As our lives transition to the virtual world, can artist take more on more autonomy of their artwork? Crypto-Art allows artist to retain more rights to the sell of their artwork. But you would think that by cutting the brick and mortar gallery man out of the sell the artist would increase their profits. Unfortunately, there are still virtual galleries, called "bitforms," where artist work these platforms to sell their art. Still, certain percentages of the sell go to the artist and the platform. The catch here is that the artist are able to have more agency in how those percentages are divided out. “I think it is a moment where artists can have agency for the sale of their work,” explains Sarah Ludy, a digital artist who's debating about transitioning her work to the crypto-network. She continues, “We really need to find ways to redistribute funds to art workers and to the community. There’s no reason to have the same small group of digital artists who had success. It’s there for everyone.” However, with this transition into this crypto space, there are still set backs such as crypto mining, finding a perfect platform where artists can sell their works, and curation of this virtual gallery space. (To find out more about crypto art, please click the link below.) While going crypto may have more agency for the artist, my question is if the art market turns fully crypto, how will it effect current and future art laborers that work with physical artworks, such as preparators, registrars, and conservators?
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