{"id":5037,"date":"2022-03-14T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/14\/are-nfts-really-art\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T08:39:48","slug":"are-nfts-really-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/14\/are-nfts-really-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Are NFTs really art?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Collectible and cartoonish, these digital multiples, traded in cryptocurrency, confer membership of an exclusive club \u2013 sometimes literally. But do they have any aesthetic value? A critic weighs in<\/p>\n<p>In January, a clip from The Tonight Show featuring Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton went viral: not because either had said anything particularly interesting or scandalous, but because the interview was so uncanny in its content and its style. In the video, Hilton, who looks like a telegenic, radioactive Barbie in a lime green cocktail dress, is discussing Bored Ape NFTs, the popular crypto images that have been selling for a minimum of $200,000 since their first release in April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy I taught you what they were,\u201d she informs Fallon in a voice a little lower than her usual characteristic purr.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/mar\/14\/are-nfts-really-art\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/417c18057f68dc29b5c5587064c716be3267e92d\/380_0_8328_5000\/master\/8328.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=536d5aacd4cfa6b7dd366045e9b445db\" title=\"Are NFTs really art?\" \/>Collectible and cartoonish, these digital multiples, traded in cryptocurrency, confer membership of an exclusive club \u2013 sometimes literally. But do they have any aesthetic value? A critic weighs in<br \/>\nIn January, a clip from The Tonight Show featuring Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton went viral: not because either had said anything particularly interesting or scandalous, but because the interview was so uncanny in its content and its style. In the video, Hilton, who looks like a telegenic, radioactive Barbie in a lime green cocktail dress, is discussing Bored Ape NFTs, the popular crypto images that have been selling for a minimum of $200,000 since their first release in April 2021.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m so happy I taught you what they were,\u201d she informs Fallon in a voice a little lower than her usual characteristic purr. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collectible and cartoonish, these digital multiples, traded in cryptocurrency, confer membership of an exclusive club \u2013 sometimes literally. But do they have any aesthetic value? A critic weighs in In January, a clip from The Tonight Show featuring Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton went viral: not because either had said anything particularly interesting or scandalous, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/14\/are-nfts-really-art\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are NFTs really art?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}