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Mad Dog Jones Is the Most Expensive Living Canadian Artist After Phillips’s $4.1 Million Sale of His Self-Replicating NFT
Following recent record-breaking sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by artists Beeple (for $69.3 million) and Pak (for $17 million), the $4.1 million sale of an NFT by Mad Dog Jones seemed comparatively anticlimactic. But the premium-inclusive price Phillips achieved for REPLICATOR (2021) has made Mad Dog Jones the most expensive living Canadian artist. The digital creator, […]
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The Artist Whose Work a Young Couple Accidentally Defaced in a Mall Isn’t Mad Upset at the Pair. He’d Even Like to Join Them for Tea
The internet was captivated by the story of the bumbling couple in Seoul who accidentally defaced a canvas said to be worth $500,000 out of a mistaken belief that it was a participatory art installation. Now, we know what the artist whose work they defaced thinks about the headline-making incident. “With just three brush strokes […]
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Phillips Is Entering the Digital Fray With the Sale of a Mad Dog Jones NFT That Will Generate New NFTs Every Month
When Beeple shattered expectations with a history-making $69 million NFT sale at Christie’s New York last month, it was all but inevitable that other auction houses would look to match that success. Soon after, Sotheby’s announced a sale with NFT artist Pak. Now, completing the trifecta of top auction houses, Phillips is getting into the […]
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A Beijing Museum Is Staging the World’s First ‘Major’ Crypto-Art Show, Featuring Artists Named Beeple, Fewocious, and Mad Dog Jones
Get ready for the world’s first NFT art exhibition, coming to the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. NFTs, short for non-fungible tokens, are unique digital assets, individually identified on a blockchain, allowing one person to own a widely disseminated digital artwork. The show, titled “Virtual Niche—Have you ever seen memes in the mirror?,” is […]