By Anil Dash When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again. The only thing we’d wanted to do was ensure that artists could make some money and have control over their work. Back in May 2014, I was paired up with the artist Kevin McCoy at…
Category: Crypto art
Satoshi Nakamoto (Bitcoin)
Set in Stone: Reading Satoshi’s v.0.1.0Robert AliceSep 29, 2020·14 min read[Extract] Published pseudonymously on October 31st 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto’s whitepaper has taken on a mythic status with the blockchain community. Poured over and scrutinised linguistically and referentially, it has over the course of the last decade become the cornerstone of blockchain’s culture, a foundational document…
Edmond Belamy
The portrait in its gilt frame depicts a portly gentleman, possibly French and — to judge by his dark frockcoat and plain white collar — a man of the church. The work appears unfinished: the facial features are somewhat indistinct and there are blank areas of canvas. Oddly, the whole composition is displaced slightly to…
Let’s talk about NFTs
“I’d love to mint something with you” — Tamiko Thiel In the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art New York. Commissioned for the exhibition: “Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965–2018“September 28, 2018 – April 14, 2019 NFTs brought digital art (generative, AI, robotic, and so on) to a completely new realm of…
NFTs take off
The House of Thoughts NFTs take off “I’d love to mint something with you” – Tamiko Thiel. Virtual conferenceSeptember 15, 2021 Brussels 16:00Lisbon 15:00New York 10:00Hong Kong 22:00 Panel discussion Berk ÖzdemirKevin McCoyRobert Alice Moderator Antonio Cerveira PintoTNAF Artistic Director After the successful edition of 2020, a unique online conference on crypto-art and NFTs will…
TNAF '20'21 