This video discusses the recent sale of Beeple’s NFT (Non-fungible token) at Christie’s for $69 million dollars.
This sale was Christies’ first for an entirely digital artwork, and the first time Christie’s accepted payment in the cryptocurrency Ether.
How does this event impact the art world today, and the future in terms of NFTs? Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch.
Video Walkthrough
- Sale of Beeple’s JPG at Christie’s
- What is an NFT?
- 5,000 images in Beeple’s artwork
- Other NFT artists
- Artist’s royalties & NFTs
- NFT marketplaces
- How digital art is perceived in the art world
Articles about NFTs
- Beeple Brings Crypto to Christie’s
- How Beeple Crashed the Art World
- I Looked Through All 5,000 Images in Beeple’s $69 Million Magnum Opus
- The $69 Million JPEG
- The $200K NBA NFT
- Market Power to the Beeple
- Beeple’s Opus
Artists mentioned
- Beeple (Mike Winkelmann)
- CryptoKitties
- Nyan Cat gif, Chris Torres
- Mars House, Krista Kim
- John Cleese’s NFTs
- Damien Hirst’s NFTs
- Grimes and Mac Boucher
- FEWOCiOUS
- Pak
- Andrew Benson
- BLACKSNEAKERS
- Shaylin Wallace
NFT marketplaces
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