There is more variety than ever in how and why art is funded and the Silicon Valley models have arrived

The auction house’s 2021 sale helped lend legitimacy to the line of cartoon apes, the plaintiffs claim, and was “misleading promotion”

The Mona Lisa and Van Gogh’s Starry Night have also been released as digital assets

The artwork is being shown in the US for the first time since Swiss venture capitalist Ryan Zurrer bought it at a New York auction 2021

The image of an orgy in an office setting—a satire of the downfall of banking entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried—was allegedly blocked by YouTube due to nudity

After NFT boom, blockchain technology is increasingly being used to help solve art industry's practical problems

An NFT drop with Stella was the debut for ARS's digital platform, Arsnl. Now it brings bold patterns to the blockchain with a show of NFTs generated by the coder artist Anna Lucia working with the quiltmakers of Gee's Bend, Alabama

Former OpenSea product manager Nathanie Chastain has been convicted of wire fraud and money laundering in a landmark case

The role of art in a time of crisis was the subject of a three-day discussion between leading cultural figures in Florence last week

Yuga Labs has won a partial victory in its legal dispute with artists Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen; the decision could impact future copyright copyright rules in Web3

A former OpenSea employee has been accused of insider trading; the outcome of the case may change the meaning of that phrase forever

The switch to a more sustainable blockchain system is encouraging artists to experiment with the collaborative potential of NFTs

Davis oversaw $69m Beeple NFT sale at Christie’s in 2021

The British artist's latest venture, a tech-heavy development of the Spin Paintings launched in 1992, touches all the tech buzzwords as collectors order one-off NFTs from a dashboard menu

A performance in which she burns an effigy of Vladimir Putin, and an NFT of a vagina-shaped Virgin Mary are thought to be behind new charges

Auction house faced online backlash over male-dominated digital art sale

Lawsuit is one of the first in the US to examine how blockchain technology affects the ownership of digital art

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

Artists have long mined cyberspace for inspiration, as two current exhibitions underscore

The event's 16th edition has an expanded digital section—here’s what sold so far

Cycles in the industry are getting shorter with trends now coming and going within a year

Egalitarian and democratic, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations are powerful collecting forces with the potential to reshape the industry

"Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982" exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art show work generated through the mainframes of the pre-internet era

The acquisition, the first of its kind by a major French public museum, includes works by Jonas Lund, Robness, Agnieszka Kurant and Sarah Meyohas

Pseudonymous NFT collector Cozomo de’ Medici gives Los Angeles County Museum of Art "largest collection of its kind in a US museum"

A jury ruled NFT artist Mason Rothschild’s line of digital handbags was subject to trademark law

The pop star has acquired four works from Hirst's NFT collection "The Empresses"

The museum is one of the most prominent to date to acquire a blockchain-backed digital artwork for its permanent collection

Auctioneer Simon de Pury looks into his crystal hammer

Despite headline figures of record sales, is the art world's bull market coming to an end?