A review of Christie's Art + Tech Summit: Exploring Blockchain <https://christies.com/exhibitions/2018/art-and-tech-summit-exploring-blockchain#programmeinfo_Nav>, which took place on Tuesday in London:

https://artreview.com/opinion/online_opinion_jj_charlesworth_art_market_blockchain_christies/?utm_source=ArtReview+newsletters&utm_campaign=e8f93e8858-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_22_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_771b894a92-e8f93e8858-222819837&mc_cid=e8f93e8858&mc_eid=f30424ebd7

JJ Charlesworth is the same guy who wrote an article in ArtReview not so long ago about Maecenas, the blockchain-based forum for selling little bits of artwork online, which claims to 'democratise' the art market. He's obviously interested in the intersection between art markets, new technology, and the profit motive: 'But equally obvious in the push for a more trustworthy art market is the keen desire to make lots of money out of it. Inevitably, cryptocurrency approaches to financialising the art market loomed large.'

Interesting and infuriating in just about equal measure.
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