Why Beeple Believes Digital Art’s Future Isn’t Up for Debate

Image: The human-dog hybrids featured at Art Basel Miami. Image courtesy of Beeple Studios. Article by Elisa Carollo. Observer – January 5, 2026. 

When people are still discussing an artwork weeks after a gallery exhibition or fair, it becomes clear that the piece has done more than simply go viral. Something about it has opened the door for critical debate, inspiring timely reflection on where art is and where it might be heading next. Consider, too, that many much-discussed works that ultimately reshaped the course of contemporary art history—Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain being the most obvious example—were initially rejected by the art world’s gatekeepers. […]

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