100.gallery: Picasso The 100gallery project is proud to announce its innovative platform, inviting individuals from all walks of life to participate in the creation and ownership of unique artworks, prints, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Breaking barriers in the art world, The 100gallery transforms words, sentences, numbers, and characters into captivating digital abstract images, all housed within a mesmerizing 10 x 10 color-coded grid. This platform is highly appealing not only to professional digital artists but especially to regular folks who wish to create their own unique prints and, es ..read more

BY MARK ANDERSON In the ever-evolving landscape of digital art, the ascent of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) marks a groundbreaking odyssey that has reshaped how we create, perceive, and value art in the digital realm. This chronicle traces the pivotal points, important events, and the trailblazers who have propelled NFTs from obscurity to center stage, ushering in a new era in the art world. NFTs owe their existence to the intricate realm of blockchain technology, with the Ethereum network being a primary player. Proposed by Vitalik Buterin in late 2013 and going live on July 30, 2015, Ethereum ..read more

Crown by Cj Hendry | Phillips With Dropshop, Phillips Expands Beyond the Traditional Auction House Realm by Introducing an Innovative Primary Market Model of Limited-Edition Collaborations on A First Come, First Served Basis Phillips is pleased to announce Dropshop, a digital platform offering limited-edition releases of primary market art and objects in partnership with the artists, collaborators, and brands defining contemporary culture. Dropshop is the first and only platform in the international auction sphere that partners directly with working artists, disrupting the traditional, long-he ..read more

© Dave Vescio “The older I get, the less I see people collecting art for their homes, and the more they collect art on their internet-connected machines instead” Dave Vescio’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary. From being a professional soldier to a drug dealer, and then an ex-con, he eventually transformed into a prominent Hollywood Movie Star. However, his evolution didn’t stop there; he further ventured into becoming an Award-Winning Contemporary Artist, pioneering his own unique art style that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Throughout his life, he has confronted darkne ..read more

Autumn Landscape © Tom Glynn Be sure to read PART 3 of Our Exclusive Interview with Tom Glynn Tom Glynn is a rare breed: an artist who can move effortlessly between artforms, materials, scales and registers, equally adept at making miniature paintings and  monumental sculptures. And yet all of his work is unmistakably English in mood.  His images are populated by the country’s Neolithic monuments and pastoral landscapes, and informed by the many artists who inhabited those places before him.  Glynn is driven by the same Romantic spirit that motivated Palmer and Turner, Nash&nb ..read more

By Art Attainment The Night Watch painting by Rembrandt, reproduced on a panel of tiles, known as the “Delft Blue” version, will be launched in the physical and non-fungible token (NFT) format this March by Art Attainment, the company created by a team of Portuguese and Dutch, responsible for the project that promises to revolutionize the traditional art market by democratizing, digitizing, and eternalizing one of the greatest works of art in the world through blockchain technology. This project is the beginning of Art Attainment’s NFT art collective, which will bring some of the greatest nam ..read more

© JDL | Street Art for Rights Judith de Leeuw (JDL) – a well-known Dutch street artist who’s art appeared all over the world – has unveiled her imposing new 40-metre mural entitled “Icarus”, created for the Street Art for Rights Forum Festival on the north-east wall of the Corviale building in Rome, the famous “Serpentone”, one of the “most symbolic” walls in the capital.  © JDL | Street Art for Rights She has chosen to raise awareness of the current environmental issue for Street Art for Rights Forum Festival, exploring with her work the self-destructive tendency of modern society to ov ..read more

By Mark Anderson Digital art has a rich history that spans several decades. The earliest forms of digital art can be traced back to the 1960s, when artists began experimenting with computers as a medium for creating visual art. One of the first artists to work with digital technology was John Whitney, who used a computer to create abstract animations in the 1960s. Whitney’s work laid the foundation for the development of digital animation and set the stage for other artists to explore the potential of computer technology. In the 1970s, artists such as Harold Cohen and Vera Molnar began to cre ..read more

As promised, The World Art News is continuing its art exploration of the World’s Leading Artificial Intelligence system ‘ChatGPT’. This time we decided to find out what it knows about NFTs, and as it turns out, this AI knows pretty much everything, including some funny jokes that you can find at the end of this article. Keep in mind that this entire text was written by a machine, we just asked it the right questions and added some headlines, so without further ado here are the results of our fascinating conversating with ChatGPT. What are NFTs Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a type of digital ..read more

“Title Image” from the series ‘Ariel Stinks (50 Alternative Album Covers to Thrash and Burn)’ by Jill Miller. Courtesy of the artist and TAEX. By Vlada One | Chief Operating Officer at TAEX Can digital technologies and new media consign gender inequality to history? On 20 January, TAEX, the NFT contemporary art platform and infrastructure solution, launches a new NFT drop by Jill Miller ‘Ariel Stinks (50 Alternative Covers to Thrash and Burn)‘. The artist strives to attract attention to biased ways of treating women in the arts while sharing her experience and empowering others to speak out. V ..read more