How NFTs have altered the art world - a podcast by Marketplace

A year ago this week, a JPEG file containing a collage of digital illustrations by the artist known as Beeple sold for $69.3 million at an art auction. It was a record-setting sale, and it’s added fuel to the hype train surrounding NFTs. We spoke to art critic Blake Gopnik about what’s changed for artists and the art world – if anything – since the sale. Western countries are thinking about a Russian oil ban, something they hoped to avoid in the past.

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