Art


Opinion

NFTs Are Finance as an Aesthetic Medium

The fusion of fractionalized art and DeFi opens up new opportunities for art and creative money-making.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

NFTs são Finanças como meio estético

A fusão da arte fracionada e do DeFi abre novas oportunidades para a arte e para ganhar dinheiro criativo.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Las NFT son las Finanzas como medio estético

La fusión del arte fraccionado y DeFi abre nuevas oportunidades para el arte y la generación creativa de dinero.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Opinion

NFT – це Фінанси як естетичне середовище

Поєднання фракційного мистецтва та DeFi відкриває нові можливості для мистецтва та творчого заробітку.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

Videos

How the Original ‘Most Influential’ Portraits Were Made

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2021 presented the 50 people who defined the year in crypto. It commissioned 10 artists to create portraits of the top 10 winners. Two of those artists, Federico Solmi and Pindar Van Arman, discuss the process, challenges, and direction behind creating digital portraits of Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried, respectively. Plus, CoinDesk's Adam Levine shares insights into how his start-up was able to create AI-generated artwork of 40 people who won honorable mentions.

Recent Videos

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)

Layer 2

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

L’art NFT peut-il survivre à sa propre dépendance à l’élitisme ?

Le monde des beaux-arts a depuis longtemps compris l’intérêt d’inviter le monde. Les entrepreneurs NFT n’ont toujours T compris.

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

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)

Opinion

L'arte NFT può sopravvivere alla propria dipendenza dall'elitarismo?

Il mondo delle belle arti ha imparato da tempo il valore di invitare il mondo a entrare. Gli imprenditori NFT T hanno ancora colto il suggerimento.

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