Carmina | Dimas Simas Lopes Contemporary Art Gallery
The world of art has always been a place of innovation and creativity. From the time of the first cave paintings to the latest digital art, artists have been trying to find new ways to express themselves, testing the limits of what is possible. In recent years, this world has been shaken by the emergence of blockchain technology and the rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). For Luís Geraldes, this change would translate into a long journey. Over several years, having created a series of 250 physical paintings, the artist began the process of transforming them into NFTs. This was a complex and time-consuming procedure, where each painting had to be carefully photographed and digitised. In turn, the NFTs had to be created and verified on the blockchain. The artist’s paintings, previously limited to the physical world, are now accessible to anyone with an internet connection, can be bought and sold on the blockchain and, more importantly, can be enjoyed by a new generation of art lovers who are eager to explore the possibilities of blockchain technology.