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All Eyes on Art: Upcoming Collections to Watch the Week of May 5

BY Steven Miller •

May 05, 2025

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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.

🟧 Perpetuum by Smiley

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 4

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0025 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: A 4 piece mini-series of original artworks specially created for “Continuum” – The Forever Calendar. Each artwork within this series is individually hand-drawn by decentralized artist & entrepreneur Smiley Bits / POGO Studios (2025).

🟧 Mosaico I by Fernando Cabral

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 5 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0002 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: “Mosaico I” captures suspended motion in fragments of color. Lines that flow, curve, and intersect, composing an organic geometry within an ordered structure. A conversation between form, rhythm, and space.

🟧 We are ALL Satoshi by Moxarra Gonzalez

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 12 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0002 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Digital artifact inscribed on chain, celebrating the decentralized ethos of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. This ordinal embodies the collective spirit of the crypto community, symbolizing unity, anonymity, and the shared vision of a trustless, peer-to-peer financial future.

🟧 momentum by publicdmnvenus

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 12 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0002 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: The Original 1/1 Inscription has also been made available to collectors for 0.008 BTC.

🟧 Ocean Bliss by Andrew Hooker

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 9 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0009 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: As waves curl and break upon the shore, the soft golden hour light of sunset is just bliss to gaze upon, across on the ocean.

🟧 Preciously Unloved by Igor Martins

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 10 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0004 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Igor Martins explores the relationship between the physical and the metaphysical in works of art that explore themes of transcendence, spirituality, and the mystical. The original 1/1 inscription has also been made available to collectors for 0.003 BTC.

🟧 Nonlinear Identity by Igor Martins

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 50 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: Free

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: “Nonlinear identities” grow like rhizomes: multiple, interconnected, with no fixed beginning or defined form. The original 1/1 inscription has also been made available to collectors for 0.001 BTC.

🟧 Powerless by Igor Martins

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 100 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00069 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Igor Martins explores the relationship between the physical and the metaphysical in works of art that explore themes of transcendence, spirituality, and the mystical. The original 1/1 inscription has also been made available to collectors for 0.005 BTC.

🟧 Awaiting the Supercycle by ZaH

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 9 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00007 BTC

🟧 Right Place by Shantell Martin

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: Open Edition

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00006 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Drawn in bold black ink on paper, “In the Right Place at the Right Time” is a reminder that we are exactly where we’re meant to be.

🟧 Human Glitch by Ali Rexa

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 21 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0012 BTC

🟧 Ashkyr by Superno

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 30 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: Free

🟧 Dreams of Reality by Emil MTO

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Originals

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0025 BTC

🟧 Hydrangea by OKAYAMAN

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Originals

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.002 BTC

🟧 Radio Waves by Kanetix

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Magic Eden

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 696

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00169 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: The second wave in the Light Waves series arrives as Radio Waves, carrying with it encrypted data from beyond the stars. The encrypted data (reinscriptions) include a navigable Alien Interface, Star Map, Blueprint, Cosmic (audio) Sonification and DNA Sequences of those whose biology is key to the journey ahead. Challenging us to ask: How far are you willing to go to share your light?

🟪 when the west was lost by Modest

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: SuperRare

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 5

〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Reserve Auctions [Ongoing]

〰️ 💰 All Reserves Prices Met / Bids Vary

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: “when the west was lost” is a story you can’t stop seeing. It’s not about cowboys or frontiers – it’s about what gets traded when no one’s looking. Power dressed as order. A deal made in silence. By the end, the men are gone, and so is everything else, yet one may realize, the west wasn’t taken – it was sold, piece by piece, by the very men who claimed to protect it. This is a series about power, decay, evil and the myth of progress, through a story of interconnected yet independent works. With each chapter, the story gets a little closer to revelation: that the west wasn’t lost to time or violence, but surrendered – one failed promise at a time. The 5 artworks in the series include “the agreement,” “the debt,” “the pact,” “the bloom,” and “the quiet.”

🟪 Paradox of Happiness by Ronald Ong

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: SuperRare

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1

〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Reserve Auction [Ongoing]

〰️ 💰 Current Bid: 1.22 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Original minted in 2022, ‘Paradox of Happiness’ was recently re-acquired by its creator, and then subsequently re-listed on secondary because it holds such importance to him.

