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What Is Generative Art?

Art Blocks founder and CEO Erick Calderon answers some rapid fire questions from CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie about what he finds inspiring right now, the future of generative art, and how Calderon would convince an artist to join the generative art platform.

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Generative Art Platform Art Blocks Acquires NFT Marketplace Sansa

Generative art platform, Art Blocks recently acquired Sansa, a well-known marketplace in digital and generative art. Art Blocks founder and CEO Erick Calderon joins "First Mover" to discuss.

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Who Are the 81 Recipients of Snowfro’s Latest Squiggle Mint?

The Art Blocks CEO isn’t selling a single one of his new NFTs. Instead, he’s giving them to individuals and communities that supported him and the platform’s genesis collection.

Chromie Squiggle NFTs on OpenSea

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Art Blocks CEO: Benefits of NFT Royalties for Creators

Art Blocks CEO Erik Calderon discusses at Consensus 2023 the value and benefits that NFT royalties can offer creators.

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Art Blocks Co-Founder Erick Calderon Uses Free Market Ideals to Defend NFT Royalties

Art Blocks, a generative art NFT collection, helped spearhead a movement to reward creators with royalties each time NFTs are sold.

Erick Calderon, the co-founder of Art Blocks, speaks at Consensus 2023. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Hannah Siegel-Gardner: What's Next for NFTs?

In a CoinDesk interview, Art Blocks Chief Marketing Officer Hannah Siegel-Gardner, a Consensus speaker, takes us behind the scenes at a leading startup in the emerging field of generative art.

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Art Blocks and NFT Gallery Bright Moments Team Up to Bring Generative Art IRL

The two companies are partnering to create NFTs with in-person experiences for collectors, beginning with a collection from generative artist Mpkoz.

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Web3

Former Gagosian Head of Digital Builds Generative Art Gallery Tonic.xyz

The gallery, which will help artists mint their works on-chain, will also seek to onboard the fine art world to the Web3 space through merging the physical and digital worlds.

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NFT Collection NimTeens Explores Just How Fast the NFT Space Moves

The new collection created by generative artist Bryan Brinkman, one of the first 10 creators on Art Blocks, is a creative commentary on the rapid maturity of the NFT space.

NimTeens on secondary NFT marketplace OpenSea (OpenSea).

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Art Blocks Friendship Bracelet NFT Collection Takes Top Spot on OpenSea

The collection was free to mint for holders of existing Art Blocks NFTs until the claim period ended on Tuesday, sending its value soaring on the secondary market.

Art Blocks' Friendship Bracelet collection (OpenSea)

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