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luke500
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Digital art, web3.
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The cups of discord. 2000 years old cups, made by masters of Greek Attic pottery. One (left) was returned by the Met to Italy in 2022. A second (right) was returned last year, but Italian officials agreed it could stay at the Met on loan. According to the NYTimes they were completely rassembled from fragments. 😅
A stunning (unlisted) new work by my friend Adrian @pocobelli. Untitled. Love his dithering signature and, quite literally, his signature on the bottom right corner. That reflection on the ground behind the subject resembles the sunshines coming in from the window. That blue collar is pure poetry. Refreshing.
A lost and found 2011 XCOPY glitch art: Black Hole. Noah Bolanowski, digital art educator re-discovered a Coinbase Commerce link shared by the artist in 2018, when he was selling an edition of 100 of this work. $15 dollars each. Suffice to say there was no token with this, in fact this work was never minted. A digital receipt is all those lucky 100 got. 🧾 🔥
The experience itself was absolutely stunning, as Noah said: "I don't think i minted an edition - i think i quite literally sent eth into a black hole - and i LOVE that". In all honesty what happened is what best describes how artists were able to sell their digital art pre-NFT. 😊
About this work: it first appeared on Tumblr on August 22nd 2011 (UTC, where the artists is based) and was offered for sale on April 2018 via Ascribe; a now defunct platform and chain (likely a Bitcoin L2). Never minted and never sold out, until October 10th 2024. 🔥 if you happened to buy an edition, check your transaction hash and look for the ReceiptDAO. 👀
The experience itself was absolutely stunning, as Noah said: "I don't think i minted an edition - i think i quite literally sent eth into a black hole - and i LOVE that". In all honesty what happened is what best describes how artists were able to sell their digital art pre-NFT. 😊
About this work: it first appeared on Tumblr on August 22nd 2011 (UTC, where the artists is based) and was offered for sale on April 2018 via Ascribe; a now defunct platform and chain (likely a Bitcoin L2). Never minted and never sold out, until October 10th 2024. 🔥 if you happened to buy an edition, check your transaction hash and look for the ReceiptDAO. 👀
A rather small (12.8 x 16.7 cm) yet stunning 1947 Shéhérazade, by Rene Magritte just sold for over $800k. A similar but bigger work from the same series, sold last year for over $8m! 🫠
A recently found (and authenticated) Emily Carr. Masset, Q.C.I., 1912. It's one of the most covered story of this week, as it was acquired for just $50 at a garage sale. Going to auction, with an estimated price above $150k, at Heffel Fine Art Auction House.
Bora III, by Victor Vasarely, 1964. In the Buffalo AKG Art Museum permanent collection, and currently on view until January 2025. Part of Electric OP exhibition curated by Tina Rivers Ryan.
Hidden, but never forgotten. Palais Stoclet is one of the few Unesco World Heritage site in Brussels, Belgium. It's house to an unique Gustav Klimt which caught a lot of attention: 'The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze'. A wonderful digital reproduction of the whole palace showcases one of the few oil on canvas mosaics by the Austrian Master. WSJ dives deep into the history of this paint, I'll post a free link in the comments.
If you didn't make it to visit The National Gallery's “Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers” exhibition yet; then you may be in luck! 😅 On the very same day two climate activists were convicted to two years, for throwing soup on a Van Gogh sunflowers... Three others activists threw soup not on one but on two paintings on view last week!
Gm! Scheduled posts are not working for me since yesterday… :)
Among the pieces auctioned in Hong Kong, during last week's 20th/21st Century Evening Sale at Christie's: a stunning 1897-1899 Nymphéas by Claude Monet hammered over $34m including the premium!
This is how you inscribe a top notch >3MB super high quality work on Bitcoin. Ascend is the fourth piece from "The Wild Within" project, by @ryankoopmans & Alice Wexell, entirely secured onto the mother chain. This piece will be available at Christie's... 🔥🔥🔥
If you are an artist here is another tip: if 1/1 is not for everyone, you may consider to release your work as editions. Delegation is the perfect standard for optimisation and it's adopted by default by many inscription services.
https://x.com/lukefivehundred/status/1840427722104795515
If you are an artist here is another tip: if 1/1 is not for everyone, you may consider to release your work as editions. Delegation is the perfect standard for optimisation and it's adopted by default by many inscription services.
https://x.com/lukefivehundred/status/1840427722104795515
Les canots amarrés, a 1887 Vincent van Gogh resurfaced after 30 years, hammered a whopping $32.2m at Christie's last week!
Weekend readings: an exclusive long investigative reading by the Wall Street Journal about the current state of the art market. (link to the free article) https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/art-market-sothebys-problems-6fa55009?st=GFr3QC&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Dr. Bill Kolomyjec (aka Dr. Bill) can be found in some of the biggest institutional collections such as: Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Francisco Carolinum, SFMOMA; and private collectors like Spalter Digital, Ragnar Digital, and many more. Today you can collect any of his digital works starting from less than 1 dollar up till 0.03 BTC.
Electric Op, curated by Tina Rivers Ryan, is starting in 2 days at Buffalo AKG Museum. It will showcase 90 stunning works spanning six decades from physical to digital, all about OP art. My friend and OG computer pioneer Dr. Bill (William J. Kolomyjec) will be there in person, and Moire, an OP computer art from 1973, recently acquired by the museum, for their permanent collection, will be on view as well.
Update: sold for $30,240 plus commissions. 🔥
This one is on the front page...
The Little Theater, 1934 by Salvador Dalí. In the permanent collection of MoMa and currently on view. Speaking of MoMa: if you live in NYC and are not a member, MoMa is offering a 10% off on their Explore yearly membership tier until Oct 31st. The promo code is UNLOCK
'Weeping Tree' by Vincent Van Gogh, 1889. One of the six canvases of olive trees painted during Master's final months. Over 50 works, some rarely seen, are now on view through the next January at The National Gallery in London. This work has been loaned by the Art Institute Chicago.
Happy birthday Batman! 85 is quite a thing, isn't it?! I ran some (very basic) numbers on one of the first DC's digital collectible sale, happened four years ago! Not going to lie, I have a bit of FOMO as I don't own any of these! https://x.com/lukefivehundred/status/1837594899354464640
A followup now that both the auctions closed. The copy hammered at Bonhams (in the pic you can appreciate the rear of the print) was sold for Sold for US$889,500 including premium. While the one offered at Christie's hammered a USD 856,800 plus fees.
Study of Mme Gautreau, circa 1884, by John Singer Sargent. In the permanent collection of Tate Museum and currently on view at the Tate Britain (which is free to visit!)