Inferior AI

“i just generated an image in the style of a Monet painting using AI

please describe, in as much detail as possible, what makes this inferior to a real Monet painting”

The performance art of Shl0ms takes over social discourse, eliciting a mass of critical responses to an AI image. The punchline? It was not AI and instead, a digital capture of the real physical Monet painting.

Jediwolf shares an image collage of the commentary, reflecting: “the coolest art social experiment I’ve seen in a while”.

As a final flourish, Shl0ms mints the ‘inferior image’, which is live in auction countdown via Manifold with a 1.89 ETH bid.

Collection: Highlights

Heft Circle #1 (2026) by Pindar Van Arman
Geophylla (2026) by Emily Nicoll
scrambled atoms (2026) by m0dest with Ben Strauss
Permissionless Crossing (2026) by Kristopher Shinn

📊 Primary & Secondary Collections:

  • Primary (Art Blocks) - ‘Geophylla’ by Emily Nicoll: 256 generative artwork collection mints out at 0.018 ETH each and 4.59 ETH in total, secondary: 28.78 ETH, list: 0.083 ETH

  • Primary (Heft Gallery) - ‘HEFT CIRCLE’: Concludes public mint at 111 sold at $1,000 USD each and $111,000 USD in total, with 53 distributed to participating artists

  • Primary (Shape) - ‘Please Respond 01.08’ by Juan Rodríguez García: 50 editions minted at 0.07 ETH each, secondary: 3 sales for 0.36 ETH in total, list: 0.1123 ETH

  • Primary (Transient Labs) - ‘no notice’ by m0dest introduces collaborative artwork #19: ‘scrambled atoms’ with Ben Strauss, each is an edition of 69 that mints 54 at 0.069 ETH each, primary: 3.726 ETH, collection secondary: 6.37 ETH, collection list: 0.0639 ETH

  • Primary (The Memes by 6529) - ‘Permissionless Crossing’ by Kristopher Shinn: 181 editions minted at 0.06529 ETH each

  • Secondary - ‘Gift of Time’ /365 by Manuel Larino: 4.53 ETH in 24 hour volume, list: 1.2555 ETH

  • Secondary - ‘Opepen Edition’ by Visualize Value: 4.01 ETH in 24 hour volume, high sale: ‘1/0, Set 010, Ed. 1’ by VV: 2.09 ETH to VincentVanDough, list: 0.0894 ETH

🚨 Live Collections:

Transient Curated - ‘Vigils’ by Xer0X: Series opener ‘Raindrop Prelude’ sells out, next artwork ‘Game Theory’ opens at 1:00pm ET using Splinter Mint mechanic

Ninfa - ‘Girls, girls, girls!’ by Esra Eslen: 10 artwork collection available at 0.1331 ETH reserves, 4 sold for 0.66 ETH in total

Birds dot app - ‘Birds Observations’ by Jules and Mungi: Observations open for collection, $1 USD each, Quests include first observation (1), Sanctuary set (5), all Birds (100), and all Birds across all Sanctuaries (500)

📅 Incoming Collections:

Thursday, May 14th:
‘Please Respond 01.09’ by Aleksandra Jovanić with Shape: 50 editions available at 0.07 ETH each, opens 11:00am ET

1/1: Highlights

Unlimited 17 (2026) by Angela Nikolau

🚨 Live 1/1:

  • Manifold - ‘Talk is Expensive’ by Daniel Isles: 1.3225 ETH bid, closes Fri 8:46am ET

  • Ninfa - ‘Social Trauma’ by Dolce Paganne: 0.42 ETH bid, closes 1:51pm ET

🏦 1/1 Loans:

Post Hear (2022) by Botto

  • Gondi - ‘Post Hear’ by Botto: Renegotiated - $577,300 USDC Principal at 15% APR over 180 Days

  • Gondi - ‘skullBoy’ by Alpha Centauri Kid: Renegotiated - $40,000 USDC Principal at 17% APR over 30 Days

1/1/X: Highlights

monkeys78 (2025) by m0dest
Winds of Yawanawa #192 (2023) by Refik Anadol

🏦 1/1/X Loan:

  • Gondi - ‘CryptoPunk #6151’ (Hoodie) by Larva Labs: $225,000 USDC Principal at 16% APR over 5 Days

Edition: Highlights

THE 5000 DAY SELECTS (2021) by Beeple

Art Round-Up

THE DAM SHOW!

Today at 12:00pm ET:
The show welcomes Haiver and Artist Commons for a conversation about the developmental side of the art business, livestreamed via X at 12:00pm ET.

Catch Up:
Monday’s The Digital Art Market Show welcomed:

  • 00:00: Adam Heft Berninger - 1 year of Heft Gallery, Heft Circle, past, present, and future

  • 59:30: Jared Poz - 8NAP philosophy, institutional announcement, and several participating artists

  • 1:50:45: Garry B1rd - Surprise in studio appearance, New York Knicks, anatomy of a meme, achieving XCOPY and 6529 immortality

Weekly Dose of Art:
‘A Stage for a Drama: Muhju’s Renaissance 2.0’ by Justin Wetch, his 46th deep dive artist interview via 24 Hours of Art.

Previous Installments: Dave Krugman, Summer Wagner, Cath Simard, Cem Hasimi, Daniel Koeth, and more! All on 24hours.art.

Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2 ETH+ Collection, 0.25 ETH+ 1/1, 0.5 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.25 ETH+ Edition

Art Every Day

not my first art
Everyday #132 of 2026

Every day Justin Wetch and Roger Dickerman create an ARTwork.
This one is based on May 12th highlights from Xer0x, XCOPY, m0dest and Kelly McDermott.

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