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Father | Collector | VP, Head of Digital Art & Contemporary Art Specialist @sothebys

New York, NY
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Michael Bouhanna
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Sotheby's Gen Art Program Presents: Bernar Venet, EVENT Building upon Venet's multidisciplinary art practice spanning six decades, EVENT uses algorithms & generative Programs to explore themes of randomness, chance in his work. powered by @ArtBlocksEngine
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@elonmusk as much I admire your work I’d like you to remove your pfp that I created for our Sotheby’s sale. Or you credit me 😂. Happy to send you the original file minted with the buyer approval 🫡
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3 years
BAYC & BAKC going @Sothebys . Ape in ! 2-9 September 🦍
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🚨$19M on the 101 Bored Apes @Sothebys 🚨 4 days to go 🔥 @BoredApeYC
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💥SOLD💥 $6.215M
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Come visit us @Sothebys london to see these great cryptopunks on paper by @larvalabs . 👀
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I am absolutely thrilled with the outcome of this sale! I am truly amazed by the overwhelming support we received from the generative art and NFT community throughout the entire process. I cannot express enough gratitude for all the support we received. A huge congratulation to…
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🚨Tyler Hobbs, Fidenza 725 - SOLD $1,016,000 !! 🚨 @Sothebys
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Sotheby’s Metaverse Marketplace : - Artists first - Fully on chain - 2.5% fee - Artist’s royalties enforced at the marketplace’s smart contract level - highly curated - Aggregator of 1/1s cross marketplaces - Content focus - Defend and promote artists above just offering for…
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💥SOTHEBY’S GEN ART PROGRAM LAUNCHING💥 We launch a dedicated program dedicated to Generative Art powered by @artblocks_io 💥Highly curated long form series (3 releases per year) 💥Elevated presentation & Educational program 💥Physical exhibitions and IRL Events 🙏🏼Inaugurated…
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3 years
Sotheby’s is committed to bring the most historic and impactful NFT projects to a wider global audience. Mooncats are among the very first on-chain generative projects from 2017, just 1 month after CryptoPunks. Rescued kittens have a bright future - stay tuned… @mooncatrescue
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Good bye 👋🏼
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After 300 years of physical-only exhibits, Sotheby's opens it's doors in the Metaverse! Visit the exact replica of our iconic London headquarters in @Decentraland , where the 'Natively Digital' NFT Curated Sale is on exhibit alongside physical showings in NYC, London and Hong Kong
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SOTHEBY' S PRESENTS: Natively Digital: An Ordinal Curated Sale This marks the first time Sotheby’s curates some of the most sought-after collections and artists from the Bitcoin ecosystem as well as established artists venturing into ordinals for the first time. All lots…
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I'm saddened to learn that Vera Molnar passed away at 99 years old. Words cannot express how honored I was to work directly with her this year. There will be numerous tributes within our generative art community and the traditional art world, honoring this Grande Dame who paved…
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A few months and a few hundred OpenSea tabs later, I decided the birth of my daughter was as good a reason as any to finally Ape in. Thanks for having me @BoredApeYC . Thanks @j1mmyeth for helping me finding the right one !
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I am so excited to present @BitcoinShrooms , the first ordinal sale at @Sothebysverse , and we couldn't start with a better project. This is the first time works from the very anticipated collection will be available to the public.
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La famille s’agrandit ❣️ Eve was born today at 4.20 pm, weighing 6.9 lbs😍
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Getting into Tezos just now 🤦🏽‍♂️! Which artists should I look at ?
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2023 at Sothebys will remain one of the most exciting years for Digital Art! 🚨 What We Achieved 🚨 Close to $35 million in sales. Launch of a fully on-chain secondary marketplace that honors creators' royalties. Our very first dedicated live auction with more than 300…
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Getting ready for the opening @Sothebys amazing to see all these works in flesh !
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4 months
To celebrate 20k followers, I am not going to airdrop NFTs to anyone who replies to this tweet.
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11 months
Auction estimate on the Goose is $2-3M and being conservative.
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. @Darkfarms1 , Bestiarum enriched with death, 2021 In 2 days @Sothebys
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SOLD $95,250 ! Huge congrats to @GrantYun2 💥
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4 months
🚨Tomorrow 10am ET the 1st Ordinal Curated sale will be revealed @Sothebys 🚨
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TOP 20 LOTS SOLD AT SOTHEBY’S THIS YEAR 👇
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Look who’s there !! @fewocious
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10 months
ALL DETAILS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEMES AND VARIATIONS BY VERA MOLNAR AND MARTIN GRASSER WEDNESDAY 26 July at 11am ET (join in advance to create an account if needed) Powered by @ArtBlocksEngine Sale page: Official Opensea collection page:…
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Michael Bouhanna
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🚨SOLD OUT!!🚨 Natively Digital: An Ordinal Curated sale smashed the pre sale estimates ! - Total: $1,097,000 (26 BTC) (Double the pre sale low estimate) - 100% of lots sold - 641 bids - 95 bidders and buyers - Half of the sale sold for over their high estimates Congrats to…
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Michael Bouhanna
11 months
A Nice new home for the Goose. I got attached to it 🥺 but I know it’s in great hands.
