NFTs David Cronenberg, the Master of Body Horror Films, Is Selling His Passed Kidney Stones as an NFT The project precedes the release of his newest film, about a performance artist who surgically removes his own organs in public. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 22, 2022
NFTs A Crypto-Collector’s Attempt to Flip the NFT of Jack Dorsey’s First-Ever Tweet—for Which He Paid $2.9 Million—Flops Big-Time Now he's trying to get Elon Musk to buy it. By Ben Davis, Apr 15, 2022
NFTs As Part of His NFT Debut, Jeff Koons Will Launch Sculptures Into Space and Place Them Permanently on the Moon The artist describes the project as a "celebration of humanity’s aspirational accomplishments." By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 29, 2022
NFTs Police Arrest Two 20-Year-Olds for Allegedly Conning Collectors Out of $1 Million—With Ice Cream-Themed NFT Artworks The pair sold NFTs for 8,888 ice cream scoop characters called Frosties—and then disappeared. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 28, 2022
NFTs What’s the Future of Art in the Metaverse? Two Leading Voices in the Emerging Crypto-Art Field Lay Out Their Visions Sydney Xiong is with the APENFT Foundation, while Ben Nolan is founder of Cryptovoxels, an art-focused online universe. By Artnet NFT in Partnership With APENFT Foundation, Mar 17, 2022
NFTs Launched by Art-World Insiders, the New NFT Platform Artwrld Is Trying to Corner the Market Where Traditional and Crypto Art Meet Artwrld was co-founded by curator Nato Thompson, artist Walid Raad, and designer Josh Goldblum. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 15, 2022
NFTs In a Major Consolidation of the NFT World, Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Founders Have Acquired CryptoPunks and Meebits Three of the biggest NFT projects now have a single owner. By Julia Halperin, Mar 14, 2022
NFTs Kenny Schachter on How the NFT Community Is Organizing to Raise Funds for Ukraine in Record Time Our columnist takes to OpenSea to raise money for Ukraine. By Kenny Schachter, Mar 3, 2022
NFTs As Members of the Crypto Community Rally Behind Ukraine, NFTs Have Suddenly Become 21st-Century War Bonds Around $22 million in crypto has been raised to help Ukrainians buy arms and supplies, including more than $3 million through NFTs. By Dorian Batycka, Mar 1, 2022
NFTs ‘We Reappropriated What Belongs to Us’: Congolese Artists Minted NFTs of a Colonial-Era Sculpture—and the Museum That Owns It Is Not Happy The collective has also built a museum where it hopes to one day exhibit the important piece of Congolese history. By Kate Brown, Feb 22, 2022
NFTs Defying Other Family Members, Picasso’s Granddaughter Marina Vows to Continue Making NFTs With Her Son Marina Picasso says her uncle, Claude, has since given the NFTs his blessing. By Artnet News, Feb 17, 2022
NFTs Looks Like the Auction of Melania Trump’s First NFT Was Such a Dud She Had to Buy the Thing Herself A crypto expert traced the sale on the Solana blockhain back to the creator's own address. By Annie Armstrong, Feb 11, 2022
NFTs Julian Assange and Crypto Artist Pak Have Raised $54 Million for the WikiLeaks Founder’s Defense Fund With a Major NFT Auction Assange is appealing extradition to the U.S., where he faces up to 175 years in prison. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 10, 2022
NFTs The Largest Group of CryptoPunks to Ever Come to Auction Will Be Offered at Sotheby’s. It Could Bring in $30 Million The single-lot sale represents more than 1 percent of all CryptoPunks. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 8, 2022
NFTs Crypto Investor and NFT Creator Pak on Why They Don’t Identify as an Artist, and Their Recent Collaboration With Julian Assange Proceeds from the new NFT collection will go in part toward Assange's legal defense. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 7, 2022