# Art in orbit: Kevin Abosch takes NFTs to the stars

# Art in orbit: Kevin Abosch takes NFTs to the stars

“# Art in orbit: Kevin Abosch takes NFTs to the stars ” The phrase “NFTs are going to the stars” gets a new meaning today as Irish conceptual artist (and one of Cointelegraph’s Top 100 in Blockchain 2020) Kevin Abosch has announced the planned launch of a orbital satellite dubbed “1111 KOSMOS.”  The announcement comes…

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# NFTs ‘ten times better’ than traditional art, says Beeple’s M NFT buyer

# NFTs ‘ten times better’ than traditional art, says Beeple’s $69M NFT buyer

“# NFTs ‘ten times better’ than traditional art, says Beeple’s $69M NFT buyer ” Nonfungible tokens are “ten times better than their physical counterparts”, according to digital art collector MetaKovan. The pseudonymous art patron, who was recently revealed to be blockchain entrepreneur Vingaresh Sundaresan, bought the NFT of Beeple’s “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS” for…

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#How two friends made art history buying a M digital work

#How two friends made art history buying a $70M digital work

“#How two friends made art history buying a $70M digital work” It took a few minutes for Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran to realize that they’d parted with $69.3 million for a digital artwork stored in a JPEG file, coincidentally securing their place in art history. “We weren’t sure we won,” said Venkateswaran, describing the…

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# Russia’s Hermitage museum to host NFT art exhibition

# Russia’s Hermitage museum to host NFT art exhibition

“# Russia’s Hermitage museum to host NFT art exhibition ” Russia’s State Hermitage Museum, the second-largest art museum in the world, is preparing to host a digital art exhibition involving non-fungible tokens. Scheduled to take place in 2021, the Hermitage’s NFT project will be Russia’s first exhibition in the field of NFT art, the museum…

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#San Francisco to give artists ,000 a month

#San Francisco to give artists $1,000 a month

“#San Francisco to give artists $1,000 a month” More than a hundred California artists will be guaranteed $1,000 a month in no-strings-attached cash, the latest in a series of universal basic income pilot programs being rolled out across the state, according to a report. Starting sometime in May, 130 local artists in San Francisco —…

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