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English
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Description
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, exploded in the art space last year, no doubt because Beeple (a digital artist) sold his NFT at Christies auction house for a staggering $69 million. This book explains NFTs in the art world, from their history to how (and why) to collect them.
"NYU associate professor Whitaker and museum director Abrams explain NFTs. . . and what collectors of them need to know." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Four chapters — “Origin Stories,” “Artists + Making,” “Collectors + Buying” and “Future States” — organize this overview of non-fungible tokens and their impact on the art world." —THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Despite the NFT crash, [The Story of NFTs] argues that the technology still has the power to build a better digital art future." —ARTNET.COM
Amy Whitaker is a long-standing blockchain and NFT researcher in the arts and faculty member at New York University. She is the author of Museum Legs, Art Thinking, and Economics of Visual Art. Nora Burnett Abrams is the Mark G. Falcone Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and a curator who holds a PhD in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.
"NYU associate professor Whitaker and museum director Abrams explain NFTs. . . and what collectors of them need to know." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Four chapters — “Origin Stories,” “Artists + Making,” “Collectors + Buying” and “Future States” — organize this overview of non-fungible tokens and their impact on the art world." —THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Despite the NFT crash, [The Story of NFTs] argues that the technology still has the power to build a better digital art future." —ARTNET.COM
Amy Whitaker is a long-standing blockchain and NFT researcher in the arts and faculty member at New York University. She is the author of Museum Legs, Art Thinking, and Economics of Visual Art. Nora Burnett Abrams is the Mark G. Falcone Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and a curator who holds a PhD in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.