In Christie’s 2018 autumn auction, the famous controversial AI artwork “Portrait of Edmond Belamy” was sold for $432,500. The creator, the French art collective Obvious, had no prior history or reputation as an artist. And even though being created with an algorithm, the portrait nonetheless looks like one less delicate portraiture than you would expect […]
NFT or non-fungible tokens are digital collectibles bought and sold using cryptocurrency. They are all the rage right now generating upwards of $25 billion in overall sales in 2021, but we don’t often hear about their place in music – especially classical music. In an artistic medium so rooted in analog tradition, how, if at […]
Deemed as a white, male-dominated space, many female artists and celebrities have voiced their enthusiasm for inviting more women into the web3 movement. While many NFT projects focus on education, philanthropy, and providing visibility for women creators, some have been criticized for using social justice issues as selling points, undermining their risks and actual contribution […]
Hedy Zhang May 1, 2022 A Non-fungible token (NFT) is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items, and videos. As NFTs dominate the digital art discourse, art and cultural organizations have been experimenting and exploring the format. NFT does bring some opportunities and complexities for art institutions, galleries, and museums […]
Cryptocurrency’s popularity has increased dramatically within the last decade. In addition, to some raising millions, many have used it to donate to charities. For example, The American Red Cross started accepting bitcoin in 2014. That outlet became even more popular when in-person fundraising methods declined during the pandemic; cryptocurrency was a creative outlet to entice worldwide donations […]
The Digital Dark Age is what some are calling the potential (or in some cases realized) threat of the loss of information stored digitally. Bit rot, digital decay, and link rot are all common phenomenon that plague arts organizations today and will likely continue to burden arts organizations for the foreseeable future. However, despite the […]
NFTs is coming to the Arts world. What is NFTs? “NFTs are tokens that can signify ownership of individual items. They permit us to tokenize objects such as art, collectibles, and even property. NFTs could only have one legitimate owner at a time and are protected by the Ethereum blockchain; no one can alter the […]
Proof of Attendance The average theater goer walks into a performance with their ticket stub freshly procured from the box office. An usher hands them a playbill as they find their seat. Both items unique to the time and place of the event, and available only to those physically in attendance at the performance, these […]
Immersive art experiences are dominating the current cultural landscape, and rapidly evolving to accommodate audiences who are no longer as engaged with conventional presentations of fine art. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic experiences like Sleep no More and Meow Wolf were considered the cutting edge of artistic presentation, and while both are still extremely popular […]
Fundraising is a vital part of a nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission. Cultivating relationships with individuals and institutions in this way can help an organization gain economic support, as well as important relationships and visibility. In order to create and maintain these developmental relationships, organizations need to meet potential partners where they are and […]