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How Nude Art NFTs Combat Censorship and Destigmatize Women’s Bodies
Few art subjects are more ancient, enduring, and controversial than the nude female form. From early prehistoric figurines like the Venus of Willendorf to Praxiteles’ Knidian Aphrodite statue, Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, and Manet’s Olympia, art depicting nude women has not only served as a vector of creative expression but as a mirror of society’s attitudes toward women for thousands of years. Tellingly, the reflections in that mirror have not always been pleasant and often reveal long-standing biases with which societies worldwide are still grappling. The Italian Early Renaissance artist Masaccio’s Expulsion from the Garden of Eden is a prime […]
Upcoming Drops: October 17-23
Let’s face it: The NFT space moves really fast. Considering how quickly things can change in the metaverse, a week in NFTs might as well be a month IRL. Don’t get us wrong — the more people onboarded into the space, the merrier. But because of the constant influx of great art and ideas, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the news, launches, and general happenings. Well, you can put the days of endless Twitter and Discord scrolling behind you, as we put together a weekly list of upcoming NFT drops you definitely don’t want to miss. […]
Physical NFTs? One Potential Mainstream Use-Case Explained
Understandably, when most people think of NFTs, they do so under a primarily digital framework. That makes perfect sense. After all, the underlying technology that makes minting an NFT possible in the first place mostly exists as software — blockchain technology. But can NFTs be physical objects? The answer is yes. Despite how the prevailing mainstream conversation around NFTs is continually misdirected toward “expensive monkey JPEGs,” there’s so much more possible with this technology than enabling the sales of digital images. And it all starts with how people have been minting NFTs tied to physical objects. Why mint physical NFTs? […]
Pplpleasr’s Two-Year Journey to NFT Stardom Highlights the Importance of Humility
So you just became internet famous. Now what? This is the situation Emily Yang faced in March 2021. Better known in the NFT space as pplpleasr, Yang’s was a different kind of fame. Rather than going viral on social media, Yang’s fame came with a payout of half of one million dollars. After the monumental 310 ETH (around $530,000) sale of Yang’s NFT, titled x*y=k, the budding artist was propelled to Web3 stardom. Not only did she become a niche internet microcelebrity overnight, but her influence immediately spread throughout the NFT space, propelled by the creation of her very own […]
How Web3 Allowed Rapper LATASHÁ to Evade Record Label Ties
Every successful musician carves a unique path into the medium. For LATASHÁ, it was through poetry slams and cyphers. Her natural affinity for wordplay and expression eventually led her down the path of becoming an independent musician equally versed in singer/songwriter stylings and hip-hop. In our latest episode of Behind The Drop, we sat down with LATASHÁ for an inside look on her rise as one of Web3’s most notable young artists. LATASHÁ’s journey into Web3 began once she realized something was up with the music industry. Thanks to her “mini law degree,” as she described in an interview with […]
What’s the Difference Between Rare NFTs and Rare Traditional Art?
Rarity is a priceless resource for curators and collectors. From one-of-a-kind oil paintings to vintage baseball cards, or even giant Cheetos emerging from regular-size consumer bags, people enjoy things that break from the norm. However, the vast world of art is generally ruled by supply and demand, which makes rarity (often interchangeable with the term scarcity) an elusive and ambiguous term to define concretely. While 1/1 works are widely accepted as the highest form of any single craft, rarity itself isn’t actually an official measurement of appraisal, but one of many factors that helps to determine the value of a […]
Upcoming Drops: October 10-16
Let’s face it: The NFT space moves really fast. Considering how quickly things can change in the metaverse, a week in NFTs might as well be a month IRL. Don’t get us wrong — the more people onboarded into the space, the merrier. But because of the constant influx of great art and ideas, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the news, launches, and general happenings. Well, you can put the days of endless Twitter and Discord scrolling behind you as we put together a weekly list of upcoming NFT drops you definitely don’t want to miss. […]
Anime PFPs: 6 Stunning NFT Projects Bringing a New Generation to Web3
For as long as users have set their own PFPs on community sites, one type of imagery has dominated the space — the anime PFP. From the 90s to the mid-2000s, Western anime fans were primarily interested in hits like Dragon Ball Z, which appeared on Cartoon Network’s Toonami programming block, and Cowboy Bebop on Adult Swim. As a result, anime PFPs used during this era tended to feature characters from these specific shows. Seeing the likes of Goku, Vegeta, or Spike Spiegel in a profile picture was common. Unsurprisingly, back then, avatars tended to look rather similar. Since that […]
Meme Mania: The Best NFT Memes of All Time
When it comes to memes, the NFT space doesn’t disappoint. As a community based on blockchain art and internet culture, things can and often do change on a dime. From 48-hour-long crypto crashes to celebrities jumping into NFT projects at random, there’s always something to talk about. But when simply talking about cultural happenings doesn’t suffice, you can always count on the NFT community to whip up a meme or two to enhance social media discourse. So to shine a light on the unsung heroes of the weird wide world of non-fungibles, we’re bringing you the best NFT memes of […]
Undervalued: Party Degenerates, The Walking Dead Avatars, and More
Traversing the world of non-fungibles is a daunting task. With so many new NFT projects, artists, and large-scale collections cropping up weekly, it’s become nearly impossible to keep up with every subsequent development. In the past, a simple browse of OpenSea was enough to find the latest NFT craze. But things have changed drastically since the 2021 NFT boom. Now, NFT enthusiasts have to be acutely mindful of what and where they collect. To aid in the unearthing of awe-inspiring NFT endeavors both new and old, nft now presents Undervalued: a weekly column highlighting innovative projects, collections, and artists pushing the […]