“Months ago, he came to my first museum exhibition and left an observation. I made him a new work in return.” says Sam Spratt.

The artist posts a video capturing an unsuspecting Eddie Wharton, lured into the surprise receipt of ‘The Gates of Toledo’. It is a previously unrevealed Mask of Luci, promised to one Toledo Museum of Art attendee who left an observation on ‘The Masquerade’.

Mask ‘Misappropriation’ also sells on this day for $15,000 USDC to mezziah.eth via Gondi.

‘The Damage’ by XCOPY sees a sale for 16.25 WETH to HattersVault. The editioned artwork of 25 was originally minted December 30, 2019 with the description “What’s the damage?”

‘LetsWalk Finale’ by DeeKay sells for 14.5 WETH to an anonymous wallet. The 1/1 artwork culmination of the 'LetsWalk’ collection was originally minted on 10/29/2022 and auctioned at Sotheby’s shortly thereafter as part of ‘Natively Digital: Relics’ for $214,200 USD to Mondoir.

Let’s have a weekly look at items of art interest across the Tezos ecosystem:

Top sale this week is ‘adoration colonic at state fair’ by die with the most likes, an edition of 10 originally minted March 8, 2022. It is collected by Blondie23LMD for 4,000 XTZ ($2,342 USD).

‘Taut Genes’ is the latest animated GIF artwork edition - “15 tumbling frames” - from Lorna Mills. Minted yesterday, it sells out 7 editions for 150 XTZ ($86 USD) each.

Artist Douglxss released his third artwork in the ‘Portrait Studies: Impressions and Erosion’ collection, an examination of “how memory transforms individuals into abstractions; leaving only the echo, after name and story has faded away”. ‘D+2 / The Climb’ is acquired by Delronde2 for 300 XTZ ($175 USD).

‘Post-Nature / Synthetic Field’ by ashuinyak opens at 12:00pm ET. In the artist’s words, the collection “is not a reproduction of nature. It is a different kind of landscape — something non-natural — produced through humanity’s attempts to reconstruct nature using technology.”

Transient Labs - ‘Pendulums’ by Ben Strauss: 512 generative artwork collection, 415 available at 0.0512 ETH each, Public sale opens at 12:00pm ET today

Via Artist - ‘br0ken’ by Strano: 36 artwork collection exploring “the aesthetic of digital error as a form of expression”, 27 placed via private sale at 0.25 ETH each

AOTM Gallery - ‘AiR VI Curated Collection’ featuring artists DeltaSauce, perfectl00p, and RJ: 7 of 10 1/1 artworks in countdown with bids between 0.25 - 0.4 ETH, one open edition per artist live until 1:00pm ET

Art Blocks Studio - ‘Hatches’ by Rob Dixon (Radix): 300 generative artwork collection, 260 available at 0.03 ETH each

Manifold - ‘Starweave’ by XSULLO: Evolving set of art-based cards, free claim (every 3 hours and 33 minutes) and set-purchase options, redemptions and 1/1 prize follow later in month

Thursday, January 15th:
‘Loneliness’ by Gül Yıldız with Ninfa: 30 1-of-1 artwork collection, available at 0.069 ETH reserve each

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If you glossed over the xsullo item in live collections, that’s my last (also free) exploration suggestion. He’s doing something interesting with Manifold. It’s also a wonderful onboarding tool and highly recommended to do with your kid(s)!

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Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2 ETH+ Collection, 0.2 ETH+ 1/1, 0.4 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.2 ETH+ Edition