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When you consider just how quickly things move in the metaverse, it’s a wonder that anyone can keep up with all the news and product launches, let alone the constant influx of incredible artwork.
All things considered, it raises an important question: how can you efficiently discover the best upcoming art collections?
For the answer, look no further! I’ve scoured the metaverse to uncover the drops you simply can’t afford to overlook so you can focus on elevating your collection instead of endlessly scrolling through X and Discord.
In this week’s curated Collector’s Digest, I’ll give you a leg up in your search for the premier works debuting on Bitcoin Ordinals, Ethereum, and Solana. Here’s what to look out for this week.
Art Minting This Week
🟧 Give Flowers by 0xBoozy
〰️ 📅 Date: Week of April 29th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma
〰️ 🧮 Supply: Determined Post-Mint
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Public @ Time TBA
〰️ 💰 Price: 21,000 Sats
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Boozy’s latest drop will debut new feature functionality over on Gamma. The release will be a semi-stealth 24-hour timed edition, and it is highly suggested that you BYOPS (Bring Your Own Pizza Sats).
🟪 Kintsugi by Resaang
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, April 29th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Discord Ticket Mint [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 400
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Chromatica 1:1 Claim @ 3pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: Free for Holders
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 3pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: Variable (0.05 ETH – 0.1 ETH)
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: A collection of 400 hand-painted Japanese ink 1/1s, drawing inspiration from the traditional Japanese art of Kintsugi. Each artwork tells a story of fracture and repair, of embracing imperfections, and of finding strength and beauty in vulnerability and healing. It is a celebration of resilience, a testament to the fact that breakage and repair are natural, essential parts of life, and that in the process of repairing, we often discover the unique and incredible beauty of imperfection.
🟪 TOKYO SMASH by Ali Sabet
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, April 29th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Manifold Studio [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: Determined Post-Mint
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Timed Edition @ 12am
〰️ 💰 Price: $2.86 + Fees
🟪 In Solito by Rocketgirl
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, April 29th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: SuperRare
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 4
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Reserve Auctions
〰️ 💰 Reserve Price: $766
🟪 Collection by Serezha Galkin
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Verse Works
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 320 (189 Reserved)
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 1pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.014 ETH (~$44)
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: The collection is priced at $44 to honor Elon Musk’s infinite wisdom in buying Twitter for $44 billion and driving it into the ground. The collection is presented by Punk7635.
🟪 Condemnation by Marco Bonafe
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Foundation [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 10
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 9am ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0877 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Each artwork sold is accompanied by another 1/1 via airdrop, but it requires a “confession.” This 10-piece airdropped collection – entitled Redemption – is meant to merge Bonafe’s artwork with a unique social experiment that requires Condemnation collectors to privately bare themselves to the artist with either deep seriousness or with a complete sense of play. The confession you share will ultimately determine the title of the artwork and provide a catalyst for Bonafe to create a deeply personal, intimately connected artwork.
🟪 100% WOOL by Marco Bonafe
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Foundation [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: Determined Post-Mint
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Open Edition @ 9am ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0017
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: 100% WOOL is an open edition that is being released as part of Bonafe’s Condemnation drop, which is detailed above.
🟪 April Showers by Raven
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Zora
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 30
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 8am ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.1 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: A collection of AI cinemagraphs; each piece is an AI-prompted portrait combined with layered video and SFXs.
🟪 Monorail by Sara Smith
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Prohibition [Arbitrum]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 128
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 12:30pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.005 ETH
🟪 Perpetual Superstructures by Sturec
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Foundation [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: Open Edition
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 1:30pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0004 ETH
🟪 Nausea by Rafael Rozendaal
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: newrafael(dot)work
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 16
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 1pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.1 ETH
🏴 Disobedient by Patrick Amadon
〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 1st
〰️ 🚀 Platform: [REDACTED]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 400
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: 24H Presale @ Time TBA
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ Time TBA (5/2)
〰️ 💰 Price: [REDACTED]
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: If you ever wondered what Patrick Amadon could do with nine months of focused creative effort, Disobedient is the answer. The collection will be a multichain release spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Base, and Arbitrum. If you’re interested in viewing the complete gallery of works prior to its release, visit the project site and interact with the command line.
🟪 Strabismus by Sarah Zucker
〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 1st
〰️ 🚀 Platform: Highlight
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 100
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 12pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.3 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Strabismus are a digital-analog video art series by Sarah Zucker that channels flat digital video synthesis through analog interlacing distortions to conjure depth out of time. Each hand-generated artwork in the collection features an infinitely looping artwork that can be viewed vertically or horizontally or cropped – each viewpoint allows for new facets to emerge.
🟪 BASALT GIFs by Galo
〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 1st
〰️ 🚀 Platform: Verse Works
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 20
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Ranked Auction @ 1pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0 ETH (No Reserve)
🟪 NOISIA by Nico23
〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 1st
〰️ 🚀 Platform: Alba(dot)Art
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 198
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 4pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.015 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: This collection is part of Alba’s next Group Show – Let It Flow – in partnership with Dawn Contemporary Gallery. NOISIA combines Nico23’s love for the world of underground techno and visual art into a new sensory experience.
🟪 Displaced by Rob Scalera
〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 1st
〰️ 🚀 Platform: fx(hash) [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 256
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 12pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.002 ETH
🟪 Deluge by Chepertom
〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, May 2nd
〰️ 🚀 Platform: Verse Works
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 14
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Ranked Auction @ 1pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0 ETH (No Reserve)
🟪 In Harmony: The Five Boroughs by Brendan Dawes
〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, May 2nd
〰️ 🚀 Platform: MakersPlace
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 5
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Holders Presale (on 5/1)
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ Time TBA
〰️ 💰 Price: $5,000
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: These five digital sculptures resembling coral reefs are characterized by fine filaments – whose colors are informed by environmental factors related to their respective neighborhoods – that unfurl in smoke-like formations emanating from crystalline clusters. Dawes explores the interplay between objects, technology, art, and humanity through a cocktail of code and various digital and analog materials. The collection will be featured at the Bang & Olufsen Gallery in NYC on May 2nd.
Thanks for checking out All Eyes on Art! I curate this comprehensive yet selective digest of upcoming collections to keep you informed week in and week out. If you’d like to see more color in your X feed, I share a 30-Day Outlook version of this Collector’s Digest every Monday and my Discover Art series every Thursday.
