what's art blocks?
Art Blocks is a pioneering platform for generative digital art on the Ethereum blockchain, enabling artists to create algorithmic projects that produce unique, on-chain NFTs. Each collection consists of thousands of distinct outputs generated from a single codebase, ensuring rarity and collectibility through randomness and artist-defined parameters. Launched in 2020, it emphasizes contemporary art with features like Curated drops, where selected projects are auctioned or minted, and supports charitable initiatives with a portion of proceeds going to causes. The platform has facilitated over $15M in sales for its final Curated release alone and integrates tools for artists to deploy code-based art directly on-chain.
Art Blocks gains visibility via @stina_jones amid renewed NFT market activity.
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x.com/artblocks_ioCollaborates with Feral File on REAS' first solo exhibition "Ex Nihilo" opening on 2026-03-10.
Launching a new curated collaboration with artist Refik Anadol.
Featured in "EMULATION: Selections from the Art Blocks 500" exhibit at Museum of Art and Light, opening 2026-03-04, showcasing 10 generative artists spanning five years.
Launched Pool Party #5 project on Art Blocks Studio, featuring on-chain PostParams that inject Chainlink price feed data directly into generative artwork over time, with the full generative script stored on-chain.
Exhibits interactive art experience by Harvey Rayner at Zero 10 during Art Basel Hong Kong from March 25-29, 2026, across 12,000 sq ft, allowing generation, minting, and collection of algorithmic artwork prints via custodial wallet.
Scheduled Art Blocks weekend event at gMARFA 2026 for October 2026.
Received increased visibility through association with artist @stina_jones, mentioned as part of renewed NFT market activity.
Founder Erick Calderon (Snowfro) joined the advisory board of Infinite Node Foundation (NODE), a nonprofit dedicated to digital art preservation that acquired the CryptoPunks IP in May 2025.
8 Art Blocks NFTs were swept in a single purchase on OpenSea.
Delayed Monte Carlo project release to April 2026. Monte Carlo is a co-creation art playground.
Launches 'At the Still Point of the Turning World: Algorithmic Self Portrait' as a timed open edition on 2025-12-19 at 12:00 EST, priced at 0.015 ETH and running until 2025-02-08.
923 Empty Rooms by @reas releases as a new artwork on the platform.
The allowlist mint for Send/Receive, Snowfro's final AB500 project, opens today and runs until Dec 31.
progression by Jeff Davis from the Unruly Unroll collection releases on the platform.
16 pieces from Tigerbob Charm Packs have been minted so far.
Snowfro launches a new fully on-chain, free-to-claim project on Monday with airdrop for past Art Blocks claimers and allowlist for any Art Blocks holder (November snapshot), marking the final project in the Art Blocks 500 collection.
Quine by Larva Labs is the final Art Blocks curated drop, with piece #487 selling for $33k and the collection featured in Art Basel's Zero 10 exhibit.
Tigerbob Charm Packs mint is now live on Art Blocks Studio.
FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT by artist mayaonthenet releases on the platform.
Minting for Diggly Collects All continues today, with eligibility restricted to holders of Art Blocks Curated artworks who have claimed their achievement.
Tigerbob Charm Packs mints tomorrow on Art Blocks Studio with 301 tokens at 0.025 ETH fixed price.
Field Impact collection is currently minting on the platform, a charity-focused generative art project in partnership with MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) that visualizes real humanitarian impact data from medical treatments and vaccinations.
Diggly Collects All by DaCaldera is currently minting on the platform.
First Drawings for a Monument by Jeff Davis launches as part of a three-mint community gift series, with a third mint by ArtOnBlockchain anticipated as the final release.
Art Blocks celebrates its 5-year anniversary. Kanbas collection acquires Hyper Chromie #8572.
kai-gen by artist takeshi murata releases on the platform.
Human Unreadable by operator_______ releases on the platform.
Tigerbob Charm Packs launches on Art Blocks Studio December 12 at 12pm ET with fixed price of 0.025 ETH and supply of 301 tokens.
Free minting continues for Diggly Collects All targeting multiple holder categories including Curated Set Holders, Series 1-8 Set Holders, Day One Minters, AB500 Foundation Set Holders, Artists, and Marfa 2025 Attendees with eligibility verification available on the platform.
Team pushes to launch AB500 index token with new mechanics despite technical challenges. Diggly Collects All by DaCaldera started today as almost final AB500 collection.
