{"id":365641,"date":"2021-11-11T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/invisible-aether-worlds-largest-museum-launches-nft-art-exhibition\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:00:00","slug":"invisible-aether-worlds-largest-museum-launches-nft-art-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/invisible-aether-worlds-largest-museum-launches-nft-art-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"# \u2018Invisible Aether\u2019: World\u2019s largest museum launches NFT art exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# \u2018Invisible Aether\u2019: World\u2019s largest museum launches NFT art exhibition <\/strong>”<\/p>\n

The Russian State Hermitage Museum continues diving in the nonfungible tokens (NFTs) industry by debuting its first fully-virtual exhibition of digital art.<\/p>\n

Shortly after raising over $400,000 via its first NFT auction on Binance in September, the Hermitage is now hosting a free exhibition of NFT artworks existing exclusively in the virtual space, the so-called \u201ccelestial hermitage,\u201d or the museum\u2019s digital avatar.<\/p>\n

Launched<\/a> on Nov. 10, the Hermitage\u2019s exhibition is called the \u201cInvisible Aether\u201d and is based on the concept of metaverse, allowing users to create digital avatars and surf across the virtual site using PCs, smartphones, virtual reality glasses and other devices. The virtual site mimics the interiors of the local landmark Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, but the actual exhibition has nothing to do with trading, according to a senior curator of the project.<\/p>\n

Source: the “Invisible Aether” exhibition<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe exhibition\u2019s artworks are not for sale. We avoid all topics related to the price of these pieces in order to focus on showing what digital art really is, because the cost of art is secondary to its value,\u201d Hermitage\u2019s director of contemporary art, Dimitri Ozerkov, told Cointelegraph.<\/p>\n

Ozerkov noted that Hermitage will return all of the artworks to its original owners including artists and collectors right after the exhibition ends on Dec. 10. \u201cFurther events are outside the remit of the museum,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

At a press conference on Thursday, Ozerkov emphasized that Hermitage has \u201cno financial interest\u201d in conducting the free exhibition, noting that the museum is striving to find out the real value of NFTs. \u201cWe want to see what\u2019s left of the NFT if you take away the money aspect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The selection of artists and works for the \u201cInvisible Aether\u201d exhibition was made by two curators including Ozerkov and Anastasia Garnova, a member of the Hermitage contemporary art division.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that selection by curators is crucial for a museum exhibition, as it makes it more integral in terms of topics and chapters. The selection principle is based on the artworks\u2019 importance for understanding the essence of the NFT,\u201d Garnova told Cointelegraph. \u201cArtists were not able to app<\/a>ly for participation in the exhibition,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/em><\/strong>Beyond the NFT hype: Creating lasting business models for artists<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The full list of artworks is available on the official website<\/a> of the exhibition, featuring a total of 37 pieces including Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Cat by CryptoKitties, a popular blockchain game<\/a> built by Canadian studio Dapper Labs on the Ethereum network. The list also includes an artwork by Saint Petersburg-based artist known as \u200b\u200bDarkzuu.<\/p>\n

The exhibition also stars NFT platforms and major industry players like Snark.art, Masters digital, The Art Exchange, Rarible, Superrare, KnownOrigin, ArtBlocks, Alterhen.art, and OpenSea.<\/p>\n