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Posted inIn Brief

A Street Artist Hid Over $1,000 Worth of Bitcoin in Paris Mural, and Someone Found It

Avatar photo by Zachary Small January 14, 2019January 11, 2023

Who says looking at art doesn’t pay? You just have to know where to look.

Posted inBooks

What Blockchain Means for Contemporary Art

by Michael Eby May 11, 2018May 11, 2018

Now that the wild speculation on Bitcoin’s value and the explosion of fringe cryptocurrencies has died down, what has been revealed is a contiguous conversation regarding the use of blockchain technology in the work of several artists, designers, and thinkers.

Posted inArt

Envisioning Our Future States Through Crypto Currencies

by Olivia B. Murphy October 13, 2016October 13, 2016

An artist helps us understand how crypto currencies are creeping their way into our global economies.

Posted inArt

Buying Art in Bitcoin

by Laura C. Mallonee August 21, 2014August 25, 2014

In May, painters Valentin Ruhry and Andy Boot launched Cointemporary, an online art gallery exhibiting artworks that can only be bought using the popular crypto-currency Bitcoin.

Posted inOpinion

Art Is the New Bitcoin, or Something

by Mostafa Heddaya July 25, 2013July 26, 2013

Last week, the Financial Times Alphaville blog weighed in on the whole “art as an asset/market” thing, joining the series of recent commentaries from Quartz and Felix Salmon on the topic.

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