‘Invisible Aether’: World’s largest museum launches NFT art exhibition
After raising $440,000 selling NFTs on Binance, the Hermitage is now curious if NFTs are about the art, or rather just the money. The Russian State Hermitage Museum continues diving in the nonfungible tokens (NFTs) industry by debuting its first fully-virtual exhibition of digital art.Shortly after raising over $400,000 via its first NFT auction on Binance in September, the Hermitage is now hosting a free exhibition of NFT artworks existing exclusively in the virtual space, the so-called “celestial hermitage,” or the museum’s digital avatar.Launched on Nov. 10, the Hermitage’s exhibition....
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The head of the contemporary art department at the State Hermitage reveals his vision of the future of NFT art. Eventually, all museums will build their digital copy in the metaverse, according to Dmitry Ozerkov, the head of the contemporary art department at the State Hermitage Museum. Ozerkov is currently developing the “Celestial Hermitage”, a digital version of the iconic Russian museum, which will be exhibiting nonfungible (NFT) art. "We are all moving into the digital era and our digital twin will be following us everywhere", Ozerkov told Cointelegraph in an exclusive interview. The....
The NFT exhibition will be part of the “Hermitage 20/21” project. Russia’s State Hermitage Museum, the second-largest art museum in the world, is preparing to host a digital art exhibition involving non-fungible tokens.Scheduled to take place in 2021, the Hermitage’s NFT project will be Russia’s first exhibition in the field of NFT art, the museum officially announced Thursday.The Hermitage’s contemporary art department is organizing the exhibition, which will be part of its “Hermitage 20/21” project. The announcement read:“Non-fungible tokens have become a new form of securing rights to....
The Museum of Modern African Art Gallery & Lifestyle (MOMAA), a platform that promotes African artworks, recently kickstarted a 30-day non-fungible token (NFT) Modern African Art Exhibition. The exhibition, which will be MOMAA’s first NFT showcase, is set to feature the works of Goran Pin or the Portraitist. Pin, a Croatian national, is an artist seen “pushing the edges of the crypto art medium on multiple levels.” According to a statement on MOMAA’s website, taking the centre stage at this exhibition will be the Portratist’s “Kings and Queens....
Here's something for our friends in New York City. The Bitcoin Center NYC has announced on Wednesday that their center will feature a mathematics and monetary themed exhibit by The Museum of Interesting Things. The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive demonstration / exhibition of antiques and inventions that inspire innovation and creativity, eliciting learning from the past to create a better future. The event will be taking place at the Bitcoin Center on Thursday, June 12th starting at 6:30 pm prior to the showcasing of a Satoshi Square live bitcoin trading session.....
The art museum in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has partnered with cryptocurrency exchange Binance to offer non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of some of its most valuable artworks. Proceeds from the auction will be used to restore the museum’s activities and support its staff.
Ukrainian Museum to Sell 15 Works of Art as Digital Collectibles on Binance NFT
The NFT marketplace of the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance NFT, has announced the launch of tokens representing over a dozen of Kharkiv Art Museum’s works. The cultural....