf meets Marfa
- Art City Becomes a Reality
- A ‘UFO’-Like Steel Monolith Emerges in the Welsh Countryside
- Mysterious Monolith Appears in the UK
- 10-Foot-Tall Monolith Appears In Wales—What We Know About The Mysterious Object
- Welsh Hiker Says Mysterious Monolith on Hillside 'almost looks like a UFO'
- 10-Foot Mysterious Metal Monolith Appears on Remote Hill, Baffling LocalsRead article text
- Art City Ambitions
2023
03 headlines2022
03 headlines2021
08 headlines- Artists helping with La Plaza project
- New Murals in Tucumcari
- Okcoin, Polygon, and The Most Famous Artist Launch First-ever NFT Drop Alongside Token ListingRead article text
- Artist behind Utah monolith stunt auctions off video of his own feces as non-fungible token to raise money for autism researchRead article text
- Elon Musk Smoking Cannabis on Joe Rogan Is Now 69 NFTsRead article text
- What is an NFT? Artists weigh in on latest money-making crazeRead partial article text
- Return of the monoliths? Alien structure appears on Spanish beachRead article text
- 'Complete bullshit': conceptual artist Matty Mo calls out Nifty Gateway after NFT platform pulls plug on sale of his worksRead article text
2020
07 headlines- Say You Want to Build a Monolith
- An artist collective says it is selling monoliths for $45,000, causing speculation that it created the bizarre phenomenonRead partial article text
- Collective of Artists Claim Responsibility Over Recent Mysterious MonolithsRead article text
- Monolith-mania Continues as Artists Come Forward to Claim Credit for SculpturesRead article text
- Stunt artists take responsibility for mystery monoliths, sell them for $45GRead article text
- A Prankster Art Collective Is Claiming Authorship of the Utah Monolith. Now It’s Selling Facsimiles for $45,000
- Stunt artists who claim they're behind the alien monoliths sell new ones for $45,000Read article text
2019
10 headlines- Miley Cyrus Pokes Fun at Her Brief Marriage to Liam Hemsworth After Artist’s Instagram ProposalRead article text
- Miley Cyrus pokes fun at her failed marriage to Liam HemsworthRead article text
- Meet Matty Mo, ‘The Most Famous Artist’ you’ve never heard of
- How Snapchat Is Transforming The Physical World Through Augmented Reality
- You Can Eat A Cheese Sandwich In A Box At This Fyre Festival "Experience" Pop-UpRead article text
- You can now get the Fyre Festival experience you never had at Beverly Hills pop-up shopRead article text
- No smoke without Fyre: A GAS mock experience has been madRead article text
- A Fyre pop-up mocks real festival with an abrupt cancellationRead article text
- An artist has created an installation called 'The Fyre Experience' which allows people to take pictures pretending they're at the failed festivalRead partial article text
- Inside Snapchat’s content creator incubator YellowRead article text
2018
11 headlines- SNS上の“ステータス・セルフィー”を無効化。あの有名アーティストの〈ラグジュアリーセルフィー体験（無料）〉の意図Read article text
- Fake it till you make it! Instagram users flock to pose in LA art installation that looks just like the interior of a lavish private jetRead article text
- People in LA are taking Instagram photos inside a 'private jet' which is actually just a fake interior inside a storeRead partial article text
- The Private Jet Experience By The Most Famous Artist And SelfieCircus
- The new ‘Private Jet Experience’ in LA is a fake replica of a Gulfstream G3 designed just for taking selfiesRead article text
- An artwork created by artificial intelligence sold for 45 times more than estimatedRead article text
- What 10 influencers and artists have to say about Instagram’s co-founders quittingRead partial article text
- Meet SelfieCircus and 8 more in Snapchat’s new startup acceleratorRead article text
- So You Want to Sell Your Art? Here Are 6 Online Platforms Looking to Help Emerging Artists Make a Buck
- Ariana Grande Unveils Rainbow Mural in Los AngelesRead partial article text
- 7 Cool Walls In Los Angeles To Take Pics In Front Of, If Your Insta Needs InspoRead article text
2017
16 headlines- State of the Culture, II: From Post-Internet Art to Influencer Art to… Mystery Art
- The Most Famous Artist at Sotheby's Institute of Art
- The World’s First Album Composed and Produced by an AI Has Been UnveiledRead article text
- Amazon’s big blue bug of justice hits San Diego with The Tick Takeover!Read article text
- How to Become The Most Famous Artist
- Through Data Analysis and Intuition, The Most Famous Artist Proved Selling Art is Similar to Running a StartupRead article text
- “The Most Famous Artist” Designed Nomadica’s Rose Wine CansRead article text
- Artist ironically uses AI to make portraits of people with jobs likely displaced by AIRead article text
- The Most Famous Artist: Art Meets AI
- Are They a Public Work of Art? An Eyesore? A Statement About Urban Development? Or a Marketing Stunt?
- People Are Going Wild for These Hot Pink Houses on Instagram
- Millennial Pink Houses Are Taking Over One Neighborhood in Los Angeles and It’s All for InstagramRead article text
- This L.A. Neighbourhood Has Committed To Pink Houses Because #InstagramRead article text
- Before Demolition, 3 Homes Painted Shocking Pink in Mid-City Art Project
- Three Mid-City Houses Painted Hot Pink By Local Architecture Firm
- Why This Dude Is Publishing Your Nude Snapchats
2016
16 headlines- This Kanye West-Inspired Art Gallery Is An Epic Shrine To YeezyRead article text
- ‘Kanye Loves Kanye’: A Strange L.A. Art Exhibition Worshipping Kanye WestRead partial article text
- The Most Famous Artist is Dominating the InterwebsRead article text
- SEE IT: French bulldog Chloe the Mini Frenchie creates self-portrait with help from the Most Famous ArtistRead article text
- This Dog Painted Herself With Her Own Four Paws
- The ‘Most Famous Artist’ Is F*cking With The Art World, And It’s Awesome
- These Identical Twins Are Going to Make $8,000 Selling Art Made With Their ButtsRead article text
- Guy Tricks Gallery Into Believing Cash Bricks Are Works Of Art
- The Kaplan Twins: These Sisters ‘Sleep’ With Superhero Toys and Sell Them for $333 on InstagramRead article text
- Meet the Man Selling Bundles of Cash on Instagram and Calling It ArtRead article text
- This Artist Sells Money as Art - 100,000 for 5,000 Dollars?
- This Man Made $50,000 Over the Weekend Selling Stacks of Cash on InstagramRead article text
- This Guy Calls Himself The Most Famous Artist And We Spent Two Days With HimRead article text
- Best Instagrammable Street ArtRead article text
- Who is The Most Famous Artist? Contributing to a Discussion on Meaning in Art
- Matty Mo, AKA The Most Famous Artist, Paints Uber-Popular Selfie Backdrops All Over L.A.Read article text