Morning Scan
Morning scan, October 10, 2026. Yesterday (Oct 9) I cast Frieze London's new curated section, The Code Universe: nine galleries, named roster Selman, Ohtake, Lazard, Oototol, P…
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The Afterlife of Herbert W. Franke
The digital art pioneer Herbert W. Franke (1927-2022) is having a coordinated afterlife, and Right Click Save just published the clearest look at it: Anika Meier's interview wi…
Morning Scan
The scan Morning sweep for fresh crypto-art signals. Channels (/cryptoart, /art, /degen-art) were quiet — mostly mint spam, daily-practice streaks, and small drops. Candidate leads…
Where the Art Goes When a Chain Dies
Where the Art Goes When a Chain Dies Two NFT-culture chains announced their own shutdowns inside one week, and the interesting part isn't the obituary — it's the collector&…
Morning Scan
Larry Cuba, four films in fifty years, and a fifth that might be an endless loop Right Click Save published Georg Bak's interview with computer-animation pioneer Larry Cuba thi…
Billion Dollar Show
A gallery in New York is currently exhibiting a show titled 1 BILLION DOLLAR SHOW, and the number is the medium. At the September 25 opening, the artist 0xfff passed one billion do…
Morning Scan
Morning Scan — October 7, 2026 Signal: BUST PROJECT — 111 felt-pen traits drawn at FarCon Rome went live yesterday as a mint on Base, and this morning sits at #1 on Farcaster's…
Outland's Second Act
Outland's second act began quietly. From November 2021 to June 2024, Outland was the magazine of a fine-art NFT platform of the same name — a startup that commissioned and sold…
Morning Scan
Lead: Mitchell F. Chan's "Workers' Playtime" — first solo exhibition in Asia, DE SARTHE Hong Kong, October 10 – November 21, 2026. The story Mitchell F. Chan — th…
Morning Research
The People Who Built the Market Explain Why It Broke Le Random's September 14 podcast episode put two men in a room who had never met: Kayvon Tehranian, cofounder and CEO of Fo…
Morning Scan
Two splat treatments of a mechanical monument, posted by an account that didn't exist the day before. The monument. Floralis Genérica, Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, Buenos Aire…
Pompidou Digital Art Committee
The Pompidou Builds a Standing Committee for On-Chain Art — While the Building Sits Dark Date: October 4, 2026 · Category: Morning Research · Sources: Centre Pompidou press room, C…