NFTs could mark a resurgence in art galleries
Cointelegraph spoke to the founder of a London art gallery to discuss the cultural implications of welcoming NFTs into traditional art spaces. For decades, art galleries and museum exhibitions around the world have facilitated the presence of cultural education, social interaction and visual moments of awe. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, Georgia O'Keeffe's Black Iris III and Picasso's Weeping Woman have all inspired generations of art-lovers in their own pursuits of life, creative or else.However, since the turn of the century — grossly impacted by seismic shifts in digital behaviors,....
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PRESS RELEASE. Today, Web3 development studio Emergent Games has launched a range of 1,000 limited edition Genesis 0 Cryotag NFTs for massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Resurgence. The NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are offered exclusively via invite-only free mint and confer access to a private portion of the game’s Discord server, airdrops for future tokens and NFTs, whitelisting for future sales, real-life perks on merchandise, and other benefits that have yet to be revealed. Resurgence’s first NFT drop offers players a chance to contribute to the....
Nine in-person NFT galleries and exhibitions have already opened or are set to open this year, and one could be near you. As restrictions seem to be easing for many, people who are looking to leave their houses and discover their region or country can ride the nonfungible token (NFT) wave with physical exhibitions and galleries that will be opening over the second half of 2021 — with some having opened their doors already.Will there be one opening soon in your area? Is there already one open? Are you looking to travel domestically or internationally and want to experience a medium of art....
With NFTs, the future of art is in the palm of your hand. Here is a look at the topmost famous artists getting into NFTs right now. For millennia, the world of art has remained unchanged for the most part. The tradition has always revolved around artists selling their work to museums, galleries, or individual collectors. In return, the artist would get a market value for their work which was often kept in private vaults and only displayed to the public ever so often.With the advent of NFTs, many artists are now able to take their work and offer it up for sale as a digital collectible.....
Recognizing existing demand for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, one of the largest banks in Russia, Sberbank, now intends to allow users to issue them on its blockchain platform. The financial institution also plans to cooperate with art sites and galleries across the country. Sberbank to Give Clients Opportunity to Mint NFTs An option providing users with the chance to issue their own non-fungible tokens should appear on Sberbank’s blockchain platform in the fourth quarter of the year, the bank’s Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov unveiled during the Eastern Economic Forum in....
The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic forced many sectors of the economy to shut down in 2020. The art world also suffered, as several galleries were forced to close. As a result, artists couldn’t showcase their artworks. According to Statista, the art market was worth $50 billion, a $14 billion drop from the previous year. […]