ETH Denver 2026
Between 17 and 21 February 2026, we participated in ETHDenver, where we presented a selection drawn from Collecting Art Onchain - the first publication dedicated to mapping a decade of digital art native to blockchain. Rather than treating on-chain works as a stylistic category, the presentation foregrounded the conditions under which these works were produced, collected, and sustained.
The selection brought together works by 20 artists, drawn from 24 collectors featured in the book. These artists represented key trajectories in Ethereum-based artistic practice, including generative systems, computational vision, digital figuration, networked authorship, and conceptual engagements with protocol, value, and identity. Their works did not emerge through institutional validation, but through early experimentation, peer recognition, and long-term commitment by collectors operating inside the same networks as the artists themselves.
What was presented here was not a retrospective or survey, but a cross-section of practices that helped define how artistic meaning took shape in programmable environments. In these contexts, attention was not an outcome of visibility; it was a material force. Context had to be actively maintained, and authorship was negotiated across code, collectors, and circulation.
ETHDenver provided a fitting context for this presentation. As a gathering centered on Ethereum’s technical and cultural infrastructure, it allowed the exhibition to be read not as commentary from outside the system, but as a reflection from within it—where art, protocol, and community had evolved in parallel.
Artists featured: Alexander Mordvintsev, Beeple, Casey Reas, Daniel Calderon Arenas, David Young, Dmitri Cherniak, Elman Mansimov, Gene Kogan, Helena Sarin, Iness Rychlik, Isa Rus, Larva Labs, Manoloide, Mario Klingemann, MCSK, Operator, Sam Spratt, Snowfro, XCOPY, 0xDEAFBEEF
Collectors: 137, Antagonist4ever, Collector B, Cozomo de’ Medici, Curated, Delronde, Doomed DAO, Eli Scheinman, Erick Calderon, Fanny Lakoubay, Jason Bailey, Jediwolf, Justin Trimble, Kanbas, KarateKid, Kate Vass, Mimi Nguyen Wahed, NGMIoutalive, NiftyNaut, Punk6529, Seedphrase, SuperRare John, VonMises, zaphodok
