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A Conversation led by Leila Khazaneh

With Neil Beloufa, Benoit Couty, Jivinci, Andrew Merkatz, Albertine Meunier, and Anne Spalter


Presented on Monday, June 20

In English


In recognition of the incredibly vibrant crypto art scene in France and around the world, FIAF was proud to participate in NFT.NYC. Tune in to hear the fascinating conversation we had to celebrate NFTs the French way, with established and emerging crypto artists and personalities.


Panel 1

Tribute to Vera Molnar

Leila Khazaneh with Anne Spalter


Panel 2

Emergence of the French Crypto Art Movement

Leila Khazaneh with Neil Beloufa, Benoit Couty, and Jivinci


Panel 3

The Start of NFT Collecting

Leila Khazaneh with Benoit Couty, Andrew Merkatz, and Albertine Meunier



ABOUT THE PANEL

Leila Khazaneh

Leila Khazaneh is a crypto lawyer, investor and art collector. She advises growth-stage businesses building on blockchain technologies and deploying NFTs in their business models.


Anne Spalter

Digital mixed-media artist Anne Spalter is an academic pioneer who founded the original digital fine arts courses at Brown University and The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the 1990s and authored the internationally taught textbook, The Computer in the Visual Arts (1999). Spalter is noted for her digital art and large-scale public projects. She is currently creating NFT art works.


Benoit Couty

Benoît is one of the first NFT/Cryptoart collectors in France. In 2018, he founded the Museum of Cryptoart (MoCA), a native metaverse museum where he curates MoCA's permanent collection. He is a cofounder of 0x4rt.


Neil Beloufa

Neil Beloufa is a French-Algerian visual artist born in 1985 in Paris. Known for his video installations, he has presented several solo exhibitions in France and abroad. He has received several awards in contemporary art.


Jivinci

Jivinci is an Amsterdam based multimedia artist creating NFTs since 2019. He makes art from a socio-political standpoint, often juxtaposing images from antiquity and renaissance painting with emerging blockchain culture.


Albertine Meunier

Albertine is a digital artist, an NFT collector and curator, and a cryptoart advisor and trainer. She is a cofounder of 0x4rt. 


Andrew Merkatz

Andrew Merkatz is a media and technology executive, and life-long contemporary art collector. Mr. Merkatz entered the NFT art space in 2018 and, in early 2021, co-founded NFT500, an NFT art museum focused on collecting and casting blue chip NFT art into people’s living rooms.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    103 minutes
  • Language
    English