Does the art world have a baby Jackson Pollack on their hands or a load of B.S.?

Ever seen a modern art exhibit and thought "My 2-year-old could do better!"? Well, the joke was on a Melbourne gallery director who discovered one of the pieces he included in an exhibit was created by a 22-month-old little girl.

Turns out, toddler Aelita Andre's mom Nikka Kalashnikova believed her daughter to be such   an artistic genius she submitted her child's "works" to a prestigious gallery. OK, we've all thought our kids were amazingly talented at one time or another, but this is ridiculous. 

Mark Jamieson, the owner of the gallery, admits to being a little embarrassed at first when he discovered the works were by someone who wasn't potty trained, but he couldn't argue with the fact that the pictures were selling.

Seven of the 15 works, priced between $300 and $3,000, were sold before the show opened. Amazing, since all the kid did was squeeze tubes on to a canvas and smear it around with her hands!

Has the art world lost their minds or is this kid a prodigy?

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