🟪 Slime Skelly by John Karel

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: SuperRare

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1

〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Reserve Auction [Ongoing]

〰️ 💰 Current Bid: 0.099 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: One of Karel’s originals from 2018 was just freshly minted and made available to collectors.

🟪 NETRA by Jesperish

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Ninfa

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1

〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Reserve Auction [Ongoing]

〰️ 💰 Current Bid: 2.06745 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: After successfully selling out the entire 100 piece collection via private presale [the collection is technically a 1 of 1 of 100], Jesperish will be auctioning a single 1 of 1 Masterwork on Ninfa(dot)io. The 24-hour auction begins with no reserve and every bidder will receive a gift.

🟪 sweater trex by tinysoul

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Verse Works

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1

〰️ 🎛️ Format: 48H Reserve Auction @ 1pm EDT

〰️ 💰 Reserve Price: 0 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: TinySoul’s “level 1️⃣” comprises a growing cast of absurd and surreal characters, that are drawn from the depths of internet culture and meme lore. This piece marks the 93rd piece in the collection.

🟪 Veil of Echoes by serc

〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, May 5th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: OTC

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 100

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Presale [Ongoing]

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: 7D Public Presale [5/13]

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: IRL @ NFC Lisbon [6/4]

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: 7D Public [6/10]

〰️ 💰 Price: 1 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: This project focuses on mental health, our traumas, memories, and more. Using brainwave data, Serc created many different shapes and abstract visuals, and after months of experimenting, he finally arrived at the visual style of a storm, a cloud, and a veil that hides and protects our memories. Collectors will receive a soulbound token and a coupon code to order an EEG Device for free. Once the device arrives, the collector and the artist schedule a call to review how to record the brainwave data, after which the collector will record their brainwave data and share it with the artist. The artist then generates the final video artwork and updates the NFT metadata with the completed piece. As a final touch, each holder also receives a high-quality, A2-sized signed print of a still frame taken from their unique video. Early Supporter Presale will conclude on May 12th.

🟧 KABUKI PEPE by Pepelangelo

〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, May 6th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Trio

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 420

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Presale [Ongoing]

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 11am EDT

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.001 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: “KABUKI PEPE” marks Pepelangelo’s genesis release on Ordinals. Pepelangelo has been painting Pepe the Frog in oil since 2017 and started with Ordinals early on. This handcrafted series of 420 pieces is dedicated to the love of Japan and Pepe.

🟪 Echoes by Cory Haber

〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, May 6th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: 8NAP Art

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 350

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: GTD Holder AL @ 9am EDT

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Allowlist @ 1pm EDT

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.05 ETH

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 4pm EDT

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.08 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: A collaboration between AI and Generative Code that blends structured geometry with organic movement to invite a fresh way of seeing.

🟪 C2ASH by Jesse Draxler

〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, May 6th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Verse Works

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 70

〰️ 🎛️ Format: 48H Public @ 1pm EDT

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.041 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: “C2ASH” is the second iteration of Jesse Draxler’s boundary-pushing generative collage project “Crash.” Continuing the foundational investigation into controlled fragmentation, the project bridges digital automation with analog methodology. “C2ASH” advances the system with greater clarity and cohesion while introducing new layers of chaos; maintaining the conceptual structure and refining its formal execution.

🟪 1mouth analog by miirror

〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, May 6th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Rarible

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 222

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: 3H FCFS Allowlist @ 9am EDT

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 12pm EDT

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.02 ETH

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: First analog series by miirror after years of releasing digital work.

🟧 ChronoBlocks by Phraze

〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 7th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Magic Eden

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 222

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Allowlist @ 2pm EDT

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 3pm EDT

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.002 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: A collection of still frames extracted from a generative 1 of 1 animation Phraze recently sold at Sotheby’s. Each frame is a fragment of that perpetual loop, motion captured in stillness, time etched in code. Collectors will also be granted early access to future releases, exclusive rewards, offers, and more.

