Collecting Art Onchain
Book Tour & Curatorial Series
Collecting Art Onchain, the first publication dedicated to mapping a decade of digital art native to blockchain, is currently on an ongoing global tour across the US and Europe.
The book is the first tangible artifact of a broader, long-term vision: an evolving system dedicated to cultural preservation, human intellectual property, and the future of how digital art history is documented and sustained on-chain - continuously authored, contextualized, and revised by artists and collectors together. The Collector’s Edition is the first hybrid publication within this framework. It opens a dialogue with 39 collectors who have actively shaped and “minted” Web3 culture over the past decade, serving both as a historical entry point and as a way to support the development of a larger, blockchain-based infrastructure for cultural memory and authorship.
Spanning 2014 to 2025, the book presents exclusive interviews with these collectors. Its inaugural release connects 101 utility book tokens with 101 limited Collector’s Editions, each paired with a unique artwork from Manoloide’s long-form collection Tecrrain on the cover.
The global tour extends the book into a curatorial format. From Marfa to Denver and beyond, each presentation advances a longer-term roadmap designed to ensure that every artist and every collection featured in the book is exhibited in the physical world. Rather than a single, fixed exhibition, the project unfolds as a distributed, living show, one that moves through places, communities, and time.
The tour began in the United States with its first presentation on 17 October 2025 in Marfa, during Marfa Weekend at Art Blocks Gallery. There, we presented 20 artists from 20 collections in the exhibition Milestone, accompanied by book-related events including a panel talk and book signing. The next chapter took place at ETHDenver from 17 to 21 February 2026, where a new group of works was presented in resonance with Ethereum’s technical and cultural community.
The next stop of the tour will take place in Europe at NFC Lisbon, from 4 to 6 June 2026.
Collectors and artists who have already supported the project by signing the book at Marfa — Natalie Stone, Georg Bak, Coldie, DCA, Bryan Brinkman, Operator, Jeff Davis, Benny “RedBeard”, KarateKid, Kate Vass and many more.
Collectors:
137, Antagonist4ever, Archivist, Benjamin “Benny RedBeard”, Colborn, Coldie, Collector B, Cozomo de’ Medici, Curated, DagieDee, Delronde, Doomed DAO, Eli Scheinman, Erick Calderon (Snowfro), Fanny Lakoubay, G4SP4RD, Georg Bak, Jason Bailey, Jeff Davis, Jediwolf, Justin Trimble, Kanbas, KarateKid, Kate Vass, Kenny Schachter, Larva Labs, Maerki Baumann Bank, Mimi Nguyen Wahed, Natalie Stone, NiftyNaut, NGMIoutalive, Punk6529, Seedphrase, Sebastien Borget, Seth, SuperRare John, VonMises, WangXiang, zaphodok
Artists:
A.L. Crego, Aaron Penne, Addie Wagenknecht, Adrien Le Falher, Alexander Mordvintsev, Alotta Money, Ambiguous, Ana Maria Caballero, Aníbal Argañaraz, Anika Meier, Anna Lucia, Anyma, Artnome, artonymousartifakt, Bård Ionson, Beeple, Beth Carter, Blackboxdotart, Botto, Brendan Dawes, Bryan Brinkman, BY MA, Califormetry, Casey Reas, Claire Silver, Claudia Hart, Coldie, Cory Haber, danctrl, Daniel Calderon Arenas (DCA), David Young, DEAFBEEF, diewiththemostlikes, Dmitri Cherniak, Elman Mansimov, Emily Xie, Espen Kluge, Eve Sussman, EXCALIBUR, Ganbrood, Gene Kogan, Genesis Kai, Hackatao, Harvey Rayner, hasdrubal waffle, Helena Sarin, Herbert W. Franke, hex6c, Ilan Derech, Iness Rychlik, Isa Rus, Iskra Velitchkova, Ivona Tau, IX Shells, Jack Butcher, Jake Brukhman, James Bloom, Jan Robert Leegte, Jared S. Tarbell, Jeff Davis, Joe Pease, Jonathan Monaghan, Josh Pierce, Juan Rodríguez García, Justin Aversano, Kenny Schachter, Kevin Esherick, Kjetil Golid, Larva Labs, Leander Herzog, Léo Caillard, Linda Dounia Rebeiz, Luciana Guerra, Lu Yang, Manoloide, Marcel Schwittlick, María García, Mario Klingemann, Mathcastles, Matt DesLauriers, Matt Kane, Max Osiris, Melissa Wiederrecht, MCSK, Mia Forrest, Mike, Mike Tyka, Mikko Lagerstedt, Molly Soda, mpkoz, Nohygiene, Nymz, Obvious, Operator, Osinachi, Petra Cortright, Pindar Van Arman, Pinot W. Ichwandardi, Pinsteak, Qubibi, Refik Anadol, Reuben Wu, Rhea Myers, Rik Oostenbroek, RJ, Robbie Barrat, Robert Alice, Rutherford Chang, Ryan Bell, Sam Spratt, Sarah Ridgley, Sarah Zucker, Sasha Katz, Sasha Stiles, Snowfro (Erick Calderon), Sofia Crespo, Sougwen Chung, Sputniko!, Stephan Breuer, Stephan Vogler, Steve Pikelny, Studio Captain, ThankYouX, Tom White, Tyler Hobbs, Vera Molnár, William Mapan, William Watkins, XCOPY, Yazid, Yuri, 0xfff, @rgb0x00