NFTs Whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg Drop a Collaborative NFT to Benefit Press Freedom The work centers on Ellsberg's 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers. By Min Chen, Jan 12, 2023
NFTs NFT Marketplace OpenSea Has Blocked Cuban Artists and Collectors From Its Platform, Citing U.S. Sanctions Law To date, more than 30 Cuban creators have had their OpenSea accounts delisted. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 22, 2022
NFTs Donald Trump’s Surreal Line of NFT Portraits Sold Out Within a Day—and Are Now Trading for as Much as $44,000 The former president sold the NFT portraits, designed by artist Clark Mitchell, for $99 each. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2022
NFTs Electronic Musicians Steve Aoki and 3LAU Will Integrate Their CryptoPunks NFTs Into a New ‘Conceptual’ Supergroup The NFT enthusiasts are collaborating on 'conceptual' project inspired by their digital assets. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 9, 2022
NFTs ‘I Could Go Full Throttle for Decades’: How Generative Art Sensation Tyler Hobbs Is Defying a Shrinking NFT Market The digital artist was a breakout talent amid NFT mania and will test his luck next year in the traditional art market with an exhibition at Pace Gallery. By Zachary Small, Dec 7, 2022
NFTs The Duchess of York Will Launch a Web3 Gallery Offering an Eclectic Range of ‘Cinematic Fine Art’ The Duchess Gallery was created in partnership with Nifty Gateway. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 5, 2022
NFTs Conceptual Artist Ahmet Öğüt Debuts in Web3 With a Collection of NFT Monuments That Commemorate Whistleblowers All of the NFTs have A.R. functionality. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 30, 2022
NFTs What Does the Rise of A.I. Models Mean for the Field of Generative Art? NFT Artists and Curators Weigh In A.I. models such as DALL-E have made generative art newly accessible. By Dorian Batycka, Nov 25, 2022
NFTs Never Mind the Crypto Crash, Christie’s Is Powering on With a Sale of More Than 15 NFTs, Timed for Miami Art Week The Christie's 3.0 marketplace continues its bid to become the go-to platform for high quality NFTs. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 24, 2022
NFTs Ahead of Its Reopening, Buffalo AKG Art Museum Rolls Out Its First Online Exhibition Dedicated to NFT Art "Peer to Peer" puts 13 digital artists in conversation with historical works in museum's collection. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 23, 2022
NFTs Digital Art Star Krista Kim Dreams of the Metaverse as a Space for High-Fidelity, Immersive Art Experiences. Can She Make It a Reality? The artist's metaverse company is beta-testing Ørb, an interoperable vehicle aiming to deliver immersive content to virtual worlds. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 22, 2022
NFTs Justin Bieber’s $1.3 Million Bored Ape Plunges in Value to Just $70,000 as NFT Prices Continue Their Free Fall Bieber's is an unremarkable example. By Vittoria Benzine, Nov 18, 2022
NFTs Yuga Labs Has Gifted a CryptoPunk to ICA Miami, Kicking Off the Company’s Initiative to Place Its NFTs in Contemporary Art Museums CryptoPunk #305 will be the third NFT to enter the museum's collection. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 16, 2022
NFTs OpenSea’s New Tool Enforces Royalties for NFT Creators. But Some Say It Goes Too Far in Quashing the Competition The tool allows creators to bake a royalty enforcement mechanism into new collections, but blacklists marketplaces with optional royalties. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 8, 2022
NFTs Instagram Is Trying Out a New Feature Allowing Users to Mint and Sell NFTs. Here’s How One OG Creator Is Using It "This is a step in the right direction," says Olive Allen, one of the crypto creators testing Instagram's new NFT function. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 4, 2022