Art Blocks Discontinues Curated Series, Anticipates Branding Update
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"Each series number also tells a story of art, in its evolution and boundary-pushing. Many felt as we do that every Curated artist represented in a set was in a moment of intense and beautiful creativity."
Eric Calderon, the creator of Art Blocks, commented that the business is also working on platform improvements, such as an updated Curatorial Board and a rebranding. He remarked that the company is moving towards a more polished experience, the benefits of which are the previous several months of heads-down work that the fantastic team has been putting towards what they have effectively termed Art Blocks 2.0.
Art Blocks - Fifth Most Popular on OpenSea
Art Blocks, an Ethereum-based NFT creation platform that focuses on generative art, was introduced in 2020. It includes three different projects: Curated, Playground, and Factory, the first of which is only available to artists the team has approved. With 73,000 purchases since its inception, Art Blocks Curated is the fifth most popular item on OpenSea.
The current floor price for Tyler Hobbs' Fidenza, a 999-strong collection of structured curves, is 96 ETH ($133,000), although some have paid far more. The musician Snoop Dogg purchased Fidenza 938 in October 2021 for a stunning 2,500 ETH.
Three Arrows Capital, a defunct cryptocurrency investment company, owned several Art Blocks NFTs. It bought a Ringers NFT made by artist Dmitri Cherniak in August 2021 for 1,800 ETH.