24 HOURS OF ART: Tuesday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 11/4 - 11/5
Seedphrase Learns Nature
‘Learning Nature (b38,2023,13-e21)’ by David Young sells for 8 ETH to Seedphrase. Minted in November, 2021, the artwork was originally acquired by piggyguggenheim for 4.2 ETH via SuperRare auction.
Via Jediwolf:
“‘Learning Nature’ series by David Young are easily the most beautiful early AI artworks ever created. The series which began in 2018 on SR started with 9 artworks held by 9 OG collectors and remained unnoticed until 2023.”
Seedphrase was not finished.
Via private sale through MakersPlace Concierge, Seedphrase acquires four more David Young artworks from his ‘Manipulations’ and ‘Tabula Rasa’ series, “ahead of his upcoming exhibition in Paris this week, curated by Eleonora Brizi”.
Via Seedphrase:
“I’m thrilled to add some incredible works by David Young to my growing AI art collection.”
Three additional sales from David Young and MP Concierge are in the 1/1 section.
Hallucinations at Fellowship
‘Evolved Hallucinations’ by Trevor Paglen with Fellowship is underway via private inquiry.
The 1,000 artwork collection, releasing over the coming weeks, has already seen 294 sales for $250,000 in its early stages.
Via Alejandro Cartagena, Curator:
“AI models tend to be biased and limited in scope. The building of different models with different datasets per model addresses this issue and opens up the opportunity for more complex arguments and visual representations. It is accepting the tools' limitations and building complex systems to better tell the "story." Yes, AI models are biased, but what if we train them not to be? What will be represented if this is solved?”
Via Trevor Paglen:
“I began training models on allegorical art, symbolism, and metaphor, using image-vocabularies drawn from literature, philosophy, poetry, folklore, and spiritual traditions. Could I build models that embraced the slipperiness and squishiness of visual perception?”
AMC Paperwork
Ana María Caballero announces acquisitions for two ‘Paperwork’ sculptures. ‘momento’ enters the Barbara Mahe collection and ‘transmute’ enters the Arab Bank Switzerland collection.
Via Ana María Caballero:
“from the Andes to the Alps 🩷💙”
Collection: Highlights
‘Velocity Pass 2.0’ by Oracle Red Bull Racing: 63 sales for 8.68 ETH, list: 0.13 ETH
‘Opepen Edition’ /15.8k by VisualizeValue: 31 sales for 8.6 ETH, list: 0.18 ETH
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 11 sales for 4.9 ETH, list: 0.47 ETH
LIVE (Ninfa) - ‘The Absurdity of Now’ by Kelly McDermott
LIVE (Sotheby’s) - ‘Digital Art Day Auction’: $650k bid for ‘DOOM Party’ by XCOPY
LIVE (The Memes by 6529) - ‘Started by Anon’ by Synchrodogs
LIVE (Verse | TENDER) - ‘All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace’ by Alkan Avcıoğlu: 149/150 artworks (including pre-sale) minted thus far
INCOMING (AOTM) - ‘42069’ by Rare Scrilla: 3 new works with Empress Trash, Kero, and T-Wade
INCOMING (Verse | TENDER) - ‘Sheets’ by rudxane
1/1: Highlights
‘Right click and save’ (Jan 2022) by Darkfarms: 2.69 ETH to charliebubba
‘Portal Shimmer’ by HairofMedusa: 2.5 ETH to moderatsart
‘Tabula Rasa (b67j,1000,1)’ by David Young: $4,760 to SR
‘Untitled (b67m,5660,1-20,1,23,11,24,21)’ by David Young: $3,570 to Overflowing
‘"We Are a Little Bit Scared of This (m685), 2023" Print Pass’ by David Young: $3,500 to Overflowing
‘EVERYDAY ARTIFACTS [04.29.23] _ #14’ by Beeple: 1.6969 WETH to MirkoCroCop
LIVE (SuperRare) - ‘Stalking Trump, number 2, 1999’ by davidhenrynobodyjr: 1.042 ETH bid, ends 1:58pm ET
LIVE (SupeRare) - ‘Guard’ by Iness Rychlik: 1 ETH bid, ends 8:22am ET
LIVE (Manifold) - ‘Love Beyond Life’ by Violet P Jones: 0.69 ETH bid, ends 1:00pm ET
ACTIVE OFFER (SuperRare) - ‘Unmade Layers of Blossoming Flamingos’ by Botto: 6 ETH offer
1/1/X: Highlights
‘Ringers’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Dmitri Cherniak: 8.98 ETH (Recursive Grid) to pretend.eth
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 6 ETH (Sun) to dallang2
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 2.691 WETH
‘PEGZ’ /103 by Matt Furie: 2.6899 ETH
‘The Harvest’ /400 (Art Blocks) by Per Kristian Stoveland: 1.6 WETH
‘beef brothko’ /666 by die with the most likes: 1.35 ETH & 1.15 WETH
‘nameless dread’ /669 by die with the most likes: 0.69 & 0.49 WETH, 0.68 & 0.65 ETH
‘Contractual Obligations’ /250 by Matt Kane: 0.66 WETH to OnesNzeros
‘Mutant Garden Seeder’ /513 by Harm van den Dorpel: 0.638 WETH
‘Fragments of an Infinite Field’ /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Monica Rizzolli: 0.55 WETH to polomaker
Edition: Highlights
‘Afterburn’ /594 by XCOPY: 2.289 ETH
‘MACHINE HALLUCINATIONS : MARS LANDSCAPES - B’ /30 by Refik Anadol: $5,500 to sushabit
‘CHURN’ /150 by XCOPY: 1.21 WETH to NFTButler_MP1
‘OBLIVION’ /451 by XCOPY: 0.8117, 0.8112, 0.8111 & 0.8088 WETH
‘MAX PAIN’ /5,488 by XCOPY: 0.75 & 0.7491 ETH
‘Station3 Patron’ /931 by Grant Yun: 0.5801 WETH to Blumarine
‘XCyberSkull’ /88 by Duo x XCOPY: 0.294 ETH
‘Inertia’ /20 by Strano: 1.088k XTZ | $645 USD to Howdy Doo NFT
‘NOISELESS’ /55 (Noble Gallery) by Jack Kaido: 0.26 WETH to SurfriderNFT
‘GIFT GOAT’ /1,110 by VeeFriends x Beeple: 0.249 ETH
‘la nuit étoilée’ /300 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.211, 0.2 & 0.1666 WETH
Closing Thoughts
We see a nice boost after a slow open to the week. AI carries the day with David Young and Trevor Paglen stealing the show. It’s nice to see strong teams working with these artists across curation, exhibition, and sale.
ParisPhoto, Marfa, and Art Basel are lining up in rapid succession, beginning this week. Let’s see what elements carry over.
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