Parisians and tourists will be able to visit the NFT exhibition starting this spring.
Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (also known as Centre Pompidou), a Paris-based contemporary art museum, is planning to open a permanent non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exhibition.
According to the announcement shared on February 10th, the exhibition will display 18 projects from 13 international and French artists.
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In the all-French announcement, the museum noted that it plans to display NFTs from the most popular collections, such as Bored Apes, Crypto Punks, and many others.
The Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, Xavier Rey, commented on the new exhibition by stating:
Web3 is an innovative territory that artists have now seized upon to create original and daring work, and this collection reaffirms our support for artists in their conquest of new means of expression, which is the foundation of modern art.
It appears that the creators of non-fungible tokens are more than happy about this initiative. In a separate announcement issued on February 10th, Yuga Labs revealed that it is donating CryptoPunk #110 to Centre Pompidou.
Based on the announcement, with the donation, Yuga Labs aims to “bring awareness to the provenance and cultural relevance of CryptoPunks.”
When talking about the donation, Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano noted:
The Punks Legacy Project is designed to be a cultural bridge between the traditional art world and Web3 industry <...>. Seeing CryptoPunk #110 displayed in the Centre Pompidou, arguably the world's most prestigious contemporary art museum, is a great moment for the Web3 and NFT ecosystem, and we're honored to help drive this cultural conversation.
Yuga Labs highlighted that it is not the first time the firm has donated Crypto Punks to a museum or art gallery. In 2022, the company gifted CryptoPunk #305 to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
It is worth noting that the Centre Pompidou is planning to open its NFT exhibition in spring 2023.
