A woman walks in front of a digital painting by Chinese artist Liu Gang (back) at a crypto art exhibition in Beijing entitled 'Virtual Niche: Have You Ever Seen Memes In The Mirror?', one of the world's first physical museum shows of blockchain art. Photo: AFP
Bitcoin-inspired paintings and nightmarish faces conjured up by artificial intelligence, the global craze for "NFTs" - virtual authenticity certificates - swept into Beijing on Friday as curators opened one of the world's first exhibitions dedicated to blockchain art.
The show includes digital paintings by American artist Beeple, who sold a collage at Christie's for a record US$69.3mil (RM265mil) earlier this month.
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