If you did not hear, mainstream media and Internet killed the NFT bubble.
That’s it. Feels good, right? Now is the real time to collect, nurture relationships with artists, and fix the many problems raised by the mainstream adoption.
So, sit down, get your coffee, and read calmly.
Fanny
Recent Cryptoart News
Sotheby’s reproduced their London HQs and gallery in the virtual world, Decentraland [The Art Newspaper]
Kenny Schachter comments on the impact (so far) of NFTs on the art world and releases a few more details on Damien Hirst’s mysterious sale on Palm.io [artnet News]
The Green NFT hackathon originated by Jason Bailey just closed and rewarded 39 teams who worked on projects focused on awareness and solutions to the ecological impact of NFTs. Read about the three first teams. [artnome]
Bank of America is analyzing the trends of “The return of the event-driven market” in their newly released Art Market Update: Spring 2021 [BoA]
LONG FORM: Vitalik Buterin talks about all things Ethereum in a quite technical but clearly explained interview with Lex Fridman [watch]
Available NFT Artworks
Cryptoyuna, an OG female cryptoartist and force of nature, has a new series up, “Anatomy”, with gorgeous geometrical shapes and poetic results, from 0.04 to 2ETH depending on the series size and edition number [Knownorigin] [Opensea]
Sabet, an Iranian-American artist with a vibrant and colorful style, still has some available works around 0.5ETH that are characteristic of his style [Opensea]
If you have not tried Tezos-based platform, Hicetnunc.xyz, you are in for a treat. I’ll publish more about it next week. In a nutshell, the very simple and functional interface, along with the eco-friendly nature of Tezos, attracted many artists. The quality of the experimental works created outside of the market pressure attracted collectors, and even new platforms to build on Tezos. [buyer’s guide]
Noteworthy Exhibits & Sales
June 10: Sotheby's online sale “Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale” co-curated by Robert Alice and the solo sale of Cryptopunk 7523 end tomorrow [view lots]
Postmasters Gallery quietly released their new NFT division, PostmastersBC, bringing contemporary and historical digital works to the crypto ecosystem. [view works]
Ends June 10, 12pm EST: Sougwen Chung released her inaugural NFT on Superrare. She is a Chinese-Canadian artist, internationally acclaimed for her artistic collaborations and performances with machines that she designs and trains (D.O.U.G) [view work]
Events This Week
TODAY: June 9, 11:30-12pm EST: I am in a fireside chat with an NFT collector at The Digital Collector Summit [register for free]
June 9-10: Nonfungible Tokyo [register for free]
June 10, 12:30pm EST: I am speaking (in English) at FrenchFounders Panel “Ceci n’est pas un NFT” [register - $30]
June 16, 1:00-2:30pm EST: Propper Daley organizes a panel on Impact in Action: NFTs, Crypto, and Blockchain [register for free]
Documentaries
The Feels Good Man movie about the transformation of Pepe the Frog from a chill frog, to a white suprematist hate symbol back to a peace symbol in HK protest and the Rare Pepe Bitcoin NFT project [watch]
Finishing by a great meme by my friend, Sam, that summarizes the feeling we all feel:
Till next week!
Fanny
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