Re:Digital-only artwork fetches nearly $70M at Christie's
by KaiserPro on Thursday March 11, 2021 @10:43AM
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not to mention that the art its self is cheap, derivative and with no inherent meaning, unless you count the act of getting $70m for not actually selling the work as actual art.
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Re:Digital-only artwork fetches nearly $70M at Christie's
by bitminer on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:11AM
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21.7 cents per pixel.
Stock photos cost $5 to $100 and come with distribution rights.
Somebody paid a lot of money for bragging rights.
Re:Digital-only artwork fetches nearly $70M at Christie's
by deckard1 on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:42PM
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Who are they bragging to? Are they going to print out the crypto hash and hang it on a wall in their mega mansion? And think that actually impresses anyone that doesn't already know what crypto art is? At least with a painting the rich can lay tenuous claim to a cultured pedigree or background. Imagine having visitors scanning your crypto QR code to confirm that you do, in fact, own those internet bits you claim and that you did, in fact, pay silly amounts of money for. What a club of true assholes...