24 HOURS OF ART: Tuesday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 11/18 - 11/19
Curated Autoglyph
Cryptonative fund Curated acquires ‘Autoglyph #239’ by Larva Labs via private deal from j1mmy_vault. It is now the 15th (!) Autoglyph (there are 512 total) in their collection.
Via Curated co-founder Todd Goldberg:
“We are so back. Our first large acquisition in some time.”
The Queen of Toledo
The Toledo Museum of Art announces acquisition of ‘Abyssinian Queen’ by Yatreda for 50,000 USDC. It is the first time a major museum uses cryptocurrency to purchase an artwork for its collection.
Via TMA Director and CEO Adam Levine:
"Abyssinian Queen is a welcome addition to our growing digital art collection. When we buy a new artwork from a French gallery, we pay in euros; when we buy from an English auction house, we pay in pounds. In this case, we are purchasing from the web3 artist collective Yatreda ያጥሬዳ, so it only made sense to try to transact in their preferred currency."
Via Yatreda:
“By embracing the blockchain as a modern canvas for this evolving story, the TMA team is pioneering a bold direction for institutions worldwide.”
You can find more about the context of this transaction in a story I published this morning.
Collection: Highlights
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 20 sales for 10.83 ETH, list: 0.56 ETH
‘Checks - VV Originals’ /5,058 by Jack Butcher: 21 sales for 8.37 ETH, list: 0.38 ETH
‘Opepen Edition’ /15.8k by Jack Butcher: 13 sales for 5.06 ETH, list: 0.19 ETH
LIVE (Expanded Art) - ‘REIMAGINE TOMORROW, 1954-2024’ Exhibition
LIVE (Fellowship) - ‘Evolved Hallucinations’ by Trevor Paglen
LIVE (Highlight) - ‘Awakened’ by qubibi
LIVE (The Memes by 6529) - ‘Morning Walk’ by Jesperish
LIVE (Vertu Fine Art) - ‘Carpoolers II’ by Alejandro Cartagena
INCOMING (BrainDrops) - ‘A Journey of Samurai’ by Raja Nandepu
INCOMING (Expanded Art) - ‘BETWEEN ZERO AND ONE’ by Monika Fleischmann and Wolfgang Strauss (MFWS)
INCOMING (Glitch) - ‘everything vs nothing’ by Joe Pease: 1/1/30 24 hour auctions begin 12:00pm ET
INCOMING (SuperRare) - ‘Rare Bananas’
INCOMING (Art Blocks Engine) - XCOPY: 1/1/500 “later this week if all goes smoothly in testing”
1/1: Highlights
‘Carpoolers #72’ by Alejandro Cartagena: 1.5 ETH to thump365.eth
‘Carpoolers #81’ by Alejandro Cartagena: 1.5 ETH
‘Carpoolers #89’ by Alejandro Cartagena: 1.5 ETH
‘you live like this?’ by Phil Bowen: 1.5 ETH to Feisty Doge
‘A Luminous Veil’ by HairofMedusa: 1 ETH to cosmicsurfer1976
‘From The Redwood Forest’ (May 2023) by Bård Ionson: 0.49929 ETH to Antagonist4ever
‘"Girl in the Lake"‘ by Ali_light painting: 0.3 ETH
‘ASE MASK’ by ARTECHOUSE: $875 to txconro
1/1/X: Highlights
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 6.16, 5.26 & 4.9754 WETH
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 5.237 (15 Color Spread), 4.5 & 4.5 ETH, 4 & 4 WETH
‘Meridian’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Matt DesLauriers: 3, 2.6 & 2.5 ETH
‘Synthetic Dreams’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 1.6969 ETH & 1.0623 WETH
‘Life In West America’ /500 (BrainDrops) by Roope Rainisto: 1.6 ETH
‘zerebro (genesis)’: 1.25, 1, 0.969, 0.95 & 0.888 ETH
‘alignDRAW’ /2,709 (Fellowship) by Elman Mansimov: 1.24 & 1.19 ETH, 1.05, 1.04 & 0.9818 WETH
‘Pebbles’ /1k (NextGen 6529) by Zeblocks: 1.138 & 0.88 ETH
‘The Currency’ /2,050 by Damien Hirst: 0.88 ETH & 0.62 WETH
‘paracosm’ /100 (Bright Moments) by Claire Silver: 0.7575 ETH to clavdio-stage
‘Ground Truths’ /49 by Sougwen Chung: 0.75 WETH to antxx24
‘SALT V4’ /180 by Figure31 x 0xmons: 0.69 ETH
‘FLARES’ /512 by FAR: 0.02 BTC
‘FREE MATT KANE’ /256 by Matt Kane: 0.575 WETH to Miodozer
Edition: Highlights
‘REBIRTH’ /100 by Beeple: 6.92 WETH → 7.49 WETH (same edition)
‘ABUNDANCE’ /100 by Beeple: 6.92 WETH
‘BOT_ROT’ /87 by XCOPY: 1.88 ETH to svdden
‘Techno Dreaming’ AP /2 by André Hemer | Sculpture.eth: 1.6 ETH
‘CHURN’ /151 by XCOPY: 1.5 ETH
‘PROTO-GOUGE’ /99 by XCOPY: 1.05 WETH to MCasse
‘Everydays: Group Effort’ /100 (PROOF) by Beeple: 0.967 ETH
‘MAX PAIN’ by XCOPY: $2,777, 0.82 ETH & 0.8 WETH
‘OBLIVION’ /449 by XCOPY: 0.8 & 0.77 WETH
‘SIDEWAYZ’ /386 by XCOPY: 0.793 WETH to ethanfan
‘횡단보도’ /30 (PROOF) by Dmitri Cherniak: 0.6 WETH to Miodozer
‘no escape’ /53 (Noble Gallery) by ACK: 0.4 ETH to RemiZain
‘Aku Chapter III: Escape’ /570 by Micah Johnson: $1,200 to dh4321
‘NessGraphics - Collectors Key’ /50 by NessGraphics: 0.35 ETH to LaoVault
‘the rise and fall’ /35 by die with the most likes, Luis Ponce & Xer0x: 0.35 WETH
‘Carbon’ by Pak: 0.3322 WETH to flips4chips
‘A Cube’ /2,460 by Pak: 0.31 WETH to NFTButler_Xcopythat
‘Heroes Playing Poker - Classic Edition’ /109 by Jose Delbo: $900 to node1
‘The Great Color Study’ by Alpha Centauri Kid: 12 sales for 2.968 ETH (avg: 0.25 ETH)
Closing Thoughts
Institutional waves for Yatreda! You may see this story a lot today, and it is one that should age like fine wine as digital art progresses into the future.
All eyes on Joe Pease today. Buckle up.
The Future of Art Interview:
Have a listen to the latest Episode 32 of ‘The Future of Art’. I hosted a conversation with Trevor Paglen and Alejandro Cartagena, and we got into some fascinating territory.
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