While collectors arrived at Art Basel last week dressed to the nines and ready to splash millions on everything from a Joan Mitchell diptych ($18 million at David Zwirner) to an Ed Ruscha painting ($2.8 at Gagosian), a more understated affair took place a short walk away along the Rhine River. There, George Bak, the
A rare digital portrait of Blondie’s Debbie Harry by Andy Warhol has resurfaced and is now available for sale, carrying a hefty $26 million price tag. This distinctive piece of digital art, created in 1985 on an Amiga 1000 home computer, includes a Warhol-signed floppy disk containing ten further original images. Warhol, known for his
A work by Banksy sold for $382 despite smoke coming out of it, while a cat cartoon fetched double that amount. All this thanks to NFT – a new form of cryptocurrency. But is it a bubble? Parts of the writing of the critic Stuart Jeffries, published in the “Guardian” newspaper, Telegrafi brings below. Last
The University of Toledo fired up its foundry to assist an artist collective in dropping digital medallions into the smartphones of visitors to the Toledo Museum of Art. The Queen’s Medallion, a bronze work emblazoned with the stately profile of an imagined Ethiopian Queen, is on display in “House of Yatreda” through Sunday, Nov. 10.
The world of NFTs continues to evolve, bringing together creative minds and digital assets in exciting new ways. One project that has been making waves is TokenGators by SuperPaperThings—a collection of 7,777 unique cartoon gators on the Ethereum blockchain. TokenGators takes collectors on an adventure through a magical swamp where prehistoric creatures reclaim their dominion.
North Chatham Free Library (NCFL) Announces “A Return to Realism” with Visual Artist Arnon Moscona on November 10 at 3 PM This Free Event is Located at 4287 Route 203 North Chatham, NY (October 23, 2024) – Enjoy an open and stimulating conversation with Arnon Moscona when he shares a slide presentation of his work and displays
Earlier this month, Decrypt’s sister Web3 media outlet Rug Radio headed to Basel to take part in the Digital Art Mile, a new digital art fair format that showcased contemporary and historical digital art from around the world. “We wanted to bridge these two worlds—the traditional art world and the digital art world,” Georg Bak,
Prominent digital illustrator Mahasen Al-Khatib was among dozens of Palestinians reportedly killed on Friday, October 18, during a barrage of Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. According to the Indian news outlet Ummid, she was killed alongside her remaining family members. The Iranian state-owned news network PressTV indicates that her body
Still Image – Moni Omubor, The Backroom (2023)Moni is a Lagos-born visual artist and designer based in Lethbridge, Alta., whose new media practices uses speculative fiction to explore the interconnectedness of Black diasporic realities and postcolonial Nigerian identity. Moving Image – Carmilla Sumantry, GRWM (2024)Carmilla is an interdisciplinary creative based in Vancouver, BC. Her practice explores the
Amazon recently relaunched video game New World: Aeternum for the best games consoles as well as PC, and it boasts a roster or weird and wonderful creature designs that mix together all manner of influences. I spoke with the game art team about creating creatures for Aeternum, but I wanted to get more insights into