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Launching a new auction featuring 55 works from a variaty of artists and genre. You'll find some classic works by @tylerxhobbs , @emilyxxie , @williamapan , as well as the unique @pudgypenguins inscribed on bitcoin, a Rarepepe by Matt Furie and the very anticipated @Darkfarms1 !…
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Are these the largest Fidenza ever printed out ?
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Miami most talked exhibition
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11 months
Gen Art will take over Sotheby’s HQ in NY Come visit us from June 10th !
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4 months
Imagine having this line up coming up : Beeple ACK Seerlight Grant Yun Tyler Hobbs Dmitri Cherniak MDJ Snowfro Helena Sarin Kjetik Golid XCOPY Hackatao Otherworld Osinachi Allota Money ❣️ Dangiuz Terrell Jones
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11 months
Again congrats @dmitricherniak . Very well deserved !
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1 year
Should I include my squiggle in my signature ? @ArtOnBlockchain
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1 year
Coming next : Dmitri Cherniak, Ringer #879 (The Goose), 2021 Save the date : LIVE AUCTION: 15th June, NY
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11 months
Look what I found 🪿
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🚨 NEW BID ON THE DOGGOS AT $1,500,000🚨 @Sothebys @BoredApeYC
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4 months
I’m so thrilled to collect one of Tyler Hobbs’ earlier work on paper. Made in 2014 it’s the first year he used programs to create generative art. It’s with this series of 4 unique iterations that he realized the long form potential it had. Tyler Hobbs, Community 3, 2014
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11 months
The new Marfa wall 😂
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Tyler Hobbs Wall currently @Sothebys
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3 years
@Sothebys is not only bringing the physical to the digital world... but the digital to the physical world! Come visit us in-person in our London, New York and Hong Kong galleries to experience the works physically from the Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale.
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Michael Bouhanna
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It’s a wrap !! GRAILS PART IV achieved close to $1M with again very strong results across the 22 lots sold. Above 500 bids and more than 80 bidders/buyers participated to the sale🙏🏼 Thanks to all involved and to the Sotheby’s team 💥💥
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Michael Bouhanna
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The buyer of the Doggos has GREAT PLANS so it benefits the community. Coming soon.. @BoredApeYC
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Michael Bouhanna
6 months
gm Beautiful minimalist white mono spiral for sale @Sothebys
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6 months
I see a growing interest in historic and blue-chip works. Over the past two months, I've managed to sell over $6 million worth of digital art, including a $1/1.5M sale on a single piece - all through private sales.
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Michael Bouhanna
10 months
More prints
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11 months
Come visit the GRAILS PART II exhibition @Sothebys
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gm ! I can’t believe the Vera Molnar sale is today. I’ve been working on it for more than a year and was amazing to work closely with such talented and passionate people like @martingrasser @So_sophs @jaclynlavy @_db111 @minzeekang @sofiagarcia_io @Toni_Marinara @Druid_eth
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We must be grateful to amazing actors like @ArtOnBlockchain , who built tools allowing a 70yo movement to witness an amazing revival. Two years ago, we couldn't imagine that the 99-year legend of Generative Art, Vera Molnar would use @ArtBlocksEngine to release a new body of…
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Michael Bouhanna
3 years
Waiting for a @boredapeYC to hit @sothebys …👀🤷🏽‍♂️ but until then, we’re accepting crypto for #Banksy ’s iconic bored ape 🚀🚀
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5 months
Tomorrow 🫶🏽
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Michael Bouhanna
11 months
I love the community of artists so much ! This is really good ! Credit to @jakejfried @ThankYouX @killeracid @ericprhodes 🙏🏼💥
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Michael Bouhanna
2 months
🚨SOLD $35,000🚨 Congrats @emilyxxie !!
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🚨CLOSING TOMORROW🚨 This gorgeous Smoke and Fire palette, Memories of Qilin by @emilyxxie is closing tomorrow during a live auction taking place in NY. You can place bids online or live tomorrow from 10am ET. The work is lot 320 so should pass at around 12pm / 1pm ET. dm…
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11 months
It has been exactly 474 days that I have been working on a project that we’ll finally release very soon! I can't wait, this is so exciting for the generative art space.
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$2,440,000 realized during the GRAILS kick off sale that included 7 lots coming from the former 3AC portfolio. Thank you to all bidders and buyers and congrats to the artists involved !