🟧 Inscribbles by Volker

〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 7th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 128

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ Time TBA

〰️ 💰 Price: TBA

🟧 Proof of Art by Michelle Thompson

〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 7th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma x Counterfeit

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 99 Editions

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Holder AL @ 10am EDT

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 6pm EDT

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0006 BTC [or less]

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: The 17th Card in Counterfeit’s Series 01 explored the fragmentation of traditional systems and the shift toward decentralization, reclaiming ownership, and creative voices rising. Michelle Thompson is a UK-based illustrator and collage artist who’s worked with clients including Apple, NYT, and Marvel over the past 29 Years. Michelle has been in the space since 2021 and inscribing on Bitcoin for over a year – bringing fine art into decentralized permanence. Her style blends analog and digital – torn paper, rich texture, and digital collage. The result is layered, bold, and deeply human.

🟪 INTUITIVE by Asaf Slook

〰️ 📅 Date: Wednesday, May 7th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Iconic Culture

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 250

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: 24H Holder AL @ 12pm EDT

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 12pm EDT (5/8)

〰️ 💰 Price: $75

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Slook’s meticulously curated collection showcases his creative vision through a series of distinct works, highlighting the beauty and creative expression of generative art, with each piece selected to embody the depth and versatility of Slook’s innovative process. Collectors will be able to claim a 14” x 18” museum-quality print on Hanehmule Photo Rag fine art paper that matches their outputs. 

🟧 Pepeglyphs by Costa Jpeg

〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, May 8th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 420

〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ Time TBA

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00069 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Blending minimalist design, glitch art, digital collage, and meme culture, “Pepeglyphs” is a conceptual reworking of the internet-famous Pepe the Frog. Inspired by the expressive simplicity in Matt Furie’s original work – particularly the character’s iconic eyes – the artist deconstructs and reinterprets Pepe through abstraction and experimental visual language.

🟪 Fellowship’s Daily Highlights – May 2025

〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, May 8th

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Fellowship Daily

〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Reserve Auctions @ 1pm EDT

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: The Daily Highlights Series returns for its May installment, featuring new works from Fellowship’s Resident Artists, including the likes of @ayenwhyay, @bagdelete, @dontbuy_, @Barbara_Chira, @g0naji, @BengtTibert, @NathanBoey, @panaviscope, @dancevatar, @rainisto, @town_in_new, @BTCTW, @doopiidoop. The works will be sold at various price points, with some being sold via “Buy It Now” mechanics and others being sold via 24H Reserve Auctions.

🟧 BEHOLD by Steven Miller

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 508 [Ongoing]

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0032 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: For his independent curatorial debut, in collaboration with the team at Metablend Studios [@Metablends], Steven Miller presents an engaging exploration of Perception, Subjectivity, and Connection. While deeply rooted in gratitude toward the artists, collectors, curators, and other patrons who have supported his weekly practice of producing “Content as a Public Good,” the work incorporates his passion for art discovery by including 60+ unique 1/1 tributes to iconic digital artworks in addition to 12 thematic color palettes. Those who hold Behold #71 through Behold #211 have the opportunity to co-curate their own outputs using the algorithm’s custom-built Parametric Composer – a notable first for generative art on Bitcoin – until May 8th.

🟧 The OrdiGallery Collection by The Pandemonium

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 3,500

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00033 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: 9 Months in the making, the OrdiGallery Collection is a window into Art on BTC, referencing 3500 previously inscribed Ordinals, taking collectors on a journey through time from Inscription #0 to the present day. The collection will feature 7 Holographic Effects, numerous fingerprints, 12 generative algorithms, and 80+ variants. The OrdiGallery Logo is the window, the eye, a homage, a story, a commentary, and also a nod to the ecosystem we exist within.

🟧 Sliced Time by Water flowing

〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma 

〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 200

〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0004 BTC

〰️ ℹ️ More Info: “Sliced Time” plays with the concept of phasing – where a single musical motif is reproduced multiple times with frequency being slightly phased out upon each iteration, allowing for new sound to emerge. In Andrea’s work, animated surfaces are generated with different phases in each cell’s grid, allowing for new patterns to emerge. All collectors of Andrea’s Gamma Prints will be Allowlisted, while his “Looking Through Sliced Time” print holders will receive a piece via Airdrop.

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.

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