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@CozomoMedici
Dec 30, 2021 • 8 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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🍷My Favorite Art of 2021🍷

To close out this remarkable year, in this thread I'll share some of my favorite artworks created in 2021. Some owned by me, some not.

I hope they light up your soul, and remind us all of what a magical year we've been a part of👇
We begin with a work that captured the magical summer that changed it all, @XCOPYART's 'summer.jpg', collected by @punk6529 Image
Btw, I'll keep adding to this thread over the next few days. And feel free to post your own favorite works as well. Let's consider it our 2021 Yearbook :)
Fidenza #889 by @tylerxhobbs, collected by @plutoniumfitzg. I tried quite hard to acquire this one :) @bonafidehan and I call it “Blood Of The Machine” Image
.@tsrocketfactory | @tom_sachs had a delightful drop where you could make your own rocket. This is ‘Dawn of Man’, assembled by yours truly, featured at Art Basel this year as one of the only NFT-related works in the convention center⚔️ ImageImage
‘Salvator Cibermundi’ by @carlosmarcialt … you need to click and watch the amazingness of this one. Auction is happening as we speak…

superrare.com/artwork-v2/sal…
There were a great many nice @nounsdao by @supergremplin, but my favorite was the cat Image
It was a bad idea for me to start this thread while on holiday. But I will continue sharing favorites of 2021 into 2022

For now, another work that sparked my soul

“Ahau-Kin” by @ArchanNair, collected by @GigaChadPepe (must listen to sound as well⚡️⚔️⚡️)

superrare.com/artwork-v2/aha… Image

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We almost never think about it, but there is a reason galleries hang art the way they do.

Early on, art was hung "salon style" - pressed together and stacked floor to ceiling.

But 161 years ago, it all changed, when 3,000 artists clashed with the President of France... 🧵👇 Image
Starting in 1667, the Paris Salon was the premier venue for artists to exhibit. Artists apply, jury decides.

In 1886, the Salon rejected an unprecedented ~3,000 entries. It caused so much chaos then president of France, Napoleon III, had to step in. Image
Napoleon's solution was simple - why not let the public judge for themselves?

So he created the Salon des Refusés, an exhibition for the rejected artists.

Napoleon was (unintentionally) challenging the traditional salon system by creating another platform. Image
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Apr 12, 2024
XCOPY is the defining artist of the crypto revolution

Today, the signature artwork of our revolution, 'All Time High in the City', takes its spot in The Medici Collection
When @XCOPYART joined SuperRare in 2018, he minted 12 works on the same day

As XCOPY shared, "I wasn’t sure if there would be any more after that!”

These are now known in crypto art lore as "the x12" Image
In the great church of crypto art, All Time High is our altarpiece.

A crypto doom story, eternal in its relevance.

With each cycle, we degens pack our bags, to feast on crypto gold.

And ask ourselves,

Will the blood drown the bankers today?

... or will it drown us?
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Mar 13, 2023
In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia broke into the Louvre and stole Europe's most prized possession:

The Mona Lisa

In 2022, Bill Perkins stole the grand grail of the Black Arts Movement, acquiring a $100m painting for just $15m

Grab a glass for the wild story 👇 Bill Perkins next to The Su...
Ernie Barnes (1938 - 2009) is a modern American master, known for painting seminal moments of his life

The Sugar Shack is widely considered his most important work and captures a childhood memory of sneaking into a dance hall in segregated North Carolina Image
Unlike many iconic works of the time, The Sugar Shack is an edition of 2

The first edition belongs to Eddie Murphy and was used by Marvin Gaye for the album cover of "I Want You"

The second edition was sold at auction, last May.

Can you spot the difference? ImageImage
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Feb 13, 2023
1/ Announcing the first donation of on-chain art from a collector to a museum, and the largest digital fine art collection to enter a museum

22 works from The Cozomo de' Medici Collection have been added to the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Image
2/ The gift includes works spanning from 2017 - 2022, from 13 international artists. Including generative, 1/1, book, video, AI, 3D, sculpture and photography.
3/ These works will now sit in one of the greatest art collections in human history, alongside physical works defining the last 6,000 years of artistic expression. Including works by Rembrandt, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Cassatt, Andy Warhol, Monet, and Georgia O'Keeffe.
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Jan 9, 2023
The internet killed the yellow pages. Netflix killed Blockbuster.

Will NFTs kill traditional art?

Greetings, my name is @CozomoMedici. When I first shared the below story, it was read by millions. With 2023 here, it's time for an update

So buckle up, and let's go👇
1/ In the last decade, we saw a great shift in entertainment.

For almost 100 years, the studios decided which actors would be lucky or talented enough to become stars.

But then in the 2000's, everything changed.
2/ The cameras turned from focusing on actors, to every day people.

With Reality TV, soon it wasn’t a trained actor who was getting famous, but your classmate, co-worker, or next door neighbor.

For the first time, anyone could become a star. For better or for worse!

But then,
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Dec 7, 2022
This entire thread was written by ChatGPT (with very light edits from me). Some observations:
- GPT chose the topic - my only prompt was to tell me an interesting story on da Vinci

- prompting it to try and get it perfect took longer than it would have to just write it myself, ~5 hrs total

- twice I caught it adding things that weren't true, to spice up the story!
- it felt wordy to me, but I trusted the machine and didn't edit much (I asked GPT to make less wordy but the result didn't read as well)

- it performed far worse than my usual threads, though many who did read it said they enjoyed it
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