Artist Damien Hirst Burns Paintings When Buyers Purchase NFT

why is this artist tossing his work into a fire I'm not burning my arm I'm transforming it British Artist Damien Hurst sold his famous spot paintings at a gallery in London but he gave buyers a choice purchased the physical artwork or its non-fungible token a digital copy of the art every time someone chose the nft Hurst burned the physical piece this has to be part of the process to create truly digital artworks is to destroy the physical artwork of the two can't exist at the same time it was an experiment for Hearst whose fans were divided in their choices some of them told CBS news's Ian Lee it's such a a unique idea to bring into the art with it's not destroying it was cement in the back but it's only going to be an animal nfts are too new for me whereas having something I can hold I prefer that Hurst is still giving his fans something they can hold on to while embracing the future of the industry which is worth more I still don't know and which is better I still don't know for Inside Edition digital I'm Mara Montalbano

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Length: 1min 16sec (76 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 16 2022