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Mega-Collector Reveals He Doesn’t Care About Art But Loves the Attention
“I don’t really like to buy anything that’s less than $10 million,” the collector said. “It just doesn’t elicit the validation I crave.”
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Say Hello to Spherechain, the “Blockchain Killer”
A new crypto option for those who think the blockchain is too square.
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A Shirtless Hunter Biden Spotted Selling NFTs on Venice Beach
The president’s son’s wares include SpongeBob Squarepants memes, printed on paper at a local Kinko’s.
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We Asked the Art World to Explain NFTs, and No One Could
According to a recent survey of 1,000 art collectors, 53% admitted to having only a vague understanding of NFT technology and 37% said they had “no clue” what NFTs were.
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MoMA Buys Amazon Rainforest to Offset Newly Donated NFT Collection
MoMA plans to organize trips to the Amazon starting in 2022 for trustees and other donors to showcase the institution’s innovative approach to collecting.
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Millionaire Art Collectors Unionize, Protesting Their Billionaire Competition
Art-loving millionaires banded together to fight the growing monopoly of billionaires at art auctions, on museum boards, and at art fairs.
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Hudson Yards Vessel to Be Dismantled and Sold as NFT
The structure, which has proved a danger to the public due to its low guardrails, will be destroyed.
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Man Loses World’s Largest Digital Art Collection After He Can’t Remember His Password
The $200 million collection include a lesser Beeple and a series of early-net fractals.
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Six NYC Museum Directors Sign on for Bravo’s Latest Reality Show
The directors will duke out the juiciest drama of the cultural sector in one Manhattan apartment.
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Christie’s Launches Streaming Service That Allows You to Watch Money Being Laundered in Real-Time
White-collar criminals everywhere are toasting the legacy auction house.
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Brooklyn Museum’s KAWS Exhibition Named #1 Site for Bad Tinder Dates in NYC
The go-to spot for finance bros to take their online paramours edged out fierce competition.
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Amid Global Crisis, Top Galleries Announce Unspecified Donations to Undisclosed Charities
A PR representative declined to name the charities, presumably COVID-19 relief related causes, but assured that they were “prominent,” “crucial to global relief efforts,” and “not run by anyone problematic.”