NEWS FROM THE DIGITAL AND NFT WORLD – 6 APRIL 2021

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1) 3 giants of the art market united to sell Urs Fischer’s first NFT works 

After the millionaire sale of Beeple and the NFT releases by artists such as Damien Hirst, the Swiss Urs Fischer is also ready to enter the world of Crypto Art through a collaboration with three of the greatest realities in the art market: Fair Warning, l online auction app founded by former Christie’s specialist Loic Gouzer, the Pace Gallery and the Crypto Art Markers Place sales platform.

Fischer will create a series of 501 NFT pieces, entitled “Chaos”: the first 500 will see the interaction of two totally foreign objects (such as an egg and a lighter), while the last will be a work that will collect together the 1000 objects used previously.

2) John Gerrard lands in the world of NFT

Irish artist John Gerrard has also dived into the NFT world with a new work!

“Western Flag” comes from a 2017 work, a collection of clips and frames then commissioned by the British TV channel Channel 4 on the occasion of Earth Day. The work has a minimum selling price of 250 ETH, approximately $ 494,000.

Gerrard stated that half of the proceeds will go to Regenerate.far, an emergency crypto fund dedicated to soil regeneration in Ireland, a country where the artist still lives

3) Physical works and NFT in the new exhibition by artist Simon Denny

The artist Simon Denny, to accompany his new exhibition entitled “Mine” at the Petzel Gallery in Chelsea, presented a series of NFT works.

The NFT pieces explore and deepen the themes already covered by the works on display in the gallery such as the environmental impact of data networks such as Ethereum and Bitcoin. The first NFT work sold on opening night for 28.0 ETH or $ 49,642. 

Photo Credits: Urs Fischer – Chaos #1. Image courtesy Urs Fischer.COURTESY FAIR WARNING