After debuting with NEORT++ on May 15th in Tokyo, Japan, ‘Rain Blooms’ by Kazuhiro Tanimoto releases as a collection with Art Blocks Studio. The 128 artworks sell out at 0.042 ETH across 88 collectors and have seen 10.62 ETH in secondary volume, with current list at 0.169 ETH.

‘CONTINGENT’ by James Bloom and German generative photographer Gottfried Jäger concludes pre and public sale with Objkt. The 200 artwork collection sells out at 100 XTZ each across 65 collectors.

Via James Bloom:
“Gottfried Jäger turned 90 this week and I can't think of a better way for us to honour his contribution to art”

The OpenSea Flagship Collection announces the acquisition of ‘QQL #336’ by Tyler Hobbs. In an interview released alongside the milestone, Hobbs recounts the process of opening up the algorithm, generating 15,000 seeds, and whittling them down to 15 before ultimately deciding on one.

It is the second ‘QQL’ to possess the Background Color “Miami Rich Blue” and the eleventh to be minted in Year 4 of the algorithm.

Transient Curated - ‘Timeless New York’ by Paul Seibert: 27 artwork collection available via 0.15 ETH reserve auctions, 9 sold, 2 in live auction countdown

Friday, May 22nd:
‘Network State of Mind’ by Zigmarillion with The Memes by 6529: Up to 328 editions available at 0.06529 ETH each, opens 10:40am ET

TODAY: Verse Talks Live!
At 10:30am ET, Roger Dickerman joins Verse Talks with Jamie and Leyla for a conversation on present and future NFT landscape. It will be streamed via Verse live on X.

Catch Up: The DAM Show
On Monday The Digital Art Market Show welcomed Adam Ilenich and Balon (hour one) and Defaced (hour two). Watch the recording here.

Weekly Dose of Art:
“Night Is Mystical: Lazaro’s Dreampunk Anemoia” by Justin Wetch, his 47th deep dive artist interview with 24 Hours of Art.

Previous Installments: Muhju, Dave Krugman, Summer Wagner, Cath Simard, and more

Today Reported:
Sales thresholds of 2.5 ETH+ Collection, 0.25 ETH+ 1/1, 0.5 ETH+ 1/1/X, and 0.25 ETH+ Edition