AcquisitionFebruary 21, 2023
LACMA Acquires Largest Collection of Blockchain Artworks
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced the first and largest collection of artworks minted on blockchain to enter an American art museum. Thanks to a generous gift from collector Cozomo de’ Medici, 22 digital artworks by a group of 13 international artists —from Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, Portugal, and the United States — are now part of or promised to the museum’s permanent collection.
With works spanning 2017 to 2022, the collection reflects a boom of artistic experimentation with web3 technologies like blockchain that have been budding since the 2010s. The artists represented in the Cozomo de’ Medici donation and pledge include Justin Aversano, Cai Guao-Qiang. Dmitri Cherniak, Han (CryptoCubes), Matt DesLauriers, Matt Hall and John Watkinson (CryptoPunks), Yam Karkai, Johannes Gees and Kelian Maissen (Kleee), Adam Swaab, Claire Silver, Neil Strauss, Monica Rizzolli, and Pindar Van Arman.
With works spanning 2017 to 2022, the collection reflects a boom of artistic experimentation with web3 technologies like blockchain that have been budding since the 2010s. The artists represented in the Cozomo de’ Medici donation and pledge include Justin Aversano, Cai Guao-Qiang. Dmitri Cherniak, Han (CryptoCubes), Matt DesLauriers, Matt Hall and John Watkinson (CryptoPunks), Yam Karkai, Johannes Gees and Kelian Maissen (Kleee), Adam Swaab, Claire Silver, Neil Strauss, Monica Rizzolli, and Pindar Van Arman.
