Art Market Highlights
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New Darkfarms series ‘13+_OIL_CANS’ - with the description quoted above - releases with AOTM Gallery.
Highlight 1/1 work ‘13+_OIL_CANS (2026)’ - which has a description quoted above - closes for 7.3 ETH in auction after seeing 32 separate bids. Each of the bids entitles a collector to a choice of works: 1 of 13 ‘Oil Can’ unique editions and ‘ALL_YOUR_OIL_ARE_BELONG_TO_US’ edition.
“The Nakamoto Card” - ‘RAREPEPE | Series 1 Card 1’ - sees its latest sale for 28 ETH to punk8164.eth. The edition of 300 (now 298 after 2 burns) was minted on September 9, 2016.
The OpenSea Flagship Collection announces its latest addition within “a landmark series of 100 twin portraits that helped define photography as fine art on Ethereum”. The selection is ‘Twin Flames #89. Ludine & Leonelle Pierre’ by Justin Aversano. The official acquisition took place two weeks ago for 7.5 ETH, and it has now been transferred to the Flagship.
Art on Tezos
Let’s have a weekly look at items of interest across the Tezos ecosystem:
‘Screen Time’ by RJ saw six 1-of-1 works sell for 13,550 XTZ in total to collectors including DagieDee (2), Absurdeity.tez, Donovan, and yangwong. Objkt shares that proceeds from this series of works are being used to acquire “select 1/1 works by emerging artists from our community”. A group of curators, artists, and collectors will make the selections.
High sale of the week is ‘monogrid 1.1 CE #72’ by Kim Asendorf, part of a 256 artwork collection minted on fx(hash) in May 2022, based on the original ‘monogrid’ series. This artwork sells for 3,700 XTZ | $1,560 USD to 3792.
Also on the secondary market, ‘CSRSNT-CAAI-027-of-128.png’ by Caesuras sells for 2,500 XTZ | $1,011 USD. The 2160 × 2160 pixel 1-of-1 work was originally minted on April 22, 2021.
Exhibition ‘Year of the Fire Horse’ with GIF Gallery celebrates the New Year, as they call it “the year of the rebels”. 26 artworks are presented across 17 artists. ‘year of the fire horse’ by catswilleatyou is in live auction now with a 135 XTZ bid and a closing time of 12:04pm ET.
Today: The DAM Show!
Today at 12:00pm ET and livestreamed on X, Chikai joins The Digital Art Market Show for a 1:1 conversation with host Roger Dickerman.
Artworks of the Day
Interior Landscape, What Remains by WILLARD
1-of-1 Artwork
Minted: February 17, 2026
Acquired for 0.156 ETH by mistahb via SuperRare
Tech ARTpocalypse
Everyday #48 of 2026
Every day Justin Wetch and Roger Dickerman create an ARTwork.
This one is based on February 17th highlights from Coldie, Dmitri Cherniak, and Jeremy Booth.
Collection: Highlights
🚨 Live Collections:
fxhash - ‘Deliverance’ by Valent: 120 artist curated work collection, live in ranked auction with rebate, closes at 12:00pm ET
The Memes by 6529 - ‘Zero Zero Zero…’ by Rakesh Pulapa: 165/328 minted thus far at 0.06529 ETH each
Ninfa - ‘INTERIORA’ by Rocketgirl with Ninfa: 10 artwork collection available at 0.333 ETH reserves, 1 in auction countdown
1/1: Highlights
Not a picture but an event I (2026) by Maya Man
‘Not a picture but an event I’ by Maya Man: 3 ETH to batsoupyum
‘Not a picture but an event III’ by Maya Man: 2.3 ETH to kanbas
‘awakening’ by #1 crush: 0.4 ETH to batsoupyum
‘skullcollector’ by m0dest x Pho: 0.3 WETH to _smartie
‘To My Little Empath’ by Christine Clue: 0.3 ETH to batsoupyum
‘Unglitched’ by PERFECT L00P: 0.3 WETH
‘A Walk in the Rain’ by Adam Carity: 0.25 ETH to batsoupyum
‘Unfinished form’ by Ilya Bliznets: 0.21 ETH to batsoupyum
‘In search of answers’ by Ilya Bliznets: 0.207 ETH to max_pretends
‘Beyond Perception’ by zahraaa_artlover: 0.2 ETH to J.P. MoreGainz
‘Conscious’ by 0xMinimalism: 0.2 ETH to batsoupyum
‘Nothing Was The Same’ by Alex Kittoe: 0.2 ETH to batsoupyum
🚨 Live 1/1:
Manifold - ‘Puppet Controller’ by Daniel Isles: 1 ETH bid, ends Thurs 9:47am ET
Transient Labs - ‘February 19th - 09:14’ by Justin Aversano: 0.77 ETH bid, ends 12:00am ET
SuperRare - ‘no care in the world’ by DeltaSauce: 0.6 ETH bid, ends 9:34am ET
1/1/X: Highlights
Chromie Squiggle #179 (2020) by Snowfro
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k by Snowfro: 2.92 ETH (Day Zero), 2.42, 2.32 & 2.31 WETH
‘Meridian’ /1k by Matt DesLauriers: 1.9 WETH to PeaceLandBread
‘The Harvest’ /400 by Per Kristian Stoveland: 0.761 WETH to NFTPER_kobe
‘Pebbles’ /1k by Zeblocks: 0.58 ETH to gpebbles
Edition: Highlights
XCOPY-YuraMiron effect (2021) by Yura Miron x XCOPY
‘XCOPY-YuraMiron effect’ /30 by Yura Miron x XCOPY: 2.47 WETH to NFTBUTlERFLY69
‘GIFT GOAT’ /1,110 by Beeple x VeeFriends: 0.48 ETH
‘Station3 Patron’ /811 by Grant Yun: 0.45 WETH
‘PEPERMANENT | Series 12 Card 604’ /69 (Fake Rares) by Chainleft: 0.298 WETH to ChiaroscuroCollect
‘Asphalt’ /405 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.234 ETH to AquaticXCP
RD Report
A multi-highlight day. Have a look at this thread by Lanett Bennett Grant, reviewing artwork selections for the BatSoupYum initiative, as well as many that have been presented to other participants.
It’s Here:
The 2025-26 Annual Report!
Annual Survey:
Let your voice be heard (and included in the upcoming 24 Hours of Art Annual):
https://survey.24hours.art/
Visualize the survey via a dynamic data sculpture (built by the incredible Yon Visuals):
https://24hoasurvey.pages.dev/
Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2 ETH+ Collection, 0.2 ETH+ 1/1, 0.4 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.2 ETH+ Edition