The Creation of Damien Hirst’s The Currency

This historic transaction hash marks the Ethereum contract creation on the 28th July, 2021 for The Currency: the first NFT collection by Damien Hirst. An experiment in reimagining the value and usage of NFTs, The Currency is a collection of 10,000 NFTs corresponding to 10,000 unique physical artworks stored in a secure vault in the UK. Commencing with Hirst’s creation of the physical artworks in 2016, The Currency explores the demarcation of, and relationships between, art and currency. Owners are forced to decide between the digital NFT or the physical artwork, both of which are artworks in their own right. Whichever is chosen, the other is burned. The Currency is a major landmark in b...View all