The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) included eight CryptoPunks NFTs and eight Chromie Squiggles generative works in its permanent collection. Private patrons and developers organized the asset transfer under the curation of the Infinite Node Foundation. The museum now keeps these digital objects in the Department of Media and Performance.
Punks numbered 74, 2786, 3407, 4018, 5160, 5616, 7178, and 7899 officially received exhibit status. Curators Stuart Comer and Michelle Kuo selected works with various traits to showcase the technical diversity of the series.
The expansion of the collection occurred after Yuga Labs studio transferred the project’s intellectual property rights to the Infinite Node Foundation, led by Micky Malka. The foundation handles the archiving of digital art and its transfer to the world’s major galleries.
Collection creators Matt Hall and John Watkinson participated in organizing the gift to the museum. Alongside them, Erick Calderon contributed eight of his Chromie Squiggles works. The list of donors also includes collectors Ryan Zurrer and Cozomo de Medici.
CryptoPunks remain one of the most sought-after projects on the Ethereum network. Even with declining activity in the NFT sector, the floor price for a punk stays around 30 ETH, which exceeds $100 000. The inclusion in the MoMA collection confirms the collectible value of these tokens regardless of price volatility.
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