When you consider just how quickly things move in the metaverse, it’s a wonder that anyone can keep up with all the news and product launches, let alone the constant influx of incredible artwork.
All things considered, it raises an important question: how can you efficiently discover the best upcoming art collections?
For the answer, look no further! I’ve scoured the metaverse to uncover the drops you simply can’t afford to overlook so you can focus on elevating your collection instead of endlessly scrolling through X and Discord.
In this week’s curated Collector’s Digest, I’ll give you a leg up in your search for the premier works debuting on Bitcoin Ordinals, Ethereum, and Solana. Here’s what to look out for this week.
🟧 I Just Want to Be Pure by theartist.btc
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Originals
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.003 BTC
🟧 Chemical Reactions by An Bello
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 64 Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00042 BTC
🟧 Ordinals Summer by Viola Miss Code
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 69 Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Holder Presale [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0003 BTC
🟧 Morning Light by Andrew Hooker
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Originals
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.012 BTC
🟧 Suspended Arbor by Andrew Hooker
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 5 Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.00075 BTC
🟧 Sandfall Cascade by Teraki
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma Prints
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 49 Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0002 BTC
🟪 Bokeh by Michael Kozlowski
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Art Blocks Curated
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 300
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 48H Ranked Auction [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Reserve Price: 0.05 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: In Kozlowski’s words, the objects that comprise “Bokeh” are all part of a larger conversation about light, form, and perception that invites you to interact, move around them, and see them differently depending on where you’re standing. Winners will have the opportunity to purchase a unique, matching wall sculpture of the digital work.
🟪 Exorbitant Stage: Botto, a Decentralized AI Artist
〰️ 📅 Date: October 21st – October 24th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Sotheby’s
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 6 Unique 1/1 Works
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Reserve Auctions [Ongoing]
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: In celebration of the 3-year anniversary of @BottoProject, a decentralized autonomous AI Artist, Sotheby’s is hosting a special auction and exhibition featuring works that highlight Botto’s evolution, including “The Threshold of Reverie,” a piece selected independently by the AI itself outside of the DAO’s normal voting process. This Auction presents a rare opportunity to acquire key limited works that reflect significant milestones in Botto’s artistic journey. The auction concludes Thursday, October 24th at 2pm ET.
🟪 ICYMI by Jack Kaido
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Avant Arte
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 25 Physical Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Raffle [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: $2,772 – $3,305
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: An amalgamation of the places and perspectives that have been core to Kaido’s practice and personal life. The Raffle will run until Thursday, October 31st at 10am ET, and each collector will receive a Physical Print Edition as well as a Physical Twin.
🟪 Furious Hallow by The Mess
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Foundation
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 8
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Reserve Auction
〰️ 💰 Reserve Price: 0.13 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: The 5th of 8 Pieces planned for The Mess’s “Hurricane” Collection.
🟪 Meta(morphosis) by Wires and Trees
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Seize by 6529
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 329 Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: 24H Public [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.06529 ETH
🟪 Elefin by Justin Melillo
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: MONA [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 6
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Limited Edition [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0105 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: A highly detailed 3D Sculpture made using photogrammetry.
🟪 EVENT HORIZON by Deconstruct
〰️ 📅 Closing Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Highlight [Shape]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: Timed Open Edition
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.01 ETH
⬜ To Be Looked At… by Ai Weiwei
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Avant Arte
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 200 Physical Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Raffle [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: $2,439
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Ai Weiwei turns the camera on collectors with an edition of sculptures in cut aluminum. Drawing together personal experiences and societal shifts, he notes that security is often used as a guise for control and that, because of this, surveillance represents power. The Raffle will run until Monday, November 4th at 10am ET.
🟫 Minimal Shift by SMLDMS
〰️ 📅 Date: Monday, October 21st
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: fx(hash) [Tezos]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 128
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public [Ongoing]
〰️ 💰 Price: 1 TEZ
🟧 Uncoded by Uncoded BTC
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Magic Eden
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 3,333
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: GTD AL @ 11:30am ET
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: FCFS AL @ 1pm ET
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 2:30pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0012 BTC
🟧 X2 Horizon – 1st Run by Bitcoin Sneakers
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: BitcoinSneakers(dot)io
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 100 Pairs
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Allowlist Only
〰️ 💰 Price: $235 + $50 Shipping
🟪 Ditherium Gothscapes by Mazin
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Verse x @chilltulpa
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 8
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 24H Auction @ 1pm ET
〰️ 💰 Reserve Price: 0 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: This is the 1st of 8 Unique works in Mazin’s “Phantasmagoria” Collection, which is set to release over the next few months and present a fascinating dark aesthetic of surreal gothscapes composed of experimental, grotesque and glyptic architectural elements. The series blends AI, generative art, data-bending and glitch techniques to craft a purely digital universe.
