NFT and abstracts buzz
- Artists posted new digital and physical work, mixing NFTs with gallery-style images. - Hopi launched 'Dance of Digital Ghosts' as ten NFT editions priced at 25 XTZ, while Bafkachan shared abstract canvases. - Likes and early bids indicate collectors are engaging with hybrid drops and online gallery feeds this week (x.com) (x.com).
NFT art feeds on X are mixing token sales with gallery-style posting again, with one Tezos drop and one New York painter drawing collector attention this week. (objkt.com) Hopi’s “Dance of Digital Ghosts” appeared on Objkt as a Tezos token listing priced at 25 XTZ, or tez, the blockchain’s native currency. Objkt’s page for the work was published six days ago. (objkt.com) Bafkachan, a painter listed on Artmajeur as based in New York City, posted abstract canvas work into the same social-media stream where collectors now discover NFT drops. Artmajeur says the artist has been a member since 2017 and lists 10 recent works for sale. (artmajeur.com) On Tezos, an NFT is a blockchain token that points to a digital artwork and can be bought and resold with XTZ. Tezos says its art community grew around Hic et Nunc, the first Tezos marketplace, in March 2021 and spread through Twitter and other social channels. (tezos.com) That structure lets artists sell native digital work and promote physical paintings in the same feed without changing audience. Hicetnunc.art describes Hic et Nunc as a permissionless Tezos application where OBJKTs can be minted and traded, with files stored on the InterPlanetary File System, or IPFS. (hicetnunc.art) The Tezos art market is still large enough to support that crossover. Objkt’s Hic et Nunc collection page shows 766,153 items, 145,509 owners and more than 24.26 million XTZ in total volume. (objkt.com) Bafkachan’s profile describes a South Bronx studio practice built around oil and acrylic painting, identity, and city landscapes. That gives collectors a clearer split between what is scarce on-chain and what remains a one-of-one physical object. (artmajeur.com) Hic et Nunc’s original website went offline on November 12, 2021, but the art itself stayed accessible because the records lived on Tezos and IPFS rather than one company’s server. The same setup still shapes how artists launch work now: post the image, link the token, and let the market form in public. (hicetnunc.art)
