A painting panda is creating abstract artwork — and you can buy it

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

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.