Museums Collect NFTs Now

In July 2021, Eduardo Burillo gifted CryptoPunk #5293 to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, where he had recently joined the board of trustees. This donation made ICA Miami the first major art institution in the United States to hold an NFT in its collection, sparking conversations about what it means for museums to collect, own, and... See more

We thought this was a really compelling opportunity to enter the world of NFTs, with a number of considerations in mind. In the future, the CryptoPunks will be seen as a time capsule of this period. They were an early, if not the first, major permutational project that took the space by storm, and as such the works are representative of a community... See more

With immense honor, my wife Eva and I are beyond thrilled to announce our recent donation of Chris Burden's Path to Xanadu to @LACMA, now part of the museum’s permanent collection!