News
What’s in Store for NFTs in 2023?
The most glaring sign of NFTs’ decline may not be their descending value, but their growing resemblance to the rest of the art market.
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Art
In a Bear Market, the NFT Scene Embraces Goblins
Goblins became a fitting identity for NFT enthusiasts, who are uncertain about their future, yet are still darkly proud of their fast-paced, albeit often conniving, subculture.
Interview
An Experimental AI Film Director Calls it Quits
For years, Eye Filmmuseum’s Jan Bot has turned film fragments into digital experimental shorts. Now, with the project ending, those shorts will be archived via NFT.
Satire
Say Hello to Spherechain, the “Blockchain Killer”
A new crypto option for those who think the blockchain is too square.
Opinion
How Women Artists Have Been Marginalized in the Blockchain Discourse
These women artists have been developing the creative possibilities within blockchain technology since the beginning.
Opinion
Why We Need a Feminist Manifesta of the Blockchain
The blockchain signals a shift in our identity formation in the 21st century.
In Brief
After Astronomic Market Boom, NFT Prices Plummet
On February 22, the average price of an NFT collectible was around $4,300; by April 4, it had dropped to about $1,400.
News
As NFT Sells for $69M, Artists Question Environmental Impact of Blockchain
As crypto art speculation rises, so do the planet’s temperature and questions about the carbon footprint of non-fungible tokens.
Art
How Crypto Art Might Offer Artists Increased Autonomy
As NFT artwork becomes increasingly popular, artists are figuring out how to utilize the medium to carve out a new model of equity for digital artists and creators.
Opinion
Will Blockchain Create a More Transparent Art Market or Merely Entice More Investors?
This week, Christie's announced that it would pilot blockchain technology to record its fall auction season, but will the digital ledger system solve the market's transparency problems?
Books
What Blockchain Means for Contemporary Art
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.
Art
Envisioning Our Future States Through Crypto Currencies
An artist helps us understand how crypto currencies are creeping their way into our global economies.