According to The Star, in the United States, a museum dedicated to NFTs – the blockchain-based masterpieces that have taken the art world by storm – has opened its doors.
The Seattle NFT Museum is designed to help visitors understand the new world of Non-Fungible Tokens by displaying unique artworks alongside explanations of the technology behind them.
A museum dedicated to NFTs is open in the US. (Photo / Retrieved from Pixabay)
"The purpose of a physical location is to make it easier for everybody to access," said Peter Hamilton, a museum co-founder.
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"You can walk in here and it doesn't matter how much you know or don't know about digital art or NFTs because you can see the art on a huge size display that reminds you, or is familiar to you, of a museum exhibition."
While their content is easily copied, the NFT is "the original," similar to how there are numerous prints of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, but only the Louvre museum contains the original.
In recent months, investors and affluent collectors have flocked to the latest digital fad, which is based on the same blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrency.
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NFTs have fetched record prices at recent auctions, including US$69.3 million (RM267.3 million) for a digital piece by artist Beeple at Christie's.
They, like all new technology, have skeptics; some reject them as a fad or, worse, as something comparable to the Emperor's New Clothes.
Visitors to the museum, on the other hand, reported feeling something real.
