On Collecting in the Web3 Space
Resources gathering different views, opinions and testimonies on collecting art in the web3 space.
| Resource | Summary | Link | Date | City | Tags |
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MAK Vienna Becomes First Museum to Use Bitcoin to Acquire Art, a Harm van den Dorpel by Ghorashi, Art News (April 2015) | Article on Museum of Applied Arts/ Contemporary Art (MAK) purchasing vent Listeners by Hamd van den Dorpel using Bitcoin | April 16, 2015 | NFT & Art MarketCollectingCultural Institutions | ||
When a Museum Buys an NFT: Legal challenges and considerations by Schoenherr | Article on collecting NFTs/ acquisition and the issues of the separate linked file | June 17, 2021 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollectingLegalCultural Institutions | ||
Crypto Collectibles, Museum Funding and OpenGLAM: Challenges, Opportunities and the Potential of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) - by Foteini Valeonti, Antonis Bikakis, Melissa Terras, Chris Speed, Andrew Hudson-Smith and Konstantinos Chalkias (October 2021) | Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) make it technically possible for digital assets to be owned and traded, introducing the concept of scarcity in the digital realm for the first time. Resulting from this technical development, this paper asks the question, do they provide an opportunity for fundraising for galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM), by selling ownership of digital copies of their collections? | October 24, 2021 | ResearchCollecting | ||
Crypto Collectibles, Museum Funding and OpenGLAM: Challenges, Opportunities and the Potential of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) By Foteini Valeonti, Antonis Bikakis, Melissa Terras, Chris Speed, Andrew Hudons-Smith, Konstantinos Chalkias (2022) | Paper examining the opportunities and challenges of using NFTs as a funding stream in museums | October 24, 2021 | ResearchCollecting | ||
Why Collectors Buy NFTs and How to Get Started by Jillian Billard, Artsy (January 2022) | Article interviewing different NFT collectors that provides advice on how to start collecting NFTs | January 25, 2022 | CollectingCritical Perspectives & Opinions | ||
Traditional vs. NFT Art Collecting: Are They Really So Different?, by alterHEN, Medium (March 2022) | A discussion between traditional contemporary art collectors and NFT collectors | March 2, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollecting | ||
How to Define the Value of an Art NFT? (WAC Weekly — Jan 26th 2022) | A discussion on collecting and curating after the Institute for Contemporary Art Miami announced the addition of CyperPunk’s Priscila to their collection thanks to a generous donation. | March 4, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCurationCollecting | ||
Bored Apes’ Generous Copyright Approach Besting Stricter CryptoPunks by Brady Dale, The Defiant (December 2021) | Article discussing the IP rights to BAYC and whether this has contributed to the success of the project | March 16, 2022 | LegalNFT & Art MarketCollecting | ||
Charities Wade into NFT Craze with Mixed Financial Results by Michael Thesis, ABC News (December 2021) | While NFT technology was created to give artists more control over their work, they have spawned a frenzy as collectors look to cash in. | March 30, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsNFT & Art MarketCollecting | ||
88% of Surveyed High-Net-Worth Art Collectors Interested in Buying NFTs by Frederik Void, Crypto News (March 2022) | Article discussing the latest Art Basel (2022) report on the NFT market. | April 20, 2022 | NFT & Art MarketCollecting | ||
Beyond NFTs: Could Museums Use Social Tokens Or Attendance Tokens For Fundraising? - WAC Weekly (May 2022) | Discussion on how smart contracts and social tokens could give museums more autonomy and control over fundraising and community-building efforts that use the blockchain. | May 16, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollectingCultural Institutions | ||
A Museum Refuses To Return A Looted Statue, So The Locals Made It An NFT. Who Owns It Now? - WAC Weekly (May 2022) | Discussion on the Balot NFT project, using the NFT as a tool for decolonizing museums, and what it means for the primacy of on-chain art vs. its physical counterpart. | May 23, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsLegalCultural InstitutionsCollecting | ||
How NFTs Could Transform The Certificate Of Authenticity - WAC Weekly (June 2022) | Discussion on digital art conservation as a whole and the need for open, interoperable systems to make it work for everyone in the sector. | June 7, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollectingCultural Institutions | ||
Could The Death Of NFTs As We Know Them Be A Good Thing For The Art World? - WAC Weekly (November 2022) | How artists, museums, and galleries should approach web3 to serve their changing needs, rather than get swept up in the latest hype cycle or miss out on the opportunities altogether. | November 8, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollecting | ||
Protecting NFT Artists’ Royalties Under Threat in the Bear Market - WAC Weekly (November 2022) | A discussion on the balance between smart contracts and social contracts in creating a fair market that works for artists and collectors. | November 21, 2022 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsLegalCollectingCommunity | ||
Who Holds The Keys? The Issues With Putting NFTs In The Museum Collection - WAC Weekly (February 2023) | A talk with Tina Rivers Ryan, curator at the Buffalo AKG in New York, to talk about the challenges of acquiring Blockchain-registered artworks in a museum’s private collection. | February 7, 2023 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollectingLegalCultural Institutions | ||
Protecting Your NFT Art Collection From Fraud And Platform Failure - WAC Weekly (February 2023) | A discussion with ClubNFT co-founders Jason Bailey and Chris King about protecting an on-chain digital art collection, whether that’s keeping a wallet secure or preserving NFT art for the long term. | February 16, 2023 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollectingLegalCultural Institutions | ||
How UnicornDAO Collects, Curates, and Exhibits Work for Social Change - WAC Weekly (March 2023) | UnicornDAO’s Head of Curation Chanel Verdult talks about what the DAO does, how a DAO like this works internally, and how they’re trying to increase the share of sales going to women and non-binary artists in web3. | March 28, 2023 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCommunityCollectingDAOs & Collectives | ||
From Birth to Blockchain: The Evolution, and Future of Digital Provenance - CIMAM News (April 2023) | This article discusses the concept of provenance in the context of digital art and how it has evolved with the emergence of blockchain technology. | April 25, 2023 | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollecting | ||
Code as Law. Contemporary Art and NFT - by Domenico Quaranta (2022) | The article discusses the recent trend of NFTs in the realm of digital art and how it intersects with issues of law and ownership. | Critical Perspectives & OpinionsCollecting | |||
Art NFT Collecting | Report with interviews, where 306 international art and art NFT collectors were asked about their personal motivations and experiences when buying and collecting art NFTs | CollectingCritical Perspectives & Opinions | |||
Building Shared Guardianship through Blockchain Technology and Digital Museum Objects by Frances Liddell, Museum & Society (July 2021) | This article considers the notion of shared guardianship in the context of digital museum objects and blockchain technology, arguing that this technology can contribute to the production of value in digital museum objects that goes beyond the monetary | ResearchCollecting |