[Link] More Than 80% of NFTs Created for Free on OpenSea Are Fraud or Spam, Company Says

Read: 30/1/2022 www.vice.com

As the NFT market has exploded, so has the amount of theft and fraud associated with it. Artists are by now familiar with the experience of finding, like in a horror movie, their own art staring back at them in OpenSea's digital gallery, being hawked by an anonymous stranger. 

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[Link] How a Far-Right Philosopher Ended Up Shooting Porn

Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com

Van Rooijen is part of KIRAC (Keeping It Real Art Critics), a controversial art collective based in Amsterdam. KIRAC rose to fame in the Netherlands through videos where they confront artists and their artwork, usually to expose what they see as a pervasive superficiality in the art world.

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[Link] People Have Spent More than $1 Million on NFT 'Girlfriends'

Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com

Good news: you can now buy a girlfriend on the blockchain. Bull Market Girlfriends, a recently-launched NFT collection, come in a wide variety of genres—you can buy a Beauty Queen Girlfriend, a Devilish Girlfriend, a Good Girl Girlfriend or even an Alien Girlfriend.

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[Link] Museum Starts OnlyFans Account After Its TikTok Is Banned for Posting Nudes

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

The so-called “Vienna Laid Bare” initiative was launched by Vienna’s tourism board late last week along with its OnlyFans account. As of writing subscribers can receive a complimentary Vienna City Card, or a ticket for one of the museums featured on the account.  

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[Link] Artist Steals $84,000 From Modern Art Museum, Calls It Conceptual Art

Read: 29/9/2021 www.vice.com

The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in northern Denmark originally commissioned Haaning to recreate two of his earlier works as part of its “Work It Out” exhibition.

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