{"id":4424,"date":"2021-11-15T21:28:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2022-01-27T01:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T09:11:08","slug":"damien-hirst-crypto-art-and-art-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4424","title":{"rendered":"Damien Hirst, art history and crypto art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Our third essay on crypto art (co-authored with David Hawkes). The first one <a href=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The Marriage of Art &amp; Money&#8221;<\/a> dealt with the financial nature of the digital art NFTs, while the second <a href=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The Afterlife of the Aura&#8221;<\/a> took up the thorny subject of materiality in contemporary art. This article explores the significance of Damien Hirst&#8217;s NFT project &#8220;The Currency&#8221; which recently entered its second phase\u2014the redemption\u2014when the owners of NFT tenders can exchange them for physical art. Once the painting is collected (in person, or via a shipping courier), its NFT is destroyed. This process cannot be reversed. We will not know how the experiment ends until late July 2022. To read the full text click on the image below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whitehotmagazine.com\/articles\/-currency-referendum\/5209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-27-at-1.00.18-AM-366x500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-27-at-1.00.18-AM-366x500.png 366w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-27-at-1.00.18-AM.png 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our third essay on crypto art (co-authored with David Hawkes). 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