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Sotheby’s Relaunches Glitch Digital Art Sale After Representation Backlash

Notably, the community of artists that engage in glitch art "do not just identify as male or female but consist of people from every gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, language, neuro-type, size, ability, class, religion, culture, subculture, political opinion, age, skill level, occupation and background," Sotheby's adds.

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Avalanche launches initiative for digital artists, NFT creator protests Sotheby’s gender bias, and more

In a March 30 blog post, The Avalanche Foundation announced the launch of Avaissance, an initiative designed to support digital artists and boost the growth of the Avalanche nonfungible token (NFT) ecosystem.Avaissance has two main components, an Artist in Resident program (AIR) for over 50 artists and the Mona Lisa

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Sotheby’s to Auction Neal Stepheson’s ‘Snow Crash’ Manuscript And Digital Collectibles

“Half of my life ago, with my head full of computer graphics lore and visions of a satirical cyberpunk future, I sat down to write 'Snow Crash,'” Stephenson said in the press release. “Covered with hand-written edits and typesetting notes that have since been rendered obsolete by digital codes, it

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Snow Crash manuscript that coined the term ‘Metaverse’ to be auctioned by Sotheby’s

The original manuscript of Neil Stephenson’s Snow Crash — the book which coined the term “Metaverse,” — will be auctioned by Sotheby’s, according to a page on Sotheby’s official website. The auction is part of a Feb. 23 series called “Infocalypse” that includes six physical and six digital items related to

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