SuperRare Sessions: Artist Discovery

“Art needs curators – and so do NFTs”That’s the headline of a January 2023 article in Fast Company by arts writer and Professor of Visual Culture, Charlotte Kent, and a sentiment shared by many in the NFT art space today. Nonetheless, it remains controversial: Curation, almost by definition, leads to exclusion from the top down, an outcome that sits in direct conflict with the inclusive, ground up ethos that many consider a fundamental tenet of the cryptoart movement.And yet, for those looking to discover art, or to be discovered, the lack of digital art curation at scale is a big problem, if not the biggest. On SuperRare alone, which is regarded as one of the most exclusive marketplaces in the space, the total number of artists jumped from just under 1,500 on our first anniversary to just under 36 thousand on our fifth anniversary. How does one solve a goal-impeding problem at scale when all known scalable solutions require sacrificing the values that led them to set that goal in the first place?Well, that’s the subject if this week’s discussion: Can Web3 Fill the Artist Discovery Gaps Left by Trad Galleries? Joining Ben, Oli and Luke to discuss this subject, we’ve got guest from three fantastic institutions, VerticalCrypto Art, Verse Works, and ArtxCode.Art that Fucks:Are Ya Winning Son? By karbornGmgmgmgmgngmgmgm by ballzerinoFROG NOIR by twick Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.