Upcoming Drops: Dec. 18—Dec. 24
Let’s face it: The NFT space moves really fast. Considering how quickly things can change in the metaverse, a week in NFTs might as well be a month IRL.
Don’t get us wrong — the merrier, the more people onboarded into the space. But because of the constant influx of great art and ideas, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the news, launches, and general happenings.
Well, you can put the days of endless Twitter and Discord scrolling behind you as we pull together a weekly list of upcoming NFT drops you don’t want to miss. Here’s what to look out for this week.
CryptoCubes Creators / The 8th
Who: CryptoCubes, NiftyGateway, and selected artists
What: Eight public 1/1 auctions
When: December 18th at 6:30 pm ET and set to end in 5-minute intervals beginning from 5:55 pm ET on Tuesday, May 19th
Where: Nifty Gateway
Why: CryptoCubesCreators is a long-term, historical art collaboration that aims to bring together 256 renowned creators from around the world to transform the CryptoCubes story into a one-of-a-kind NFT-native artwork collection. This is its 8th creator drop.
WINTER BLUES
Who: 10 featured artists curated by Vinnythesnail
What: Curated drop for Joynxyz
When: Dec. 20
Where: Joynxyz
Why: WINTER BLUES is an online exhibition exploring the diverse experiences of the winter season. Each artwork is inspired by thoughts, feelings, and memories of the winter season brought into being with a meditation on the color blue.
Nervous Breakdowns
Who: Transient Labs, curated by MLow
What: 12 CryptoArt OGs on a Doppelganger Contract
When: Dec. 19
Where: Transient Labs Stacks
Why: A collaboration between artists: dudly_art, Moxarra, ArvidHjorth, LineTrash713, cechk_art, 0xmj_ , Don_keyedjote, _theperfesser, maxosirisart, pan_danil, Destro_px, and andreszighelbo1. The contract will allow the artists to show the progress of the piece in an array—showing all steps on a single token.
Izanami Islands
Who: Richard Nadler x Verse
What: A series of 128 unique artworks
When: Dec. 19 11am EST
Where: Verse
Why: In this series, Nadler combines. the ancient with the innovative, crafting each piece with his custom AI model. Each work is deeply rooted in the rich and ancient tapestry of Japanese mythology.
Painting With Fire
Who: Sovrn x Bård Ionson
What: 200 artworks
When: Dec. 20, 12 p.m. EST
Where: Sovrn Art
Why: Painting with Fire presents a vignette of transformation: the evolution of GANs from 2014 to 2023, seen through the eyes of fire. Using 14 vintage GAN models, Ionson articulates the emergence of synthetic image generation and the strange turns that it took over time. Each of the 200 artworks invokes the image of fire, showing the wide variety of ways that early generative visual algorithms imagined this elemental force.