Cruise ship art auctions have the pretense of culture, but rarely are any of these pieces sold aboard ships ever on par with Christie’s or Sotheby’s --where a single painting can fetch millions.

It’s hard to imagine a 70,000-ton work of art that floats. But that, in part, is what a cruise ship is — a floating piece of art that doubles as a resort. Although the exterior, with it… ...

I know you’re going to make fun of me, so let’s just get this over with. I bought art on a cruise ship. OK, laugh. While gallery owners and art appraisers will mock you for this, you could do ...

For its part, the 900-passenger Viking Star almost doubles as an art gallery, with works by leading Nordic artists covering every one of its seven main decks. Ambling the corridors, scanning the ...

Massive, elaborate designs increasingly are the norm for cruise ship hulls. USA TODAY looks at some of the more unusual things cruise lines are painting on their ships.

Anchorage is getting a new public art piece where Ship Creek, the Ship Creek trail and the Alaska Railroad converge, a part ...

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I know you’re going to make fun of me, so let’s just get this over with. I bought art on a cruise ship. OK, laugh. While gallery owners and art appraisers will mock you for this, you could do ...

1. The ship is artfully designed. Many other spaces on Ascent incorporate sculptures and paintings, and often feel like works of art themselves thanks to striking design features.