WKND Spotlight: Meet UAE”s first crypto artist to sell her work as NFT – MENAFN.COM

WKND Spotlight: Meet UAE”s first crypto artist to sell her work as NFT – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) In an ordinary world, if an artwork auctioned at the prestigious Christie's for a whopping $69 Million, made it to the news headlines, one would assume it's for a grand canvas, making its debut in the elite world of art dealership. Except, it's not. This headline is attributed to a digital image Everydays: The First 5000 Days, created by Beeple, also known as Beeple Crap — a renowned digital artist. So, what's so unique about this digital collage, that you could easily pass as a screenshot on a webpage or while scrolling through the 'gram? Yes, it's a collage of a highly-established digital artist's graphic design pieces, collated over the years, but the fact still remains that it is a single digital file. Here's the catch. It's not just any digital file. It's an exclusive piece of digital artwork, which is verified as an original piece, in a similar way that fine art paintings have traditionally been validated. It's a digital work with a unique NFT — a non-fungible token, which stands as a marker for the digital file's authenticity. In a highly-digitised modern society, where the World Wide Web has been seamlessly integrated with ground