24 HOURS OF ART: Wednesday Highlights
Digital Art Headlines, Market Highlights, and Analysis from 6/18 - 6/19
Five From Fischer
‘CHAOS XI - From the Vault’ - the final installment of Urs Fischer’s ‘CHAOS’ series - sees 5 artworks close for 14.95 ETH total via MakersPlace:
CHAOS #295 Conqueror: 4 ETH to Cozomo de’ Medici
CHAOS #405 Whispers: 2.75 ETH to elCastor
CHAOS #404 Allusions: 2.4 ETH
CHAOS #407 Exile: 2 ETH to Cozomo de’ Medici
CHAOS #379 Nobody: 1.8 ETH to Cozomo de’ Medici
Via Cozomo de’ Medici:
“Thrilled to add 3 works to The Medici Collection from the groundbreaking CHAOS by Urs Fischer on MakersPlace
Today's auctions featured works from Fischer’s personal collection, to celebrate the announcement of CHAOS ENTROPY, a new digital sculpture series in partnership with 1OF1 and Fair Warning
Collectors will be invited to combine multiple works into a single sculpture”
Institutional Hobbs
Not one, not two, but three Tyler Hobbs artworks are headed to two separate museums.
To LACMA:
To SFMOMA:
Via Unit:
“The 2023 acquisitions are part of an innovative slate of operations at both institutions aimed at encouraging new thinking about the intersection of human and machine intelligence, creativity, and the transformative potential of art and technology.”
Via Tyler Hobbs:
“What an honor… I feel so grateful for this fantastic response to my work!”
Via Seedphrase:
“Proud to have donated this incredible Tyler Hobbs [Discrete Affection #3] to LACMA
This is how we build”
36.8K Babes
‘Babes' by Petra concludes a week-long release with Foundation on Base.
The collection sees 36.8k mints across 8.3k owners for almost 30 total ETH, marking an early milestone for Onchain Summer.
Via Petra:
“36.8k babes have found their home
But it’s not goodbye, just see ya later”
Gigachad Moves
‘GIGACHAD’ /100 by Beeple sees a sale for 18 ETH from Titans_Vault. The edition was originally acquired in April for 12.7 ETH.
Collection: Highlights
‘Terraforms’ /9,911 by Mathcastles: 5 ETH volume, list: 0.47 ETH
‘Opepen Edition’ /16k by Jack Butcher: 4.06 ETH volume, list: 0.08 ETH
LIVE (AOTM) - ‘Whispers & Closed Doors’: 13 Artist Exhibition
LIVE (Feral File) - ‘crystalline work’ by John Gerrard
LIVE (Sotheby’s) - ‘Grails: Property from an Iconic Digital Art Collection Part V’: 42 Lot Exhibition
LIVE (Transient Labs) - ‘Afrotopia’: 20+ Artist Exhibition
1/1: Highlights
‘dying at rent-a-center’ (July 2021 FND) by Mark Wilson (Die with the most likes): 2.7219 ETH to batsoupyum
‘Into the Wild’ by Intrepid: 1.69 ETH
‘TIGER WOODS’ (Dec 2021 SR) by Sinclair: 1.5 ETH to cyborgnomad
‘Neon Odyssey’ by Lindsey Price: 1 ETH to art_pleb
‘THE LONG TIME WAR’ by BOUBOY: 0.9 ETH to whalemachine
‘No, I Am Not’ (Feb 2023 SR) by East: 0.69 ETH to cyborgnomad
‘Monument to a past that never was’ by Ashtar: 0.5 ETH to sendrock
‘rush hour’ by Noper: 0.44 ETH to wapshoptrade.eth
‘Leaving Seattle’ by Kristopher Shinn: 0.275 ETH to blondie23lmd
‘Floating Dreamer’ by Kristopher Shinn: 0.25 ETH to sendrock
1/1/X: Highlights
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k (Art Blocks) by Snowfro: 3.99, 3.95 & 3.59 ETH, 3.5 & 3 WETH
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 3 ETH → 3.11 WETH (same artwork)
‘Meridian’ /1k (Art Blocks) by Matt DesLauriers: 2.75 & 2.4 WETH
‘Memories of Qilin’ /1,024 (Art Blocks) by Emily Xie: 1.99 ETH to assembly-hotwallet.eth
‘Themes and Variations’ /500 by Vera Molnár x Martin Grasser: 1.99 ETH to griffin
‘Life In West America’ /500 (BrainDrops) by Roope Rainisto: 1.75 WETH
‘Merge’ by Pak: $2,250 to thrilla
‘Cargo’ /999 (Art Blocks) by Kim Asendorf: 0.59 ETH to assembly-hotwallet.eth
‘DEGENERATIVE’ /92 by DEAFBEEF: 0.582, 0.579 & 0.5789 ETH to colborn
Edition: Highlights
‘SIMULACRUM’ /42 by XCOPY: 3.61 WETH to d50f_
‘AFTERBURN’ /100 by XCOPY: 2.75 ETH to HYSPERION
‘Station3 Patron’ /999 by Grant Yun: 0.45 WETH to MyMoDA
‘MAX PAIN’ /5,863 by XCOPY: 0.369 & 0.33 ETH, 0.3 & 0.271 WETH
‘SEIZEMEMES’ /305 (The Memes by 6529) by Darkfarms: 0.302 & 0.301 WETH
‘la nuit étoilée’ /300 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.2969 ETH to Adub_vault
‘The Great Color Study’ by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.21, 0.145 & 0.115 WETH to Luchador_
‘New Life’ /100 by Jake Fried: 0.2 WETH to wslyvh.eth
Closing Thoughts
An impactful day for digital art!
It is Tyler Hobbs paving the way to multiple institutions and Urs Fischer closing well with MakersPlace ahead of his next endeavor.
Onchain Summer books a new milestone as the Petra Babes marathon concludes. It’s impressive any way you look at it from mints to unique owners to total ETH. What a journey it was from a fiery public AI debate to a now completed collection!