How does value emerge in CryptoArt? “SuperRare Secondary Market” captures the exploding secondary market, mapped for The New York Times Essay "The Art World Usually Works in Secret. Here’s a Look Inside,” 5/7/21.
Each node is an NFT re-sold on SuperRare between April 2018 and April 2021, shown in the order in which the works were minted. Artworks are linked to all art owned by the same collector. Colors highlight the art collected by the top 20 collectors, listen in tags, and appearing as distinguishable clusters with distinct colors. Go to art.barabasilab.com/nft/ to see the individual collectors and artists on the map.
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