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=== Digital art and blockchain === {{See also|NFT|Generative art}} Blockchain, and more specifically Non-Fungible Tokens(NFTs), have been a common tool for digital arts since the NFTs boom of 2020-2021.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sestino |first1=Andrea |title=Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Examining the Impact on Consumers and Marketing Strategies |last2=Guido |first2=Gianluigi |last3=Peluso |first3=Alessandro M. |date=2022 |publisher=Palgrave |isbn=978-3-031-07202-4 |page=26 f |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-07203-1 |s2cid=250238540}}</ref> By minting digital artworks as NFTs, artists can establish provable ownership.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kugler |first1=Logan |date=2021 |title=Non-Fungible Tokens and the Future of Art |journal=Communications of the ACM |volume=64 |issue=9 |pages=19β20 |doi=10.1145/3474355 |s2cid=237283169 |quote=There is nothing stopping someone online from viewing, copying, and sharing a digital art file, but thanks to NFTs, they cannot fake possession of the art. NFTs make it possible to have exclusive ownership of digital art β something that was previously impossible. |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Trautman |first=Lawrence J. |date=2021 |title=Virtual Art and Non-fungible Tokens |url=https://www.ssrn.com/abstract=3814087 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |language=en |doi=10.2139/ssrn.3814087 |issn=1556-5068 |quote=Trautman references Zittrain, Jonathan; Marks, Will (7 April 2021). "What Critics Don't Understand About NFTs. The complexity and arbitrariness of non-fungible tokens are a big part of their appeal". The Atlantic. Retrieved 11 January 2023. The buyer is not, however, acquiring anything that they alone can use. (...) an NFT buyer is not purchasing a work, but rather a publicly available token that links to a work. (...) The token itself is visible to all, as is the work to which it points, so anyone else can look at the work and download it. And most NFT transactions don't purport to convey copyright or other intellectual-property interests regarding the work in question (...) By these terms, many NFT purchases are akin to acquiring a piece of art that nevertheless remains in the gallery where it was sold, open all the time to members of the public, who may grab a free print of the work after their visit.}}</ref> However, the technology received much criticism and has many flaws related to [[plagiarism]] and fraud (''due to its almost completely unregulated nature'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lu |first=Fei |date=2022-01-06 |title=Does NFT Art Have A Place In The Museum In 2022? |url=https://jingculturecommerce.com/pamm-nfts-the-next-500-years-takeaways/ |website=Jing Daily Culture |language=}}</ref> Furthermore, auction houses, museums, and galleries around the world have started to integrate NFTs and collaborate with digital artists, exhibiting their artworks (''associated with the respective NFTs'') both in virtual galleries and real-life screens, monitors, and TVs.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Trautman |first1=Lawrence J. |date=2022 |title=Virtual Art and Non-Fungible Tokens |journal=Hofstra Law Review |volume=50 |issue=361 |pages=371 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.3814087 |s2cid=234830426}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-03 |title=Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale |website=sothebys.com |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kastrenakes |first=Jacob |date=2021-03-11 |title=Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/11/22325054/beeple-christies-nft-sale-cost-everydays-69-million |website=theverge.com |language=}}</ref> In March 2024, [[Sotheby's]] presented an auction highlighting significant contributions of digital artists over the previous decade,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title=Evolutionaries Digital Art Through The Decade |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auction-catalogue/2024/revolutionaries-digital-art-through-the-decade?s=intro |website=sothebys.com}}</ref> one of many record-breaking auctions of digital artwork by the auction house. These auctions look broadly at the cultural impact of digital art in the 21st century and feature work by artists such as [[Jennifer & Kevin McCoy]], [[Vera MolnΓ‘r]], [[Claudia Hart]], [[Jonathan Monaghan]], and [[Sarah Zucker]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tremayne-Pengelly |first=Alexandra |date=2023-10-27 |title=Traditional and Digital Art Will Merge in Sotheby's ThankYouX Show |url=https://observer.com/2023/10/thankyoux-sothebys-exhibition/ |website=The New York Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Escalante-De Mattei |first=Shanti |date=2022-04-13 |title=Sotheby's Is Launching Another Digital Art Auction, This Time on the Art Before NFTs |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sothebys-announces-third-natively-digital-auction-generative-art-1234625167/ |website=ARTnews}}</ref>
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