Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 10: On-Chain Era (2020s)
2022
Buffalo AKG Acquires NFTs

In December, following the Peer to Peer online exhibition, the Buffalo AKG acquired tokenized editions of all sixteen featured artworks, marking the first major NFT collection in a U.S. art museum. Curated by Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan, the exhibition highlighted global artists exploring blockchain technology, reinforcing the museum’s 160-year legacy of engaging with emerging artistic movements. The acquisition includes works by LaTurbo Avedon, Mitchell F. Chan, Entangled Others, Simon Denny, Amir H. Fallah and others, cementing Buffalo AKG’s role in the acceptance of creative exploration in emerging technologies.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Sources
People
Amir H. Fallah, LaTurbo Avedon, Mitchell F. Chan, Simon Denny, Tina Rivers Ryan
Movements
NFT Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- Blockchain Art, collecting, curation, institutional recognition, NFT Art
- Technologies
- blockchain, NFTs
- People
- Amir H. Fallah, LaTurbo Avedon, Mitchell F. Chan, Simon Denny, Tina Rivers Ryan
- Exhibitions
- Peer to Peer
- Organisations
- Buffalo AKG, Entangled Others
- Places
- United States
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Echoes across time
- 2009 · Bitcoin Genesis Block
- 1991 · Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta Describe a Cryptographically Secured Chain of Blocks
- 1992 · Merkle Trees Added to Blockchain
Le Random editorials
- Simon Denny on Society, Technology and Art, Peter Bauman, September 17, 2024
Le Random podcast
- Protocol Art & Blockchain Formalism—Mitchell F Chan, Ania Catherine, Dejha Ti, matto & maltefr — listen with transcript on Le Random (04 Mar 2025, 64 min). Featuring Mitchell F. Chan. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 10—On-Chain Era (2020s) with Erick Calderon, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Itzel Yard & Rafael Lozano-Hemmer — listen with transcript on Le Random (02 Sep 2024, 63 min). Chapter 10’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify