Cryptonations

Artivism, When Art Becomes a Weapon. Artivism — the fusion of artistic practice and political urgency — has a history as long as injustice itself. But the internet has transformed it into something new: a global, leaderless, perpetually mutating force. The term “artvism” — a portmanteau of art and activism — has become common currency in curatorial circles over the past decade. But the practice it describes is ancient. As long as some have wielded power unjustly, others have responded with image, sound, and story. What has changed, profoundly and irreversibly, is the speed, reach, and granularity with which art can now confront power. Here we will try to trace artvism from its roots in revolutionary muralism and Dadaist provocation through to the hyper-networked present, where a single image posted online can ignite or sustain a global movement within hours. Go to article -> rawartformat.com/artivism-wh… #artmagazine #arthistory #artworld #artists #artmagazines #artivism

Beyond the Hype: Digital Art and the NFT Reckoning. For a brief moment, it seemed like the art world had been completely rewritten. In 2021, Beeple sold Everydays: The First 5000 Days for $69 million at Christie’s a sale that didn’t just make headlines, it detonated a new market. Suddenly, digital files long considered infinitely reproducible and commercially slippery had scarcity, ownership, and staggering price tags. At the center of it all was a piece of infrastructure most people had never heard of: the Non-Fungible Token, or NFT. But several years on, the frenzy has cooled. What remains is a more complicated, more interesting question: what did NFTs actually change about digital art and what, if anything, will last? #art #artmagazine #nft #artworld #artmarket #contemporaryart #contemporaryartmagazine #artists