‘Digital Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility, Series 5, Edition 76. (Wrapped)’ by Mitchell F. Chan sells for 8.5 ETH to overeXposed via Gondi.

“The Digital Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility is an idea. It’s a way of thinking about the connections between art, and value, and blockchain.” - Mitchell F. Chan

Inspired by Yves Klein’s Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility, Digital Zones explores the separation of artwork commodity and artwork experience and how this may change a collector’s relationship with the art. Here is Chan’s 33 page essay accompanying the release.

The artworks were first minted on August 30, 2017 as ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum at InterAccess in Toronto. Wrappers were later introduced to accommodate current marketplace and token standards.

October 30, 2020:
Beeple debuts ‘THE FIRST DROP’ on Nifty Gateway, releasing 100 editions of ‘POLITICS IS BULLSHIT’ for $1 USD each and two 1/1 artworks - ‘CRYPTO IS BULLSHIT’ and ‘CROSSROAD’ - for auction.

This is credited as a major inflection point for digital art adoption and attention. Relive it here through an oral history told through the lenses of 8 interviews, including Beeple.

October 30, 2025:
Beeple celebrates ‘DIFFUSE CONTROL’ at LACMA after yesterday’s opening and Everyday creation. Based upon public domain images from the Museum’s permanent collection, the interactive sculpture allows its audience to manipulate the display and generate unique prints.