NFT
Artist of the Future?
Beeple

Who is Beeple, who came from nothing to become the third most expensive living artist in the world? Only half a year before his historic sale, he was involved with NFTs, which then turned the art market upside down. Art.Salon takes a close look at this influential combination of artist and medium.

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The revival of the NFT hype?

Beeple plans his own studio

Beeple, TORTOR2 aus der Everydays-Serie, 19. Juli 2016

Beeple wants to help the flagging NFT market reach new heights. The NFT artist, who has been famous since 2021, is having a warehouse converted into a studio for this purpose: an analogue space for digital art.

November 14, 2022
Artist of the future?
Beeple, Hexagonia, aus der Everydays-Serie, 25.6.2016

Beeple's rise to the art Olympus

by Marius Damrow, October 17, 2022

Beeple: just a few years ago, a web designer with two million followers who creates digital artworks in his spare time. Since 2021, he is known worldwide as the third most expensive living artist behind Jeff Koons and David Hockney. How did this meteoric rise come about and what role do NFTs play for Beeple − and what role does he play for NFTs?

Hype, bubble, economic consequences
Beeple, BITPOD.95, 2016

How NFTs are changing the art market

by Marius Damrow, October 31, 2022

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have only been part of the art market for a few years, but are already responsible for many headlines. NFTs have been the art market topic of the last three years. An overview of a sensational art form.

Recent auction results of Beeple

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Features

The art world has many stories to tell. Not every one gets the attention it deserves. The Art.Salon presents institutions and personalities that stand out through creativity and commitment and even give a voice to those who are otherwise not heard.

The Art.Salon reports on spectaculour auction results
Auction Market

90 Millionen Dollar für eine Arbeit von David Hockney, ein Warhol für 195 Millionen US-Dollar, Basquiats Untitled: 57 Millionen US-Dollar – Der Art.Salon hält die aberwitzigsten Auktionsergebnisse fest und berichtet über denkwürdige Versteigerungen.

Atelier
Artist Portraits

The art world has many stories to tell. Not every one gets the attention it deserves. The Art.Salon presents institutions and personalities that stand out through creativity and commitment and even give a voice to those who are otherwise not heard.

Man working at his atelier
Interviews

What affects your choice of colors? What made you start making artwork out of old books? You are in fact a mortician and now also gallery owner, how did that happen? Art.Salon allowed itself to ask artists questions that literally impose themselves when looking at the Art. The interviews with contemporary artists allow us to look deeply and understand better.

The poster for the Guerilla Girls\' campaign, which reads »Do Women Have to be Naked to Get Into the Met Museum?«
Controversy

Art makes politics – but that does not only refer to the work. Art politicizes itself not only through its creator. Also the scene reproduces injustices. The Art.Salon explored political controversies such as the gender pay gap and looted art.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat

The life and work of an iconic artist who today regularly breaks auction records.

Maman vor dem Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Louise Bourgeois

The indomitable artist Louise Bourgeois stirred up the U.S. art world until she was nearly 100 years old. Born near Paris in 1911, she reckoned with her oppressive family history until her death in 2010: Ambiguous genitalia, morbid massacre installations, oversized spiders, and numerous other creative works bear witness to this cathartic process.

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Documenta Fifteen

The documenta is considered one of the most important exhibitions of contemporary art worldwide. Every five years, Kassel's "Museum of 100 Days", as the documenta in Kassel is also called, welcomes artists, cultural workers and visitors.

Exhibtion
Art Market

For those on the outside, the art market is opaque and often poses a mystery. Trends are difficult to see from the outside, and being included in the circle of collectors leaves you perplexed at the beginning. The Art.Salon brings light into the darkness, where the art market is otherwise rather hidden.

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