Beeple

Artist Beeple on selling NFT collage for a record $70M: 'People are trying to look for some scam; I don't see it'

Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, spoke with AP about his auction result, NFTs and how the crypto art boom is affecting him and other artists who haven’t previously had a way to guarantee exclusive ownership of digital works, which by their nature can normally be freely copied.

Decoding the allure of crypto art: Manufactured scarcity, the social construct of value drive demand for NFTs

Some crypto artists, who have felt excluded by the mainstream art world, say they have found more support in the crypto community and can now earn a living making art.

As Beeple's digital art piece sells for $70 million, understanding the craze behind NFTs

One purpose of NFTs is that they can be used to trace an object’s digital provenance, allowing a select few to prove ownership.

Digital art by Beeple sells for $69.4 million at Christie's amid NFT boom

Christie’s did not identify the buyer of the artwork, which consists of 5,000 individual digital pictures stitched together that Beeple created — one each day — since May 2007.

In a first, Christie’s to sell Beeple's digital artwork and accept payment in cryptocurrency

Beeple is selling these works as NFTs — nonfungible tokens — digital collectibles that use blockchain technology as authentication.