Blockchain art
Court prevents sale of Cem Karaca’s NFT portrait
A preliminary injunction has been issued in a lawsuit filed by Emrah Karaca, the son of the legendary name of Anatolian rock music, late Cem Karaca, to stop the sale of his father's NFT portrait.
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Mixed fortunes of celebrities who leapt on NFT craze
Sports, film and music stars have all flocked to the NFT market to buy pictures of apes, endorse corporate partners or even launch their own art collections.
Even as the crypto sector suffers a rout with sales and values plunging and scams proliferating, celebrities continue to sign up to the craze for so-called Non-Fungible Tokens.
To use rather than collect, the second coming of NFTs
NFTs have been called everything from fads to outright scams, but early adopters see a future for them as uniquely useful tools for business, health and the arts that goes beyond mere digital collecting.
NFT of first-ever tweet a dud in online auction
An NFT of the first tweet ever posted on Twitter was struggling to attract bidders on April 14, with the highest offer so far just shy of $10,000, a year after it was bought for $2.9 million.
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When art collectors chucked NFTs worth millions in the garbage
When digital artist Robbie Barrat handed out free NFT coupons at Christie's four years ago, most guests dumped them in the bin, not realizing they would soon be worth millions of dollars.
Barrat, then still in his teens, had been invited by the London auction house to talk about the rise of online art.
First NFT lesson conducted at Turkish university
Senior officials from the Turkish Presidency and the Culture and Tourism Ministry have attended the first class on NFTs (Non-fungible token) at a Turkish university.
Ankara University became the first university in Turkey to add a course on NFTs on its curriculum.
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Bitcoin collapsed after Theft of $1.7 million in NFT
The theft of NFT (non-fungible tokens) for .7 million this weekend led to the collapse of cryptocurrencies, Verge reported.
UK gallery offers ’real’ masterpieces from digital tokens
Want to "own" a Leonardo da Vinci or Amedeo Modigliani? One London gallery is showing digitally re-rendered versions of priceless Italian masterpieces although they still don't come cheap.
Refik Anadol creates groundbreaking NFT artwork
Turkish artist Refik Anadol has teamed up with London-based creative agency //CreativeWorkStudios. and the NASA-funded Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) to create a seminal moment in 21st century art.
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NFT collection aims to save endangered bees in Turkey
A social-responsibility project has been launched to mitigate the threat of Turkey's recurring wildfires and protect the country's diverse coastal regions.
By bringing together the right stakeholders for a common cause, the "Beeing Hope" project seeks to heal Turkey's fire-scorched ecosystems, protect endangered bee populations and help resuscitate local pine honey production.