'Emerging Faces' by Pindar Van Arman are acquired in a private six-figure deal via Christie's.
The group of 9 works, originally created in 2017, were part of the recent 'Augmented Intelligence' auction and exhibition.
Digital Art Sales Manager Sebastian Sanchez comments that the sale "reflects sustained demand for significant AI art. Both artist and collector are thrilled with the outcome".
When first presenting the works for auction, Pindar Van Arman reflected that they have "come to be seen as one of the first instances of paintings autonomously created by a robotic system, but this has never satisfied me because we don't really know what autonomy means, or what creation means for that matter. Perhaps art is always approaching a kind of recursive horizon of emergence, always embodying this threshold place."
'Pepe X' by Arsonic opens SZN11 of The Memes by 6529 with a bang as the first artwork selected via "TDH" vote.
335 editions sell out at 0.06529 ETH each, and its secondary takes off, seeing 21 sales for 27.52 ETH (avg: 1.31 ETH). Lowest list is now 1.4 ETH.
Via Arsonic:
"Today was unreal — honored to be the first ever card on 6529 TDH decentralized system. Huge thanks to everyone who took part
Sgt Pepe, Pebbles, and Pepe X are still in their infancy… but with the power of CC0 and this wild ecosystem, we’ll grow them together"
Additional Memes Highlight Sales:
Monday, March 31 - Friday, April 4:
'Daily Rare' via SuperRare: 1/1 auctions from Yosnier, Luca Boni, kei, Botto, and Gregorio Zanardi
Thursday, April 3:
'The Treachery of $Tickers' by OONA with Manifold and Base: 12 dynamic 1/1 artwork auctions, starting at 0 reserve
Thursday, April 3:
'Enigma' by CyberSea with Vivid: 1/1/1k Ordinals Collection at 0.0015 BTC each
Monday, April 7 - Tuesday, April 8:
'BUSIEST' & 'BUSY' by James Merrill with Art Blocks
Yesterday was one to remember!
We announced an all-in partnership with SuperRare in 2025 that culminates in releasing the definitive Digital Art Annual Report. Here is additional reflection.
You can count on core reporting staying consistent and importantly, staying unbiased. Outside of those lines, there are a thousand stories we're looking forward to telling, as well as a key SuperRare Report that I'll be digging into next.
This is a win-win-win, and a true whole is greater than sum of parts situation. Let's go. Let's grow. Onward!
Will you be in NYC this evening? I hope so!
See you at the opening of Offline, SuperRare's brand new gallery. After a walk-through on Tuesday, I can confidently say that it looks stunning.
Amidst the chaos yesterday, I caught up on my favorite piece of content, a 1-on-1 between OG and Snowfro. Highly recommend a watch!
Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 3 ETH+ Collection, 0.3 ETH+ 1/1, 0.5 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.3 ETH+ Edition
And then there were eight!
mARTch Madness is down to the Elite 8, and voting is now open. Place yours here.
Tournament Refresher:
The North Star is simple. Remove price considerations and simply decide what art you love. The bracket is limited to Collections and Editions, and of course it is impossible to include even close to everything.
Credits To:
24 Hours of Art Collective member Ryland for spearheading this endeavor and Deconstruct for sprucing up a dark mode bracket graphic!
ART Archetype.
The 91st design of 2025 leans into the concept behind Hackatao's 'THE Archetype' while infusing XCOPY and Sam Spratt.
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