Grant Riven Yun, artist, sells NFT at Christie’s for $107,100

Grant Riven Yun had a big day. A very big day. The NFT digital artist, based in Milwaukee, saw one of his artworks, Midwest, sell for $107,100 at a Christie’s auction.

Yun describes his distinctive style as “Neo-Precisionism,” a mix of minimalism and nostalgia.

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MoonPay buys World of Women #5672 NFT for 260 ETH ($755,000) at Christie’s auction

Crypto payments app developer MoonPay had the winning bid at Christie’s auction of World of Women # 5672 NFT. It was one of the highest purchases for the World of Women (WoW) collection. Yam Karkai is the artist and creator behind WoW. She recently announced a partnership with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to develop WoW…

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Christie’s auction sells Beeple’s “Human One” for $28.9M

Mike Winkelmann aka Beeple keeps on churning on the big sales. Christie’s auctioned off his “Human One” artwork (shown above) for $28.9M. Ryan Zurrer, a Swiss venture capitalist, purchased it. [Singularity Hub] “Human One” is a life-sized 3D video sculpture, which Beeple describes as “the first portrait of a human born in the metaverse.” Beeple…

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From NFTs to physical art: Beeple to sell “HUMAN ONE” sculpture at Christie’s auction

As reported by today’s Wall Street Journal, Mike Winkelmann aka Beeple, who sold the highest priced NFT ever ($69M for “Everydays”), is planning on selling a physical sculpture that is 7 feet tall and called “HUMAN ONE” on November 9. The physical sculpture will be sold with an accompanying NFT. This is a great example…

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