The New York Times Thursday March 3, 2022
At a recent Sotheby’s auction a single lot of NFTs — 104 digital art assets known as CryptoPunks — was expected to sell for as much as $30 million. But after a delay of 25 minutes past the auction’s expected start time, the sale was off; the consignor had withdrawn the pixelated collectibles and posted a meme on Twitter mocking the auction house, reports The New York Times. The NFT boom, which some estimate to have generated more than $25 billion in sales last year, has also raised questions of an eventual NFT bust as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies see their values drop, adds The Times. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Thursday March 3, 2022
In May, Christie's will offer a print of Man Ray's famed 1924 photograph "Le Violon d'Ingres" at auction with an estimated price of between $5 million and $7 million. Should the surrealist's image of
a nude woman's back overlaid with a violin's f-holes sell within that range, it will become the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction. The current record for a photograph … Read the full Story >>
Jefferson Graham Wednesday March 2, 2022
There has been a raft of camera thefts in San Francisco of late, as you may be aware, and photographer Jefferson Graham has some suggestions about locations where photographers with expensive gear might want to take extra care, from Crissy Field and the Marin Headlands to Treasure Island. Graham is the host of the travel photography streaming TV series Photowalks. Read the full Story >>
Angel City Press Wednesday March 2, 2022
You may recognize some of the images in the new book A Country Called California: Photographs 1850s to 1960s (Angel City Press), which traces the development of photography in Golden State. It includes work by photographers including well known names like Carleton E. Watkins, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Weston. But there are others, such as Wallace Fong, who may be new to you. The book, and an accompanying exhibition at UCR/California Museum of Photography in Riverside, are drawn from the collection of gallerist Steven White. Read the full Story >>
