{"id":156157,"date":"2023-09-15T02:59:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=156157"},"modified":"2023-09-15T02:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:29:03","slug":"christies-turns-keith-haring-digital-art-into-nfc-equipped-patch-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/christies-turns-keith-haring-digital-art-into-nfc-equipped-patch-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie’s Turns Keith Haring Digital Art Into NFC-Equipped Patch – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With five digital drawings from legendary pop artist Keith Haring <\/span>currently up for sale<\/span><\/a> as NFTs<\/a>, auction house Christie\u2019s has teamed with connected fashion brand MNTGE to release a physical patch inspired by one of the works\u2014with a tech twist of its own.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Christie\u2019s auction, <\/span>Keith Haring: Pixel Pioneer<\/span><\/a>, is currently underway with digital paintings created on a Commodore Amiga computer in 1987 and minted as <\/span>Ethereum<\/span><\/a> NFTs by the Keith Haring Foundation. MNTGE has converted one of the drawings (\u201cKeith Haring: Untitled #2\u201d from<\/span> April 16, 1987) into a vintage-style patch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Equipped with near-field communication (NFC) technology, each patch has an embedded chip that\u2019s tied to a unique Ethereum NFT that takes the form of a blockchain-based digital certificate or proof of ownership.<\/span><\/p>\n

While estimates for the auction\u2014which is open for bidding through September 20\u2014range from $220,000 to $500,000<\/span> per work, the price point of the patches is eminently more accessible at just $39.99 apiece.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning today, t<\/span>he patches are available for a limited time via the<\/span> MNTGE website<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The patches form an extension of<\/span> MNTGE\u2019s most recent drop.<\/span><\/a> Entitled Patchwork, it featured a collection of NFT patches redeemable for physical versions, complete with embedded NFC chips. Each was custom-designed by one of 11 contemporary artists.<\/span><\/p>\n

The partnership with Christie\u2019s and the Haring Foundation had its origin in July when MNTGE hosted a dinner for the Christie\u2019s Art + Tech Summit, gifting guests exclusive NFC chip-enabled jackets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is truly a rare opportunity when you get the call to be part of a project launch with the Keith Haring Studio,\u201d MNTGE co-founder Nick Adler told <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i>. \u201cThe natural synergy between all three of our teams made this collaborative project come together seamlessly, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to see the exclusive patch become a reality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking to <\/span>Decrypt<\/span><\/i> earlier this month about the digital art auction, Nicole Sales Giles\u2014Christie\u2019s Vice President and Director of Digital Art Sales\u2014quipped that if Haring were alive today, she believes that he would \u201cbe a strong proponent of bridging the <\/span>Web3<\/span><\/a> and traditional art worlds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaring\u2019s art appeals to such a wide audience,\u201d she added, expressing confidence that \u201cthis sale will continue to introduce more traditional art collectors to Web3\u2014and vice versa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With the addition of the patches, the effect may become even more pronounced. <\/span>The pricing also aligns with Haring\u2019s belief that \u201cart is for everybody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Even while he was lauded by the establishment, Haring continued to chalk versions of his celebrated designs on the New York subway so they could be enjoyed by a wider demographic than that of the traditional gallery-goer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKeith Haring defined a generation where art spoke to the masses. His New York City subway drawings in the 1980s brought art into the streets, and his aesthetic became iconic,\u201d added Sales Giles. \u201cHis ability to bring the art world to everyone made him a pioneer of his era.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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With five digital drawings from legendary pop artist Keith Haring currently up for sale as NFTs, auction house Christie\u2019s has teamed with connected fashion brand MNTGE to release a physical patch inspired by one of the works\u2014with a tech twist of its own. The Christie\u2019s auction, Keith Haring: Pixel Pioneer, is currently underway with digital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-156157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156160,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156157\/revisions\/156160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}