Mar 11, 2021 · Until October, the most Mike Winkelmann — the digital artist known as Beeple — had ever sold a print for was $100. Today, an NFT of his work sold for $69 million at Christie’s. The sale...

Michael Joseph Winkelmann (born June 20, 1981), known professionally as Beeple, is an American digital artist, graphic designer, and animator known for selling NFTs. [1] In his art, he uses various media to create comical, phantasmagoric works which make political and social commentary while using pop culture figures as references.

Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, is an American graphic designer. He is best known as the creator of the NFT Everydays: The First 5000 Days, a collage of 5,000 digital artworks made every day across 13 years.

Mar 10, 2023 · But rather than acquiring a painting or a sculpture, the winning bidder for Beeple’s work received a non-fungible token (NFT)—a unique digital identifier that used blockchain technology to certify and verify ownership of this digital artwork.

Mar 11, 2021 · “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” the first purely digital Non-Fungible Token (NFT) artwork to be sold at a major auction, has blown past all expectations in a record-breaking sale.

Everydays: the First 5000 Days is a digital work of art created by Mike Winkelmann, known professionally as Beeple. The work is a collage of 5000 digital images created by Winkelmann for his Everydays series. Its associated non-fungible token (NFT) was sold for $69.3 million at Christie's in 2021, making it the most expensive non-fungible token ...

Mar 11, 2021 · A piece of digital art sold for $69.3 million at Christie’s Thursday morning, a record amount money paid for a new but booming category of art called nonfungible tokens or NFTs. It quickly...

Mar 11, 2021 · Digital artist Beeple has made history with the first-ever fully digital artwork to be sold by a major auction house. Today, he sold an digital art piece, commonly known as an NFT, at a Christie's auction for $69 million. That's the largest sale of an NFT to date.

Feb 25, 2021 · On Monday, just days before a piece by the artist was put up for sale by Christie’s, a work by Mike Winkelmann, a net artist who goes by the name Beeple, sold for $6.6 million at Nifty Gateway,...

Dec 29, 2024 · He has become one of the most notorious artists in both the non-fungible and traditional art world – but what makes Beeple’s creations unique, how did he rise to prominence, and what could lie ahead in his future? Here’s our complete guide to Beeple, the #1 NFT artist in the world. Key Insights. Real name Mike Winkelmann