You can find almost anything online. Did you know that there is a group of artists that sneak around in public places, and leave their artwork for complete strangers to find, with no expectation of reciprocity? The Art Abandonment Facebook group has members around the world, as well as in New England. Carleen Eve Fischer Hoffman, a member from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, says she’s left thirty pieces for strangers to find. She explained to me how one canvas — called “Your King is Waiting” came to be.
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You can find the Art Abandonment Group on Facebook, here.
Photographed by the artists themselves and shared on the Art Abandonment Group Facebook page, here are some recently abandoned works: