Art


Finance

NFT Curation Site JPG Goes Live With $3.8M in Seed Funding

The media curation protocol aims to change who can build an art gallery.

An exhibition at Miami’s Art Basel festival in December 2021 curated by Sofia Garcia of ARTXCODE and Kate Hannah of Art Blocks. The exhibit is now hosted digitally on JPG. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

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How NFTs Put Generative Artists on the Map

Profile avatars emerged from a long tradition of artists expressing themselves through code, math and randomness. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

Artist Sol LeWitt with one of his instruction-based wall drawings in 1978. LeWitt is widely credited for his influence on the field of "generative art," which has benefited from NFT technology.

Opinion

Can NFT Art Survive Its Own Addiction to Elitism?

The fine art world has long since learned the value of inviting the world in. NFT entrepreneurs still haven’t taken the hint.

A crowd dances at Area nightclub decorated with paintings by artist Keith Haring.   (Photo by Nick Elgar/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Finance

Auction Platform Otis House to Sell the First NFT of a Bob Ross Painting

The platform mints NFTs to prove ownership of physical collectibles, and destroys them if their owners ask for the items to be returned.

Bob Ross (Acey Harper/Getty Images)

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Most Influential 2021: Beeple

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann brought NFTs into the limelight.

(Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

Videos

Sotheby's Deep Dive Into NFT Art in the Metaverse

The traditional art market is continuing to capitalize on the booming NFT space. Sotheby's Deputy Director Michael Bouhanna shares insights into the historic art auction house's continued bets in the digital art market following the launch of its first NFT project, Chromie Squiggles. Plus, his take on the impact of crypto volatility on the collectibles art scene and reactions to the ConstitutionDAO sale.

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Finance

Banksy Paintings Sell for 3,093 ETH in Auction House First

Two paintings from contemporary artist Banksy sold for over $12 million in the first Sotheby’s sale denominated in ETH.

Sotheby's auction of Bansky art (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sotheby’s to Allow Live Bidding in Ether for Works by Banksy

Auctioneer Oliver Barker will be fielding real-time bids for the famed street artist’s “Trolley Hunters” and “Love Is In The Air.”

‘CryptoPunk’ NFT Sells for $11.8M at Sotheby’s

Finance

At Least 77% of NFT Art Sales Going to Male Creators: Study

Gender disparities still run deep in crypto.

Beeple's "Everydays"