Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn thousands more

Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn thousands moreA painting of multicolored dots by artist Damien Hirst burns at the Newport Street Gallery in London on Tuesday as part of his project "The Currency." For it, he released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could either keep the non-fungible token, in which case the painting would be burned, or keep the painting, in which case they would lose the NFT.

As part of his project “The Currency,” Damien Hirst released a collection of 10,000 NFTs, each one corresponding to a physical artwork. Buyers could keep either the non-fungible token or the painting.

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