I began collecting NFT art in April of 2021, focusing mostly on Art Blocks. Looking back, my experience of being an NFT art collector has passed through 3 distinct phases. Each phase has been unexpected, fascinating, and rewarding in its own way. Here goes… Phase 1 – Child-like wonder, delight and community When I first … Read more
I think we do. We ask them to create their best art. Which is fair enough. But we also ask them to be relentless performers for our social media browsing pleasure. We want them to be available on Twitter and Discord 24/7. We expect them to like our comments and answer our DMs, without delay. … Read more
Becoming a top-end collector of the Art Blocks grail collections is beyond the reach of most of us. At the time of writing, a floor Fidenza costs 88 eth, Ringers 55 eth, Elevated Deconstruction 30 eth, and Archetype 25 eth. They all make the Chromie Squiggle look like a bargain at about 12 eth. But … Read more
I’ve become slightly obsessed in my studies of art curation. And I can’t help thinking we’ve only just begun to explore the ways we can display generative art. Some generative collections have a painterly quality to them… like Fidenza, Ringers, Anticyclone, Meridian, Memories of Qilin… and many others. They all look good when printed, framed … Read more
For over a year, the only place I viewed my collection of NFT art was either on my home computer monitor or on my phone. In other words, my experience of NFT art was a hunched-over affair. I was leaning forward and squinting to see the details of the art I had collected. Then I … Read more
Collectors are the life blood of NFT art. Of the tens of billions of dollars that have been poured into this space over the last 12 months or so, most of it has come from the pockets and wallets of individual collectors. Yes, VC money is now a part of the story, but it was … Read more
If I were massively wealthy, my NFT art collection would be complete by now. I’d have at least one Fidenza. Some Ringers. Maybe an Eternal Pump or two. A handful of Archetypes. Yes, I have a thing for early Art Blocks. But that wouldn’t stop me from buying half a dozen Cryptopunks, some Autoglyphs, and … Read more
People talk about how community is everything. They say their favorite NFT project stands out because of the strength of its community. They say it will go to the moon because of its community. It will endure for decades because of its community. In most cases, I suspect that won’t be the case. Give them … Read more
That’s me in the photo… many, many moons ago. Bonus points for spotting the novel by Albert Camus. I’m sitting outside a converted Byzantine chapel, carved out of a mountainside in central Turkey. I lived in that chapel for over a year. (Whole different story.) When I was lying in bed – a thin mattress … Read more
Things can get a little weird on Twitter. As an NFT art collector I sometimes come across tweets that tell me how I should behave and think as a collector. Not my favorite thing… being told how to behave or what to think. One of the things I’m told is that collecting art should be … Read more