Art
Art has been central in the NFT space, but traditional artist have not set their mark. Sales of artwork are in many cases seen as patronage by collectors.
Many of the art project has novel ideas such as Ghxsts ability to combine two works or The Underground Sistine Chapel being broken into over 400 pieces and one of them contained the signature of the work.
Beeple
Significance: Pioneer in 3D digital arts and NFTs
Editions: Typically 1
"In May 2007, the digital artist known as Beeple set out to create and post a new work of art online every day. He hasn’t missed a day since, creating a new digital picture every day for 5,000 days straight. Individually known as EVERYDAYS, collectively, the pieces form the core of EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS, one of the most unique bodies of work to emerge in the history of digital art.
Consumers of internet culture will already be familiar with the prolific digital output of graphic designer and motion artist Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple. The South Carolina-based artist’s visionary, and often irreverent, digital pictures launched his meteoric rise to the top of the digital art world. He’s attracted 1.8 million followers on Instagram and high-profile collaborations with global brands ranging from Louis Vuitton to Nike, as well as performing artists from Katy Perry to Childish Gambino." - from Christie's auction of The First 5000 days
The First 5000 days sold for $69 million.
XCopy
Significance: Art style and legendary figure in space
Editions: Typically 10
"XCOPY is a London based crypto artist. XCOPY has been a part of the crypto art community from the start - he was on SuperRare from launch and has released over 100 NFTs on the platform. His continued success on various crypto art platforms has led to him becoming a legendary figure in the space." - from artist site at niftygateway
Ghxsts
Significance: New artist discovered due to art style and NFTs
Editions: Typically 1, but some more approachable works have 30
Popular new artist where the NFTs can be combined to create new art on the blockchain.
The Underground Sistine Chapel by Pascal Boyart
Significance: Established artist and physical work
Editions: Each figure on the paining is a single NFT
"The Underground Sistine Chapel is a modern version of Michelangelo's masterpiece, painted by Pascal Boyart during the 2020 lockdowns. The work was produced over a period of 5 months in a former gold foundry close to Paris. Each NFT represents one of the 400 characters in the Last Judgment fresco. All NFTs are 1/1 editions." - from artist website
Project from famous graffiti artist Pboy The Underground Sistine Chapel on Opensea
Forever rose
Significance: Collaboration project
Editions: Unsure
http://www.foreverrose.io/