Art Blocks exhibited at Art Basel 2025 with multiple participating galleries including Pace Gallery, bitforms, and others showcasing digital art alongside traditional artists. Collectors receive Diggly Collects All #2 pieces as gifts from DaCaldera through Art Blocks.
Art Blocks collectors have under 6 hours to claim bubbles by XCOPYART.
Evolution of Thread #102 has 8 works remaining available on the platform.
Quine by Larva Labs is the final Art Blocks Curated release, featuring 497 onchain works built by self-generating code.
Physical Tigerbob Charm Packs with digital component scheduled for information release on December 8.
The Quine project partnership concludes with final presentation of the work.
DCA schedules an Art Blocks release for next week with free minting for qualifying collectors.
Regular Animals and ix_shells works sell out during the Zero to 10 exhibition VIP day at Art Basel. Google co-founder Sergey Brin attends and views Dmitri Cherniak's Floor Ringer.
The "Drawings for a Monument" collection completes sellout.
Zero10 curated by Eli Schein and Art Blocks celebrates grand opening with mention in The Art Newspaper.
Larva Labs makes ten Quine artist proofs available at Art Basel Miami Beach, bringing physical exhibition presence to the prestigious art fair.
Series 460/500 minted - Drawings for a Monument by @jeffgdavis #744, edition of 1000.
The final three AB500 projects are scheduled for release on December 1, 8, and 15. "Drawings for a Monument" by Jeff Davis is now minting as a 1000-piece Explorations collection with free allowlist access for achievement holders.
First of three AB500 mints begins today featuring Jeff G Davis, with eligibility limited to Squiggle collectors who completed their AB profile.
New collection "Drawings for a Monument" opens December 1 at 12:00p ET / 9:00a PT.
Tigerbob Charm Packs collection scheduled for December release on Studio platform with specific date to be announced soon.
Field Impact #28 is currently minting, a charity-focused generative art project reporting 1868 snake bite treatments and 10726 mental health consultations delivered in Ethiopia.
Platform joins 9 other digital galleries in zero 10 exhibition at Art Basel Miami next week.
Partnered with TRAME for The Enlace Collection by Aranda/Lasch and Maison L. Drucker, creating physical café chairs using generative art code.
AB500 collection completes with the minting of the final 3 #0 pieces at the 5-year anniversary milestone.
Platform celebrates its 5-year anniversary today. Three Explorations projects mint #0 including "Drawings for a Monument" with additional mints planned for next week.
Tigerbob Charm Packs collection launches on Art Blocks Studio in December using p5js.
piñata3 collection mints on the platform, with piece #111 featuring a generative turkey design.
A content series from Marfa Weekend premieres next week.
'send/receive' launching December 15 has a maximum supply of 65,535 artworks with a co-creator network model where each collector contributes to interdependent artworks running on Ethereum.
Art Blocks Studio adds p5js support in December.
A.A.Murakami's "One Thousand Layers of Stomach" recently exhibited at NOMAD art fair.
Final three Art Blocks 500 collections are free to claim for eligible community members, with claims beginning in 6 days for the first collection.
Jeff Davis confirms the exhibition page for "Drawings for a Monument" is now published on the platform.
Art Blocks announces specific launch dates for its "Final Three" projects: Jeff Davis 'Drawings for a Monument' on Dec 1, Daniel Calderon 'Diggly Collects All' on Dec 8, and Snowfro 'send/receive' on Dec 15.
Friendship Bracelets floor price rises 65% in the past week as collectors pursue Explorations Collector badge ahead of AB500 free drops.
Maya (@mayaonthenet) releases "FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT" on Art Blocks, a text-driven project exploring wellness and self-care themes from social media aesthetics.
marfaMesh #248 sold for 0.45 ETH ($1,370.27). marfaMESH is one of only 6 Explorations projects that will ever exist in AB[500].
Field Impact #22 mint is now live on the platform, featuring a charity collaboration with MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) highlighting medical work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
DaCaldera releases "Genesis" on Art Blocks Curated Series 1.
The AB500 milestone completes with the first three artists (Snowfro, DCA, and Jeff Davis) returning with new projects that are free to claim based on platform achievements, with snapshot coming soon. A new fully on-chain collection of 64 Portraits by dotjiwa launches on the platform.
An immersive installation titled "In Assembly – Patterns at Play" takes place at We Design Beirut 2025, created through a collaboration between Art Blocks, Studio Nada Debs, and Trame Paris, featuring artist Anna Lucia from the ABS Collection.
An exhibition featuring A.A. Murakami's "A THOUSAND LAYERS OF STOMACH" takes place November 19-22 at NOMAD in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Art.