🟪 Touch Grass by Brutal
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Manifold Studio
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 21 Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 8am ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.05 ETH
🟪 Horizon Of All Creation by Tuukzs
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Highlight [Shape]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Reserve Auction @ 11am ET
〰️ 💰 Reserve Price: 0.12 ETH
🟪 Postino by Chikai
〰️ 📅 Date: Tuesday, October 22nd
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Transient Stacks [Shape]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: Open Edition
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 11am ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0024 ETH
🟪 Tempted in the Garden by Alpha Centauri Kid
〰️ 📅 Closing Date: Wednesday, October 23rd
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Avant Arte
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 30 Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 72H Ranked Auction
〰️ 💰 Reserve Price: 1.25 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: From ACK’s latest collection – “Piano Blossoms” – comes this remarkable, 12k digital artwork that was transformed into a physical object by the printmakers at Make-Ready in London, who worked closely with ACK to introduce layers of texture to the surface of the print. This piece – the only Editioned work in the collection – is a dreamy ode to Music, Van Gogh and the Muse with all the romance of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’. Also worth noting, the collection’s 1 of 1 Auctions closed over the weekend and generated over 100 ETH combined. This Ranked Auction will close at 2pm Eastern Time on Wednesday. Winning bidders will receive both the Physical Print and a Digital Twin.
🟪 Bridging Worlds – Digital Art Beyond Borders
〰️ 📅 Date: October 23rd – October 30th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Christie’s
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 11 Unique 1/1 Works
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Reserve Auctions
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Bridging Worlds aims to explore the transformative power of digital art in connecting worlds, transcending borders, and fostering a sense of unity across diverse artistic practices. Curated by @micolmicolmicol, the auction features 11 artworks donated by notable digital artists including Erick Calderon (Snowfro), IX Shells, Mario Klingemann, and Nice Aunties. The Auction will conclude Wednesday, October 30th.
🟧 Abstractinals II by 8th Project
〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, October 24th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Gamma
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 10 Unique 1/1 Works
〰️ 🎛️ Format: 48H Dutch Auctions
〰️ 💰 Starting Price: 0.08 BTC
〰️ 💰 Resting Price: 0.004 BTC
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: The price will decrease every 18 Blocks until the Resting Price is met. In this second run, 8th Project has remixed 10 Projects including popular collections like BTC Machines, SkullX, Book of Blob, Fomojis, Billion Dollar Cat, and Pand3monium.
🟪 BURNT UMBER BROKEN SILVER AMERICAN SPIRIT by Petra Kortrijk
〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, October 24th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Verse Solos
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of TBA
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 1pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: $350
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: Petra’s latest series exemplifies this fusion through uniquely created compositions. Verse Solos will present 2 Works per Week from this series indefinitely.
🟪 Ephemeral Embers by Bryan Brinkman
〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, October 24th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: Iconic x NR Museum
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 100 Digital Editions
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Presale [Ongoing]
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: 3H Allowlist @ 12pm ET
〰️ 🎛️ Phase: Public @ 3pm ET
〰️ 💰 Price: $350
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: After the mint has closed, each collector will have the exclusive opportunity to purchase a unique museum-quality print, signed and numbered by the artist for $250.
🟪 INTUIT by OLGA.F
〰️ 📅 Date: Thursday, October 24th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: fx(hash) [Base]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: Determined Post-Mint
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Timed OE @ 11am ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 0.0025 ETH
〰️ ℹ️ More Info: In collaboration with Galerie Met, Olga Fradina’s latest work explores the interaction between the subconscious and visual expression through the technique of automatic drawing – a process of creating images without conscious control or planning. The work takes inspiration from the notion of surrealist automatism, a technique in which the artist relinquishes control over the artwork’s creation process and allows a piece to emerge without conscious self-censorship.
🟫 BLUE SERIES: UNIVERSAL SPIRITUALITY by Giuliano Cardell
〰️ 📅 Date: Friday, October 25th
〰️ 🚀 Launchpad: fx(hash) [Tezos]
〰️ 🧮 Supply: 1 of 1 of 300
〰️ 🎛️ Format: Public @ 11am ET
〰️ 💰 Price: 119 TEZ
Thanks for checking out All Eyes on Art! I curate this comprehensive yet selective digest of upcoming collections to keep you informed week in and week out. If you’d like to see more color in your X feed, I share a 30-Day Outlook version of this Collector’s Digest every Monday and my Discover Art series every Thursday.