Crypto Artists Unlock Value With Lambos, Kitties and Blood

Crypto Artists Unlock Value With Lambos, Kitties and Blood

Last month, Michael Jackson, the venture capitalist and former Skype executive, spent $400,000 on a 10-foot-long neon sign consisting of 42 yellow letters and numbers that make up the blockchain contract address of a crypto-themed work of art called “Yellow Lambo.”

Artist Kevin Abosch conceived it as a symbol of success, a way to physically manifest the wealth a digital coin can represent. Jackson doesn’t know whether the work is, or ever will be, worth the money. And yet this Yellow Lambo went for more than many real Lamborghinis.

A Conceptual Cryptocurrency Sculpture Captured the Spirit of San Francisco’s If So, What? Fair

A Conceptual Cryptocurrency Sculpture Captured the Spirit of San Francisco’s If So, What? Fair

The inaugural edition of the new art and tech fair was a hit with Silicon Valley. This weekend, the first edition of If So, What?, a new fair dedicated to the intersection of art and technology, took place in San Francisco. Dozens of galleries from both the fine art and design worlds set up shop in the Palace of Fine Arts alongside a bevy of tech-themed installations, such as an augmented reality digital sculpture garden and a virtual showroom that included works by Paul McCarthy and Nikita Shalenny

The artist who once sold a photo of a potato for $1 million just sold a cryptocurrency-inspired artwork called 'YELLOW LAMBO' for more than the price of an actual Lamborghini

The artist who once sold a photo of a potato for $1 million just sold a cryptocurrency-inspired artwork called 'YELLOW LAMBO' for more than the price of an actual Lamborghini

Abosch sold another digitally-inspired artwork called "YELLOW LAMBO" to former Skype COO Michael Jackson at the San Francisco art fair "If so, What" for $400,000 — more than the starting price of an actual Lamborghini.

San Francisco Examiner Arts Calendar

San Francisco Examiner Arts Calendar

The inaugural edition of the fair, which pairs art and design with sound and innovation and includes dozens of exhibitors, galleries and panels, kicks off with a VIP reception to benefit Art in Action.

An Innovative New Fair Bringing Art and Design to Silicon Valley

An Innovative New Fair Bringing Art and Design to Silicon Valley

Ranging from the most innovative global design to the latest trends in contemporary art, as well as immersive multimedia installations, such as projection mapping, Augmented Reality digital sculpture garden, interactive media art and works created using Artificial Intelligence.