Curators feel more comfortable embracing NFTs post-surge, arguing that it showed audiences want more digital art.
Naomi Beckwith, chief curator at the Guggenheim said it best: “If artists are working with technology, then we have to be able to hold it.”
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MoMA's lobby will glow this winter, not by the twinkling lights of the holiday season but the swirling datascapes of
@refikanadol
whose popularity rose during the NFT frenzy. That's only part of the story ... 🧵
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Last year
@refikanadol
based an entire series of NFTs on MoMA's collection. The sale thru
@FeralFile
had works selling for $1,000+ with one going for $200k.
MoMA received a sixth of all primary sales.
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MoMA used its NFT profits to endow a Web3 associate position to (among other things) build partnerships with the crypto community. Last week, the museum also gave out free NFTs by artist Stephanie Dinkins to attendees at an event.
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MoMA is not alone. The Whitney recently promoted
@ChristianePaul2
(brava!) to a full curator position and has been acquiring NFTs, including Eve Sussman's phenomenal work — seen in the article.
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@TinaRiversRyan
at the
@BuffaloAKG
is curating an auction, the first survey of blockchain art by a major American museum, called "Peer to Peer" with artists like
@rheaplex
,
@laturboavedon
, and
@ix_shells
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The Guggenheim is also getting in on the action. Some trustees have explored the financial possibilities of NFTs. Curators are exploring how to put their provenance on the blockchain
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So what happens next might depend on whether you believe digital artists can control the technology they use, or if technology (and its economies) will control them. 🧵 end
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@ZacharyHSmall
Zachary, this is all great to hear.
Here is my but …
Are you aware what has happened in Europe over the past 18 months in museums?
Museums in the US have been slower but now that the big museums finally start moving everything else that has been done is forgotten? 😳
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