An Artist-centered NFT Platform?

Image caption: Alba G.Corral, “Emergence” (2021), custom software (color, silent); dimensions variable, horizontal or vertical; generative, interactive, JavaScript (p5.js), HTML, CSS (courtesy the artist). Opinion article by Misha Maruma. Hyperallergic – February 21, 2022. 

Where once modern art was primarily defined by style — think Surrealism or Op art — today contemporary art can be characterized by how it is tracked and traded. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a type of digital asset connected to a public blockchain and certified to be unique and secure. The NFT as art was first proposed in 2014 by Anil Dash and Kevin McCoy to help artists monetize their digital works. As Dash has explained, however, what has followed is rampant opportunism and further commodification of art. […]

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