Art


Opinion

NFTs Are Securities and It’s Great

Artist and lawyer Brian Frye writes about why non-fungible tokens represent investment contracts in social clout.

A marriage recorded on-chain (Cam Thompson/CoinDesk).

Opinion

The Art World Underestimates the Power of NFTs

NFTs will bring about a profound structural shift in how art is created, enjoyed and sold.

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Consensus Magazine

Most Influential Artist: Ravi Vora

The Los Angeles-based photographer captured Gary Vaynerchuk and Vayner3 President Avery Akkineni.

(Ravi Vora)

Layer 2

What Dance Tells Us About the Uses and Limitations of Art

NFTs may be able to help creators monetize their work, but questions of copyright and ownership have yet to give creators true ownership over their creations.

Woman Strong 1980s Abstract Fashion Model Skipping Dance Pose Pink Blue Purple Pixel Art Cube Block Voxels 3d illustration render (Getty Images)

Web3

Generative Art NFTs Bring New Heat to Crypto Winter

As NFT trading slows, generative art projects and renewed interest by traditional auction houses continue to grow.

(Art generated by CoinDesk using QQL algorithm)

Learn

What Are Generative Art NFTs?

While the art style has been around for decades, generative art recently gained popularity as a tool for NFT artwork thanks to artists like Tyler Hobbs, Snowfro and Pak.

(Dall-E/CoinDesk)

Web3

Azuki Raises $2.5M With NFT-Backed Golden Skateboard Sale

The anime-inspired NFT project auctioned off eight golden skateboards that can be burned for “physical backed tokens,” an experimental new concept that blends physical and digital goods.

Azuki released a series of eight skateboards with a 24K gold-plated deck linked to "Physical Backed Tokens." (Chiru Labs)

Finance

Tyler Hobbs’ QQL NFT Project Raises Nearly $17M in Successful Mint

The Fidenza NFT artist's latest project continued to climb in trading throughout the day.

(Generative art created by CoinDesk.)

Finance

Tyler Hobbs' Fidenza NFT Project Gets $1M Pump Over 48 hours

One wallet alone spent around $900,000 on the generative art NFT project.

(Fidenza NFT project via OpenSea)

Opinion

What Are Solarpunk and Lunarpunk Anyway?

Two environmentally focused fictional microgenres have become cornerstones of the Web3 aesthetic. Here’s how that happened.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)