Initiative Acceleration
“The mission is to elevate artists” says Batsoupyum.
The collector and patron announces a new initiative alongside Lanett Bennett Grant. It will deploy $100,000 USD, or approximately 1 ETH per week, inviting artists to do small writeups and adding their own context for each acquisition.
Lanett shares her perspective:
“Two people who love art, supporting artists as loudly as we possibly can while respecting those who have been doing it all along.”
The initiative explodes on socials, with Sam and Rachel Spratt, Redbeard, Rdtothemoon, and AP pledging additional funds, Foundation pledging sales % and screen support, and other community members including Selkie and Harsha leaning into creative ways to contribute.
Artefact Acquisition
“Just did a thing” says TheNorwegian.
The collector acquires 1-of-1 artwork ‘Candlelight’ by Verdandi for 6 ETH ($12,530 USD).
1 of 13 ‘Verdandi Artefacts’, it was originally created on Ethereum in 2017 and part of one of its first fine art collections. It was subsequently wrapped in an ERC721 contract, preserving the original token while giving it modern marketplace functionality. Two early artworks by Verdandi are in the permanent collection of SAMFA (San Angelo Museum of Fine Art).
Artworks of the Day
Collection: Highlights
8×8, Set 001, Ed. 10 (2023) by Jack Butcher | Opepen Edition
Secondary - ‘Opepen Edition’ by Jack Butcher | Visualize Value: 7 sales for 8.22 ETH, high sale - ‘8x8, Set 001, Ed. 10’ by Jack Butcher: 6.33 ETH
🚨 Live Collections:
SuperRare - ‘HabiTextures: An Archive of Lived Moments’ by Richard Nadler: 30 1/1 artwork collection, 14 sold thus far, remainder available at 0.69 ETH each or 2 ETH each including 55 × 40 cm hand-finished embroidery by Vangart
Fellowship - ‘/backflip’ by Nikita Diakur: 55 artwork “documentary-style collection”, 51 sold, 1 in live auction countdown, 3 remain with 0.1 ETH reserves
📅 Incoming Collections:
Monday, February 9th:
‘NOKORI’ by Andrew Mitchell
Tuesday, February 10th:
‘Geocities’ by Martín Bruce with Pocobelli Collection and Verse
Tuesday, February 10th:
‘Spirals’ by Pho, including collaborations with hazed, mendezmendez, and m0dest
1/1: Highlights
mustard s33d heartbeat (2026) by lovebeing
‘mustard s33d heartbeat’ by lovebeing: 0.35 ETH to aquaticxcp
‘The Last Straw’ by davidhenrynobodyjr: 0.26 ETH to fluxgermany
‘Lovers Laughing In Bed’ by tiffatronn: 0.25 ETH to -R-0xC0e
‘Together in the Glitch’ by YUDHO: 0.19 ETH to batsoupyum
🚨 Live 1/1s:
1/1/X: Highlights
Winds of Yawanawa #856 (2023) by Refik Anadol
‘Winds of Yawanawa’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 4.09 (Scorching), 4 & 4 ETH
‘Chromie Squiggle’ /10k by Snowfro: 3.35 ETH
‘Pebbles’ /1k by Zeblocks: 1.2 ETH (Craglet) & 0.346 WETH
‘The Currency’ by Damien Hirst: 1 & 0.699 ETH
‘Cargo’ /1k by Kim Asendorf: 0.81 ETH (Gondi Private Sale) & 0.7925 ETH
‘Synthetic Dreams’ /1k by Refik Anadol: 0.75 ETH to ogieey
‘Themes and Variations’ /500 by Vera Molnár with Martin Grasser: 0.6 ETH
‘Wirecore’ /200 by Slava3ngl: 0.465 & 0.39 ETH
Edition: Highlights
Guzzler (2021) by XCOPY
‘Guzzler’ /206 by XCOPY: 3 & 2.98 ETH via Gondi
‘Sixes of Narcissus’ /40 by Pak: 1.25 ETH
‘SIDEWAYZ’ /364 by XCOPY: 0.64 ETH
‘MAX PAIN’ /4,923 by XCOPY: 0.6 & 0.579 ETH, 0.53 & 0.511 WETH
‘RPALPHASTIK’ /25 by Peperium (2017): 0.4 WETH
‘Algae’ /244 by Alpha Centauri Kid: 0.3 ETH
‘Lotus Train’ /148 by Mad Dog Jones x Deadmau5: 0.3 ETH to Free-Hy
‘Another Good Night’s Rest’ /10 by RJ: 0.278 ETH to A_Hot_Wallet
RD Report
It’s fun watching something blossom, and the Batsoupyum x Lanett artist initiative announcement led to a meaningful day. There are a lot of contribution ideas percolating, and I'm looking forward to seeing the final form it takes.
Weekend Reading:
Looking for What’s Real: Alyssa Stevens’ Emotional Abstractions by Justin Wetch. It is the 33rd installment of “Weekly Dose of Art”.
Annual Survey:
Let your voice be heard (and included in the upcoming 24 Hours of Art Annual!):
https://survey.24hours.art/
Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2 ETH+ Collection, 0.2 ETH+ 1/1, 0.4 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.2 ETH+ Edition