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NFT king Beeple leads Heritage May 13 art sale

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Beeple, ‘The Everydays – The 2020 Collection,’ estimated at $250,000-$350,000

Beeple, ‘The Everydays – The 2020 Collection,’ estimated at $250,000-$350,000

DALLAS, Texas – Heritage Auctions’ May 13 Modern & Contemporary Signature Auction is a decidedly frisky peek at the past, present and future of the definition of art, spanning decades to include masterworks by revered pioneers, celebrated revolutionaries and treasured upstarts. The sale, open now, includes a beer can fashioned into a rattle by Alexander Calder in the 1940s, a hypnotic work made in the 1970s by op art co-founder Victor Vasarely, three digital Everydays by coveted non-fungible token (NFT) artist Beeple, and everything imaginable in between. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Installation view, the Roof Garden commission, Alex Da Corte, ‘As Long as the Sun Lasts,’ 2021.

Alex Da Corte adds whimsy to Met Roof Garden

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Installation view, the Roof Garden commission, Alex Da Corte, ‘As Long as the Sun Lasts,’ 2021.

Installation view, the Roof Garden commission, Alex Da Corte, ‘As Long as the Sun Lasts,’ 2021.

NEW YORK – For The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2021 Roof Garden commission, Philadelphia-based artist Alex Da Corte has created a 26-foot-tall kinetic sculpture featuring the beloved Sesame Street character Big Bird and the modern aesthetic of Alexander Calder’s standing mobiles. The Roof Garden commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts will be on view April 16 through October 31.

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