Christie’s digital art auction raises more than $50k for UNHCR

Christie’s hosted a charity public sale with proceeds going to the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees. The public sale featured 11 items of digital artwork offered within the type of NFTs.

The “Bridging Worlds: Digital Artwork Past Borders” charity public sale ran from Oct. 23 and closed on Oct. 30, 2024. In keeping with the ultimate bidding costs listed on Christie’s website, the public sale gathered a complete of $51,387 from digital artwork gross sales.

The public sale was curated by Micol Ap, and featured 11 digital artworks donated by various digital artists together with Erick Calderon also called Snowfro, IX Shells, Mario Klingemann, and Niceaunties amongst others.

“The sale goals to discover the transformative energy of digital artwork in connecting worlds, transcending borders, and fostering a way of unity throughout various inventive practices,” Christie’s on its X publish.

For the charity public sale, Christie’s partnered with the Switzerland for UNHCR innovation unit, the UN Refugee Company’s nationwide companion for Switzerland. Switzerland for UNHCR additionally made a publish supporting the public sale, urging customers to bid on their favourite digital artwork items.

The digital piece that obtained the very best bidding worth was referred to as “Niceburg” by Singaporean artist Niceaunties. Niceburg encompasses a video manufactured from AI artwork showcasing a bunch of grannies residing within the frozen panorama of an arctic tundra, often known as Niceburg.

The video is narrated by a feminine voice with subtitles on the backside, accompanied by visuals of the ice melting and the grannies spending time with fluffy stuffed animals that come to life. Niceburg was offered for 4.5 ETH or equal to $11.908.

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One other notable piece is IX Shells’ digital shifting artwork referred to as “Rompeolas — Resurgiendo a través de la Resistencia” which interprets to Sea Wall — Resurgence By Resistance. The visible reveals an array of orange and white dots shifting collectively to type a 3D wave construction that surges by way of a black background.

IX Shells is a digital artist recognized for works that discover themes of id, nature, and the intersection of the digital and bodily worlds. Her piece was offered for 3 ETH or equal to $7,850.

The digital artwork piece featured in Christie’s promotional video is “Crush” by Andreas Gysin. Gysin’s art work reveals overlapping coding with completely different font colours over a black background all shifting in sync with one another. Every letter consists of a bunch of different keyboard letters and symbols. The piece was offered for 0.25 ETH or equal to $654.

The public sale additionally options non-moving digital artwork, corresponding to Vinnie Hager’s “Deal with With Care” and “APT 47B” by Iskra Velitchkova.

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