Minty.Art Newsletter #27 - Banksy, $2.5 Million Tweet, Crypto Art Exhibition
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Welcome to this week’s Minty round-up covering some of the most significant events in Crypto Art and NFTs. Stick around to see our pick for Artist of the Week.
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$2.5 Million Twitter NFT
Jack Dorsey @jack CEO of Twitter and Square is offering to sell the very first tweet as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT). The bidding war for the tweet, “just setting up my twttr” has reached new highs with bids from multiple cryptocurrency influencers exceeding the $2 million mark.
The leading bid, at the time of writing, came from the CEO of Malaysia-based Bridge Oracle, Sina Estavi @sinaEstavi for an impressive $2.5 million. To see more about the ongoing auction, visit the Valuables page here.
Burned Banksy NFT
The original Banksy work titled ‘Morons’, one of six prints belonging to the rare ‘Barely Legal’ collection, has been tokenized and physically destroyed. The original 2006 piece has been set alight in “the first-ever major transition of a physical art piece into a digital one” - Burnt Banksy.
The event was authenticated by Banksy’s agency Pest Control, and although Banksy is not directly involved in the event, Burnt Banksy claims he is aware of the token event. The event organizers stated, “We believe NFTs hold tremendous promise, and blockchain technology can help to further diversify art expression as we have demonstrated with this Banksy burning”.
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Steve Aoki x Antoni Tudisco Collaboration
Upcoming artist Steve Aoki @steveaoki is collaborating with renowned digital artist Antoni Tudisco @antonitudisco in his debut collection of NFTs. The collection features 11 original pieces with colorful 3D visuals.
One of the pieces, titled ‘hairy’ is a unique 1 of 1 NFT currently on auction. A vibrant 3D animated piece and at the time of writing, bids are in excess of $150,000.
Beijing Crypto-Art Exhibition
The UCCA Lab @UCCA798, a Beijing-based division of the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art is turning its attention to the booming world of NFTs. Opening March 26th, they will present the exhibition titled “Virtual Niche — Have you ever seen memes in the mirror?”
The event will feature over 60 artists, including Beeple @beeple, Pak @muratpak, and Mad Dog Jones @Mad_Dog_Jones, with a special guest feature DJ deadmau5 @deadmau5.
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