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 […]
In the visual arts, there is no guarantee that work will be preserved for any time after it has been created. While physical pieces are certainly more permanent that performances, all works are subject to deterioration and destruction. Some pieces are more susceptible, such as work made of fragile material or located in an unstable […]
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 […]
NFTs, with the full name of non-fungible tokens, are popular these days around the globe. Unlike Bitcoin, NFTs are unique digital assets and each has a digital signature that allows NFTs to be “exchanged for or equal to one another”. The most expensive NFT until now is Everydays: The First 5000 Days by Beeple, originally […]
Technology has always been a really big part of the music business, and has really dictated how we make music, how we consume music.” —— Kristin Robinson, Billboard‘s music publishing reporter Today, NFT probably is no longer a foreign term to many. The digital assets stored on a blockchain have now made their way everywhere, […]
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 […]
Introduction Over the years, the world of theatre has steadily gotten more diverse in the characters that are presented in a play or musical. This is largely due to the enhanced presence of minority playwrights’ work taking centerstage at community and regional theaters nationwide. However, much work still needs to be done as over 70% […]