The Pella Collection becomes the first collector to complete all 10 ICXN monochrome palettes (only 3 complete sets possible from 500 total pieces), as the XCOPY x Art Blocks Engine collection approaches its 1-year anniversary with a floor price around 2E.
Only 5 collectors hold the complete Art Blocks Curated set achievement: @derekedws, @VonMises14, @delronde, @punk6529, and @ArtOnBlockchain.
A buyer acquires a grail Quine NFT from the Larva Labs collection.
Quine by Larva Labs will be featured at Art Basel Miami Beach as part of an Art Blocks exhibition at Zero 10, marking the final AB Curated project that minted in October.
A price drop occurs for what's described as the rarest/best Quine piece by Larva Labs in the collection.
Field Impact #30 mints now on Art Blocks, generating artwork from MSF humanitarian operations data in Mozambique as part of the art4care charity initiative.
A.A. Murakami's Art Blocks installation "A THOUSAND LAYERS OF STOMACH" travels to Abu Dhabi for NOMAD exhibition, November 19-21.
Larva Labs (Matt and John) prepares an upcoming release called Quine on Art Blocks.
A collector makes multiple acquisitions and becomes one of only two verified Presents set holders.
Punk Auction creators launch Meridian Strategy as their first Art Blocks strategy, featuring a 99% to 0% starting tax, 2% trade fees for PAST token buybacks, and 5% of auction proceeds paid to artists as royalties.
The WalkingFUKT Chronicle launches on Art Blocks studio contract using post params on ETH, with mints including NFC cards and an app for recording IRL community interactions that update the artwork with new animated traits.
Zero 10's complete participant roster includes 13 galleries and studios (Art Blocks, Pace Gallery, bitforms gallery, Beeple Studios, Fellowship, AOTM, Asprey Studio, Heft, Nguyen Wahed, Onkaos, SOLOS, Visualize Value) featuring 17 artists including Dmitri Cherniak, Tyler Hobbs, Casey Reas, XCOPY, Mario Klingemann, James Turrell, Manfred Mohr, IX Shells, Maya Man, Kim Asendorf, Michael Kozlowski, Andrea Chiampo, Jack Butcher, Joe Pease, and Yatreda, with UBS Art Collection loaning a Lu Yang presentation.
Art Blocks participates in Zero 10, a new multi-year digital art initiative at Art Basel Miami Beach December 3-7, featuring Larva Labs work in 10,000 sq ft main floor exhibition space with exposure to 100,000 attendees and 10,000 onsite collectors.
The platform now uses Starting Price terminology instead of Floor Price for displaying NFT prices.
Users can now set up profiles on Art Blocks and claim achievements, marking a new platform feature.
Chromie Squiggle holders receive allowlist access to City Hats project launching November 13 on OpenSea.
Chromie Squiggle holders receive allowlist access for City Hats collaboration launching November 13 on OpenSea.
2 Gazers NFTs unlock liquidity on NFTfi with 8500 USDC at 22.00% APR during Halloween weekend.
Ofrenda, a generative art project created in collaboration with Maya Spirits NFT and OpenSea, mints today with up to 5,555 editions at 0.0037 ETH each.
The generative art project "piñata3" remains open to mint on the platform.
"Classical Revival", a generative art project developed over one year, launches on the platform.
Plinths launches as object designer Pakmanscoop's first generative object collection, presented at Glitch Marfa during Art Blocks weekend 2025.
"Broken Dreams #85" by Manuel Larino launches on the Art Blocks platform.
A collector completes the full Art Blocks curated set, becoming the 4th holder to own at least one piece from all 103 curated releases.
The generative tapestry project 'patches' in collaboration with trameparis goes on display at Art Blocks House for Marfa Weekend 2025.
A new project called "roll some bones" mints on Art Blocks Studio platform.
The brtmoments Art Blocks contract closes with Florian's art as the last ever minted piece.
MoonPay sponsors documentation of the Art Blocks Marfa event. ArtBlocks #100 sells for 24.00 ETH in top NFT sales.
A collector or institution acquires work from Larva Labs' Quine series on Art Blocks platform.
RASTER book releases as hardback edition documenting the curated project with in-depth descriptions, guest essay, complete project code and hashes, and limited edition dust jacket.
Friendship Bracelet by MacTuitui mints on Art Blocks platform following Marfa weekend.
Art Blocks collaborates with OpenSea during the Marfa weekend celebration of generative art.