Technology / 02 December 2021
Digital art a power player
‘Tis the season for reviews of the year – and so it is for the art world with influential industry publication ArtReview stumping up its annual Power 100 list. Compiled by an anonymous international committee of art world professionals – it’s a highly anticipated take on the movers and shakers in the contemporary art scene. And in the top spot for 2021, it’s NFTs, or non-fungible tokens – the first non-human entity to lead the scoreboard. NFTs have disrupted the art market significantly in recent times. For example, digital artist Beeple sold a digital collage for more than $90 million this year. And at the other end of the spectrum, the original digital photo behind the 2005 Disaster Girl meme sold for more than $650,000. Collins Dictionary even made NFT its word of the year… The future, eh?
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