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1 year
Follow the LIVE AUCTION @Sothebys tomorrow (Friday). The below works should go under the hammer around 4.20pm - 5pm ET. There will be a lot of action ! Link 👇🏾
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🚨SOLD $254,000 (6.3 BTC) 🚨 Congrats @0xfar and @TaprootWizards !
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4 months
We’re excited to have the honor of offering Genesis Cat at auction, the top tier piece in our collection. Created by the legendary @0xfar and is the only 1/1 artwork in the collection. Gmeow
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Huge respect to @martingrasser for having designed the twitter bird that remained since 2012. @elonmusk
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Follow the LIVE AUCTION @Sothebys tomorrow (Friday). The below works should go under the hammer around 4.20pm - 5pm ET. There will be a lot of action ! Link 👇🏾
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Great read on Generative Art by Brian Boucher. « Many think of Generative Art as a crypto-art practice, but its aesthetic roots span a century of avant-garde movements – from Dada and Surrealist automatic drawings to Conceptual rules-based processes. »
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Michael Bouhanna
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My 10 Gazers by Matt Kane Chormie Squiggles by Snowfro Meridian by Matt DesLauriers Anticyclone by William Mapan 100 Sunsets by Zach Lieberman Memories of Qilin by Emily Xie Pre-Process by Casey Reas Human Unreadable by Operator Mathcastles by Terraforms Century by Casey Reas…
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🚨ALL TIME RECORD🚨 $95,250 (2.25 BTC) Congrats to the master @DesLucrece for having achived his ATH sale ! It's always such a pleasure working with you.
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💥SALE RECAP GRAILS PART II💥 - White Gloves sale (100% lot sold) - 97.3% of the lots sold above the estimate - Almost 1,000 bids !! 💥TOTAL SALE : $11M 💥 We got works available for private sale: Sothebys-grails.eth
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11 months
Can I have your take on this ? How much do you think the fact it’s mint 2 impacts the value ? Fidenza #2
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Michael Bouhanna
2 years
First day in @tezos NFT and bought these two amazing works by @manoloidee and @pointline_ . The user experience isn’t great yet but there’s really good and serious art and A LOT to dive in ! Excited to join this new community 🔥
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gm Tyler Hobbs, Fidenza 526, 2021 Available for private sale @Sothebysverse
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gm from France 🇫🇷
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I’m bored
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Incredible to see that Vera Molnar, 99 years old, who posed in this picture taken in 1940 in Budapest with her Fine Art university classmates, is going to release a new body of work in 2023 that will live forever on the blockchain. What a career !
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🚨SOLD $80,000🚨 Chromie Squiggle #9896 just sold @Sothebysverse Hong Kong. Congrats to all involved. 🍾 Creator’s royalties honored 🫶🏽
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Last June, we launched our Sotheby’s Gen Art Program powered by @ArtBlocksEngine , committing to releasing a very limited number of curated long-form projects, only 2 or 3 per year. Our goal is to prioritize quality over quantity so that when we look back at the entire program,…
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The Goose wall before it goes to a new owner.
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Take a closer look at @dmitricherniak 's Ringers #879 , famously nicknamed 'The Goose.' Experts @katehannah , @sofiagarcia_io , and @michaelbouhanna discuss its captivating history & cultural significance. Discover more:
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Nice take over of @Sothebys landing page 🤩
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So honored to present the last 1/1 both digital and physical by @GrantYun2 , with the help of @avant_arte . The piece is being auctioned in our next Contemporary Curated sale. "My practice draws from many art movements from over the past 2 centuries. My…
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Today at @Sothebys we’re making the most significant changes to Sotheby’s fee structure in several decades. That means reduced buyer’s premiums, standardized seller commission rates, and no more overhead premium. Swipe to see what’s new. We think this simpler, intuitive system…
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Wow Archetypes look stunning printed 🫠
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🚨SOLD 14.44 ETH 🚨 Second ATH sale for Themes and Variations by Vera Molnar and @martingrasser
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In a watershed moment for both the traditional and NFT space, @Sothebys Digitally Native fetches an incredible $17.4m featuring 28 artists across the NFT art community. Thank you for all of the artists, collectors, and the community to make this all possible. @robertalice_21 🙏🏼
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Incredible results again with our GRAILS part III that just achieved close to $1.2M across 17 lots offered in a contemporary art sale. Top sales being Fidenza, CryptoPunk, Ringers and Seerlight 💥💥
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💥NEW BID💥 $300,000 ! Link 👇🏾
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In 1968, amidst heavy student protests in France, Vera Molnar created this generative work. That year, the Centre de calcul de l’université de Paris in Orsay was almost empty, providing her with the opportunity to freely use it and experiment with making visual art using a…
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MOMA is going to buy NFTs. I didn’t expect them to ape in so fast but it was inevitable @MuseumModernArt
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