Andy Warhol would have loved (or possibly hated) NFTs

Cointelegraph

Published Nov 01, 2022 10:14AM ET

Updated Nov 02, 2022 12:20PM ET

If Andy Warhol the most famous artist of the 20th century were alive today, he would make NFTs. The reasoning is simple: because for Warhol, business was art. So, I decided to do some digging and speak to Warhol experts to see if there is a case.

But Warhol was an artist who defies easy definitions, and not everyone was keen to explore the highly speculative nature of the hypothesis. Professor Golan Levin, professor of electronic art at Carnegie Mellon University, said he couldnt help and instead suggested that I ask a Warhol biographer or a psychic medium.

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