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Credit: Sasha Stiles, Keyboard for Jaded Poets, 2023. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Community
Interviews
Is AI Art Sustainable?
A trio of specialists discusses how artists can respond to the environmental cost of generative AI with Diane Drubay
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Diane Drubay
Expert Analysis
Community
Mint Once, Display Everywhere
A proposal for robust standards for rich metadata
by
Rick Manelius
Community
Expert Analysis
The Digital Art Mile at Basel
The Tickle’s Johnny Dean Mann with a First-Hand Report on Art Basel 2024
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Johnny Dean Mann
Credit: Justin Aversano, Knight of Staffs, 2022.
Expert Analysis
Community
Crypto Artists Invest in Themselves
The trend of crypto artists buying back their own NFTs
by
Nina Knaack
Credit: Sougwen 愫君 Chung, GENESIS: Process (LIFELINES: Stage 1), 2024. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Interviews
The Future of Creative AI
Two leaders in the field of machine learning assess its progressive potential for art and beyond
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Luba Elliott
Jason Salavon, TODEM, 2023. [Frame 1.v42] Animation, website, AI, blockchain 100K x 58K pixels. 10 seconds looped. Three versions. Ed. 1000 unique NFT Tiles.
Interviews
Expert Analysis
The World’s Largest GIF
Marius Watz Interviews Jason Salavon on Generative Art vs. Data-Driven Art
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Marius Watz
Credit: Simon Denny, Metaverse Landscape 41: The Sandbox LAND (-1, -36)(detail), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Buchholz
Expert Analysis
Community
What Does “On-Chain” Really Mean?
With the concept of on-chain art growing in popularity, the JPG community considers the state of NFTs both on and off the blockchain
by
William M. Peaster
Credit: Alex Cagan, Corona Chronicles (detail), 2020. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Interviews
Is Art Getting Closer to Science?
With digital technology increasingly fundamental to both art and science, two leading thinkers discuss the evolving relationship with Alex Estorick
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Alex Estorick
Credit: Neg, Salute, 2023. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
You Can’t Copyright AI Art (Yet)
Sarah Conley Odenkirk explains the importance of the Kashtanova decision for artists working with generative AI
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Sarah Conley Odenkirk
Credit: Kevin Abosch, Open Edition — Insert Coin to Play, 2023. Courtesy of the artist
Community
Expert Analysis
Royalties and the New Collector Economy
Brian L. Frye considers the future of artists’ resale royalties in a divided NFT ecosystem
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Brian L. Frye
Credit: Screenshot of inscriptions on Ordinals.com, February 2023. Courtesy Ordinals.com
Expert Analysis
Interviews
Joe Looney on Ordinals
The founder of Rare Pepe Wallet explains the new class of Bitcoin NFTs to Jason Bailey
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Jason Bailey
Credit: Mario Klingemann, Hic et Nunc - State of the Art - March 18th 2021 (detail), 2021. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Data and the Art of NFT Discovery
Kyle Waters asks how we can develop recommendation systems for NFTs without reproducing old power structures
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Kyle Waters
Credit: Qubibi, gs24U8ax422Uk, 2022. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Emerging Artists
Pathfinder and the New Logic of NFT Collecting
Nick Hladek outlines how ClubNFT’s new discovery tool will support both collectors and artists
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Nick Hladek
Credit: Claudia Linke, The Wild West I The End Of An Era (detail), 2020. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Are NFTs Really a Wild West?
Yayoi Shionoiri and Alana Kushnir argue that code is not law, at least not for the moment
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Yayoi Shionoiri and Alana Kushnir
Credit: Frank Stella, Geometry VI, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and ARSNL
Interviews
Expert Analysis
Frank Stella and the Rights of the Artist
The iconic artist and Artists Rights Society share what makes their NFT collaboration groundbreaking in the eyes of the law
by
Jason Bailey and Jessica Fjeld
Credit: Shvembldr, Saint Ignorance (detail), 2021. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
How to Regulate NFTs
Two lawyers consider the case of Shvembldr and how it can help to shape NFT law for the better
by
Brian Sanya Mondoh and Sara Maria Adami-Johnson
Credit: Kjetil Golid, Mint (detail), 2020. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
How do Smart Contracts Actually Work?
From Ethereum to Tezos, Nate Maddrey explains what makes smart contracts so important to the world of NFTs
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Nate Maddrey
Expert Analysis
The Macro State of the NFT Market
Kyle Waters sees green shoots in the data despite the current downturn in crypto markets
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Kyle Waters
Credit: Ganbrood, Untitled, 2021. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
NFT Artists Must Unite Against IP Trolls
Without a Digital Art Defense Fund, artists will soon be forced to foot hefty legal bills all on their own
by
Maude Wilson and Samantha Altschuler
Credit: John Karel, Skull Still Life, 2018. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
How many NFTs are actually on the blockchain?
Nick Hladek surveys the precarious state of NFT security
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Nick Hladek
Credit: JMW Turner, Criccieth Castle, North Wales, c.1836, Bequeathed by Robert Wylie Lloyd, Courtesy of LaCollection and The Trustees of the British Museum 2022
Expert Analysis
NFTs and the Digital Democratization of Museums
Frances Liddell considers how cultural institutions can engage in meaningful ways with NFTs and blockchain technology
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Frances Liddell
Credit: Matt DesLauriers, Subscapes, 2021. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Art Blocks and the Data of Generative Art
Following a year in which generative art went mainstream, Kyle Waters mines the data behind the platform that launched a new movement
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Kyle Waters
Credit: 2 Live Crew, “Banned in the USA”, 1990. Cover art fair use
Expert Analysis
GAN Art and the Fair Use of NFTs
A team of lawyers argues in support of artists, who currently bear the legal burden of ensuring that their work does not infringe copyright
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Maude Wilson, Samantha Altschuler, and Jessica Fjeld
Credit: Nancy Baker Cahill, Contract Killers (NFT Cube), 2021. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
Are Smart Contracts Real Contracts?
Alana Kushnir traces a history of contract automation, assessing the enforceability of smart contracts in the age of NFTs
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Alana Kushnir
Credit: Robbie Barrat’s 300 “Lost Robbies,” 2018. Courtesy of the artist
Expert Analysis
In Search of Lost Robbies
Kyle Waters offers a lesson in the art of data analysis, while mining in search of Robbie Barrat’s buried treasure
by
Kyle Waters
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