Metaverse: From Gaming to Art Auctions and Exhibitions
The metaverse is reshaping creativity and various markets, including video games, auctions, and exhibitions. Epic Games' Fortnite has hosted performances such as Ariana Grande's, while platforms like Valve's Steam and Roblox, which boasts 50 million daily users and is supported by Tencent, showcase virtual economies. Tencent, which has a stake in Epic Games, is pivotal in this space. Miltos Manetas draws parallels between the metaverse and cave art, referencing his 1998 exhibition at Postmasters Gallery. His latest display at Galerie Hussenot in Paris employed a 'liquid screen' method and created 'Relational NFTs' in collaboration with curators Jérôme Sans and Anika Meier. Sotheby's Metaverse debuted on October 18, 2021, featuring its inaugural auction with 53 pieces from collectors like Steve Aoki and Paris Hilton. NFTs are fueling metaverse economies, with virtual land being traded on OpenSea.
Key facts
- Fortnite by Epic Games hosts virtual concerts like Ariana Grande's.
- Roblox has 50 million daily users and is invested in by Tencent.
- Tencent partly owns Epic Games, developer of Unreal Engine and Fortnite.
- Miltos Manetas had a 1998 solo exhibition at Postmasters Gallery in Chelsea featuring paintings and avatars in Active Worlds.
- Manetas' show at Galerie Hussenot in Paris used a 'liquid screen' fresco technique and produced 'Relational NFTs' with Jérôme Sans and Anika Meier.
- Sotheby's Metaverse launched on October 18, 2021, as an NFT marketplace.
- First auction Natively Digital 1.2: The Collectors included 53 works from 19 collectors like Steve Aoki and Paris Hilton.
- Metapurse's B.20 Token, launched January 2021, includes 20 Beeple works and virtual land; token peaked at €20 in March 2021, now €0.60.
- Museum of Crypto Art (MoCA) in Somnium Space is a public collection by Colborn Bell.
- The metaverse currently functions as a 3D showroom for 2D goods.
Entities
Artists
- Ariana Grande
- Miltos Manetas
- Andreas Angelidakis
- Jérôme Sans
- Anika Meier
- Dmitri Cherniak
- Hackatao
- Hideki Tsukamoto
- 0xDEAFBEEF
- Erick SnowFro
- XCopy
- Kevin Abosch
- WhIsBe
- Brendan Dawes
- Serwah Attfuah
- Beeple
- Pak
- Steve Aoki
- Paris Hilton
- Colborn Bell
- Neal Stephenson
- William Gibson
- Philip K. Dick
- Ernest Cline
- Steven Spielberg
- Marco Cadioli
- Domenico Quaranta
- Cristina Masturzo
- Matteo Lupetti
Institutions
- Epic Games
- Valve
- Steam
- Roblox
- Tencent
- Postmasters Gallery
- Galerie Hussenot
- Galleria Bonomo
- Sotheby's
- Sotheby's Metaverse
- Metapurse
- B.20 Monument
- Museum of Crypto Art (MoCA)
- Voxel Architects
- OpenSea
- Decentraland
- Cryptovoxels
- Somnium Space
- Active Worlds
- Artribune
- Time Magazine
- Bored Ape Yacht Club
- Yuga Labs
- Larva Labs
- VerticalCrypto Art
- Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile
- Pranksy
- 888
- j1mmy.eth
- Seedphrase
- WhaleShark
- Eric Hussenot
Locations
- Chelsea
- New York
- United States
- Paris
- France
- Rome
- Italy
- Amazon
- Decentraland
- Cryptovoxels
- Somnium Space
- Active Worlds