What is the metaverse and why is everyone talking about it?Shared online spaces such as these, which have proliferated during the pandemic, could one become part of a wider “metaverse”.
14 Sep, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
Metaverse riding on NFT boom, says owner of $69 million digital artworkMetakovan and Twobadour Panar, a.k.a Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran, the buyers of the $69 million NFT-backed artwork "Everyday...
14 Sep, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Tattoo artist in Tokyo goes digital, puts his designs on sale at crypto art showNFTs transform anything from illustrations to memes into virtual collectors' items that cannot be duplicated.
29 Jun, 2021, 06.04 PM IST
French artist Fred Forest hopes to break NFT record by $1 with his digital artworkForest, 88-year-old pioneer of multimedia art, is putting "NFT-Archeology" up for sale next week.
11 Jun, 2021, 06.14 PM IST
Digital art finds home & buyers in New York gallery. But why do they need a physical space?Artist Beeple made headlines when his artwork sold for over $69 million at Christie's.
09 Apr, 2021, 06.58 PM IST
Virtual value: Historic auction of Beeple's digital artwork shakes up the art worldOn March 11, a collage of 5,000 digital images was auctioned for some $69.3 mn.
28 Mar, 2021, 09.34 AM IST
How two Indians made history in the world of art by spending $70 million on a digital work by BeepleThe art world wasn't a common talking point for Sundaresan and Venkateswaran initially.
26 Mar, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
As interest in NFT art rises, a look at what's next on Metakovan's listThe ‘Metapurse’ crypto art fund aims to be a ‘tastemaker' for the world as the conventional art community and buyers’ interests shift to No...
24 Mar, 2021, 03.01 PM IST
Metakovan, mystery buyer of Beeple's $69.3 million NFT art, reveals identityVignesh Sundaresan aka ‘Metakovan’ is a Singapore-based blockchain entrepreneur, coder and angel investor. He has announced a $500,000 fell...
19 Mar, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
People are spending millions on, and talking about, NFTs. What's this craze all about?In economics jargon, a fungible token is an asset that can be exchanged on a one-for-one basis.
15 Mar, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
Rs 500 crore for a jpeg isn't as crazy as you thinkThe piece, titled 'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days', is a mosaic made up of 5,000 individual images created every day from 2007 to 2021 and...
15 Mar, 2021, 09.30 AM IST
$450 mn for da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi', $90.3 mn for Hockney's 'Portrait of an Artist': The five most expensive works by living artistsA digital collage by artist Beeple recently sold for $69.3 million.
13 Mar, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
'Metakovan', who bought Beeple's art for $69 mn, runs Metapurse - the main investment fund in NFT virtual objectsMetakovan is one of the oldest investors in NFT.
13 Mar, 2021, 12.58 PM IST
Digital artwork by Beeple sells for $69.4 mn; positions him among top 3 most-valuable living artistsChristie's did not identify the buyer of the artwork.
12 Mar, 2021, 01.27 PM IST
A record 22 mn people tuned in to watch auction of Beeple's digital collageThe digital artwork went for a mammoth $69.3 million.
12 Mar, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Beeple Everydays NFT crypto art sells at Christie's Auction for $70 mn'Everydays - The First 5000 Days' is a digital work by American artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple. It is a collage of 5,000 individua...
11 Mar, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
Digital art to be a hit as bidding for Beeple's virtual piece exceeds $13 mnSince 2007, he digital artist has accumulated nearly two million Instagram followers.
11 Mar, 2021, 05.30 PM IST