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Last year some crypto-douche destroyed a Frida Kahlo artwork to turn it into an NFT:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/aken7k/rida-kahlo-nft-mexico

Mulching people for NFTs is the logical next step. Surely Andreessen Horowitz would fund the startup that gives grandma an eternal life as a web3 token while also contributing to solving the world’s food problem.




Even if there is artistical merit to his performance, it is in poor taste, as using another artist’s work as-is as a part of a new artwork is generally frowned upon.

Minting NFTs off the original is straight up thievery.




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