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Controversial Artist Damien Hirst Accused Of Backdating 1,000 Paintings In NFT Project
24.5.2024
English artist Damian Hirst is under increased scrutiny this week following claims he backdated more than 1,000 pieces of art from his NFT project “The Currency,” The Guardian reported Wednesday. The allegations come just two months after Hirst was accused of misrepresenting the dates of several...
Damien Hirst livestreams the burning of $10M in art for NFT project
12.10.2022
"The Currency" is the name given to Hirst's NFT project which examines the value of digital art versus physical art
Up in smoke: Artist Damien Hirst to burn 4,851 paintings in NFT project
28.7.2022
Almost half of the buyers of Hirst’s “The Currency” collection wanted to keep the NFT version
Mondrian Art in CSS From 5 Code Artists
14.1.2022
Mondrian is famous for paintings with big thick black lines forming a grid, where each cell is white, red, yellow, or blue. This aesthetic pairs well with the notoriously rectangular web, and that hasn’t gone unnoticed over the years with …
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‘Making a Stronger Impact Artistically’ — An In-Depth Discussion About NFTs With System of a Down’s Serj Tankian
9.1.2022
Last month, the lead vocalist of System of a Down, Serj Tankian, hosted an art exhibition with the non-fungible token (NFT) platform and marketplace Curio NFT. The physical and virtual-melded art show was called “Not for Touching” and this week Tankian told Bitcoin.com News that...
Creating Generative Patterns with The CSS Paint API
24.11.2021
The browser has long been a medium for art and design. From Lynn Fisher’s joyful A Single Div creations to Diana Smith’s staggeringly detailed CSS paintings, wildly creative, highly skilled developers have — over the years — continuously pushed …
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Sotheby’s to Bring Down the Hammer in Ethereum on 2 Iconic Banksy Paintings
11.11.2021
Sotheby’s, the British-founded American luxury auction house, has announced the company will be selling Banksy works for real-time bids in ethereum at “The Now Evening Auction” on November 18. While the upcoming auction will have pieces from highly acclaimed artists such...
Beltracchi’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ — Notorious Art Forger Banned from Selling at Galleries Steps Into the NFT Game
10.10.2021
While the world of non-fungible token (NFT) assets continues to swell, the notorious artist and art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi has joined the NFT industry with a collection of NFTs called “The Greats.” Beltracchi is well known for admitting that he forged hundreds of paintings...
Binance and Russian museum to tokenize Da Vinci and Van Gogh paintings
27.7.2021
Masterpieces from Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Giorgione will be tokenized for auction via Binance’s NFT marketplace next month
Major Auction House Christie’s Accepts Bitcoin for Painting Worth Estimated $6 Million
26.6.2021
British auction house Christie’s will accept bitcoin and ether for a painting worth an estimated $6 million. The digital wallet used to pay for the painting must be held at one of the approved custodians, such as Coinbase, Fidelity, Gemini, or Paxos. Paying for Paintings With Bitcoin...
14 Years of Art for $500K: Youtuber Ali Spagnola Compiles All Her Free Paintings Into an NFT
12.4.2021
In mid-January, Bitcoin.com’s newsdesk wrote about the popular artist and Youtuber, Alicia Dawn “Ali” Spagnola after she “accidentally got bitcoin rich” from her Free Paintings project. Since then, a great number of people told her to create a non-fungible token (NFT)...
DEX Barter Smartplace Launch: A New Era of NFT Trade
7.4.2021
At Barter Smartplace, collectors can use barter exchange as the best way to build a collection. Trade coins for paintings, sculptures for digital art, a 1960s car for a collection of several gold coins, and many more exchange options are now available through barter. What Is Barter Smartplace?...
Popular Youtuber Ali Spagnola ‘Accidentally Got Bitcoin Rich,’ Decides to ‘Pay It Forward’
14.1.2021
On Wednesday, the popular musician and Youtuber, Alicia Dawn “Ali” Spagnola, made a new video and tweeted about how she got “accidentally bitcoin rich,” after taking a request for her project called Free Paintings. After getting a bitcoin in 2013 and checking her account...
Diana Smith’s Pure CSS Artwork “Lace”
8.11.2019
Diana is at it again with her absolutely unbelievable CSS paintings. This latest one is called Lace. Past paintings are Francine, Vignes, and Zigario.
She wrote for us last year if you'd like a little insight into her thinking.
Andy Baio looked at the painting in a variety of older...
South Korean ArtBloc to Sell David Hockney Paintings via Blockchain
31.8.2019
South Korean project ArtBloc to sell David Hockney paintings using blockchain