In 2021 the art world witnessed a real revolution: the Crypto and NFT one. Amongst exhibitions, acquisitions and partnerships, gradually numerous dedicated museums have sprung up in the metaverse, while traditional museums – after having noticed the potential of NFTs – have also come closer to this universe. Among the first established realities to open […]
Continue readingInterview with PLAN X Gallery
NFTs, the cultural phenomenon of the year, are revolutionizing the way of conceiving art. For this reason, the main characters of the art sector, including art galleries, auction houses and museums, are getting closer than ever to the NFT world in order to test its potential. In the Italian panorama, there is no shortage of […]
Continue readingDiscovering PFP projects
Among the great trends of the NFT market of 2021 there was a real explosion for the NFT Avatar or PFP project.NFT avatars are digital characters in a ‘profile picture’ format generated by an artist’s algorithm. Each NFT avatar is individually unique, community-driven and intrinsically valuable as a form of digital identity, investment, and provider […]
Continue readingArt Collectors Guide: NFT & Crypto Art
Between Crypto Art and Collectibles, the NFT market is constantly increasing: these two segments dominated with sales in 2021, contributing over 90% of the exchanges and stimulating even more the interest of collectors, especially the Millennials’ generation. According to data from NonFungible.com, NFT transactions on Ethereum involve art and collectibles from January to December 2021, […]
Continue readingNFT & Auction Houses: Timeline
The auction houses that for years have dominated and have played an extremely important role in the art market are mainly three: Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips. Together they represent 70% of the contemporary art market by turnover. The market shares that these three auction houses manage are as follows: Sotheby’s: 32.9% […]
Continue readingInterview with Jehan Chu
His passion for art collecting knows no borders, not even those of the metaverse. Jehan Chu is a collector who very well knows the traditional art market, its protagonists and its dynamics: this does not mean that he has ignored the still ongoing changes that happened in the last year thanks to the entry of […]
Continue readingIn conversation with crypto art collector Pablo R. Fraile
Art has always been part of his life. Pablo Rodriguez Fraile is a sui generis collector: initially focused on architectural creativity, the meeting with his wife Desirée Casoni, Italian architect and designer, allows him to share his passion for art also thanks to amazing trips around the world with the aim to meet artists, visit […]
Continue readingInterview with The Edicurial Collection
The Edicurial Collection was founded in March 2021 by traditional arts supporter and long-term NFT enthusiast, Elsie. The collection’s name, “Edicurial”, is a neologism of the verb “edit” (that is, to modify and curate artefacts for their public display) and “curatorial” (a term coined by traditional curator Maria Lind to describe diachronic exhibitions that occur […]
Continue readingInterview with Colborn Bell
Colborn Bell is a collector who had a real “love at first sight” towards NFTs and crypto art. The artists have become for him the real source from which to draw information, to know and identify the art of the future, to which the collector himself has chosen to give an innovative digital space: a […]
Continue readingInterview with TokenAngels
“It was love at first sight”, he says, speaking about some meetings he had in 2019 with Sandbox and OpenSea. He started investing in crypto from the very beginning and then in 2019 he started to put his money into gaming and NFTs. We are speaking about Tokenangels, one of the biggest NFT whales that […]
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