EVENTS IN 2021
December
Artnet Auction: Beginnings, 15-21 December
Artnet’s first NFT auction centered around the historical trajectory of early computer art, media art, video art and digital art over the past six decades—and its touch points with the development of NFTs. The sale spanned from early pioneers and the inventors of the NFTs, to the generation of digital artists that have fully embraced NFTs in their practice today. Including works by Georg Nees, Herbert W. Franke, Espen Kluge, Osinachi, Justin Aversano, Pindar van Arman, FEWOCIOUS, and Kevin Abosch, Artnet's inaugural auction brought together a tightly curated selection of rare examples from within this burgeoning scene.
Tezos NFT Speaker Series, Art Basel, 2nd December
Panel: “Disrupted: How NFTs are changing models and markets” - From galleries to anonymous collectors, explore how NFTs are changing the models and markets.
Date: 1:15 – 2:00 pm - 2nd December
Speakers: Kate Vass, Jason Bailey, Ryan Royal
November
DAS:London, 15-16 November
DAS is the institutionally focused crypto conference for asset managers and financial services professionals.
Returning in 2021 as a two-day, in-person event, industry leaders from the world of finance and digital assets will gather to discuss crypto from the perspective of industry practitioners.
88 Allegories, Exhibition Opening, 11th November
Exclusive Solo Show by Manolo
A long-awaited solo exhibition opened by one and only generative artist Manolo Gamboa Naon (aka Manoloide) opens soon at KVG on 11th November 2021.
'88 Allegories' generative masterpiece by Manoloide, a group of 88 individual artworks, collectively engaged together building up one main canvas. Each image holds its meaningful message with flower, color, number, and shape.
Unit London, 7th November
Panel: ‘THE ROLE OF COLLECTORS AND BUILDING COMMUNITY IN THE NFT SPACE’
Speakers: Kate Vass, Jhenny, Amir, Esmay Luckihille
Moderated by Micol
Art, Music & Technology by Dreamverse, New York, 4th November
It showcased the pinnacle of NFT art and VR experiences from amazing artists. The intersection of art, technology, and global house DJs will make for an ecstatic, spiritual experience.
Kate Vass Galerie exhibited the artwork by Manoloide ‘Last Flowers', Amarillo, 2021’ at the Dreamverse Day Gallery on 4th November from 12-4 PM EST followed by the after-party to celebrate the Art and Tech with crypto community from 8PM-1AM!
BitBasel Bazaar, New York, 4th November
Bitbasel will present “Bitbasel Bazaar'' NFT Crypto Art show during “NFT.NYC”, the largest NFT event of the year. On the 4th of November, Bitbasel Bazaar showcased various mixed media in collaboration with The Museum of Crypto Art(MOCA), Kate Vass Galerie, and Salomon Arts Gallery.
Date: November 4th, 2021 from 6 – 8PM
Location: Ideal Glass Studios, 9 West 8TH Street, Ground Floor New York, NY 10011
Visit Spalter Private Collection, New York, 2nd November
NFT.NYC, New York, 1-4 November
October
Math Goes Art, Finissage Weekend, 29-30 October
Exclusive first NFT drop by the pioneer of computer art Herbert W. Franke of Lissajous series are now on opensea.io
We are thrilled to be the first to bring you this opportunity to collect the first NFT drop ever produced by 94.yo. artist.
The exclusive 11 artworks are available as unique NFTs on OpenSea in two series Lissajous Blue/Orange and Lissajous Pink/Turquoise, here is the link to explore the drop: https://opensea.io/collection/herbertwfrankelissajous
Sales status: 3 are sold, #4 is reserved, #23 is auctioned with min reserve to the highest bid, the rest 6 are open for bids/purchase.
World Blockchain Summit, Dubai, 14th October
Held under the patronage of The Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al Qassimi, this in-person event is taking place in Dubai, on 13 - 14 October at JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai, UAE.
Panel: Blockchain x NFTs x ART x Gaming: Innovation, Transformation & Tokenization
Date: 14th October, 9.45 am -10.15
Speakers: KATE VASS, NICK SPANOS, TONE VAYS, RICHARD WANG
September
Art Basel, Basel, 21-26 September
Apollo Magazin, 20th September
Apollo, the international Art Magazine featured Kate Vass with all the other professionals and talents among the top international influencers in Art & Tech - 40 Under 40, in the partnership with BNP Paribas.
Installation of Math Goes Art, Zürich, 17th September
The exhibition at Gerber & Stauffer Fine Arts in Zurich, curated by Digital Art advisor Georg Bak, traces the evolution of Herbert W. Franke’s ground-breaking oeuvre from its analog beginnings in the 1950s to today’s NFTs and presents digital homages to Franke by Reeps100 and the digital art collective CryptoWiener. Several important works in the show were kindly contributed by Kate Vass Gallery, Zurich.
Location: Gerber & Stauffer Fine Arts
Date: Friday, 17 September 2021, 2–7 PM
July
Math goes Art, Exhibition opening, 21st July
Math goes Art: Solo Show by Herbert W. Franke - July 21st, 2021 - 31st October 2021
The exhibition focuses on three main bodies of works within Herbert W. Franke's concept of Math Art where the artist has been exploring and researching the visual side of mathematics: Drakula(1970s), Cellular Automata (1990s), Lissajous (1998).
June
CADAF, Paris, 17-24 June
Kate Vass Galerie is glad to announce its participation at CADAF PARIS JUNE 2021, running online June 17-24rd!
Artists featured:
Alexander Reben
David Young
Entangled Others
LuluxXX
Maria Garcia
Sofia Crespo & Entangled Others
Kevin Abosch, also with a special project for VivaTech
Osinachi
VIVA Technology, Paris, 16-19 June
VivaTech is Europe’s biggest startup and tech event. One of the many topics addressed will be the ways in which technology has impacted the creation, curation, and diffusion of entertainment in the 21st century. In collaboration with Beaux Arts & Cie there will be an immersive art room in which KVG will be part of presenting our CADAF program ft. both physical and NFTs works from Sofia Crespo, Entangled Others Studio, Cryptopunks, and Kevin Abosch.
Non Fungible Tokyo, 10-22 June
Kate Vass joined a panel with Kevin Abosch & Kenny Schachter on the 11th of June 12:00 - 12:30 (JST / GMT+9)
This conference is the fourth in a series, starting with the Tokyo Blockchain Game Conference, which was held for the first time in Japan in 2018. Although we have been working to promote NFT (Non-Fungible Token) and develop a healthy industry from the early stage, as the market has rapidly expanded from 2021, discussions about the future of NFT have suddenly begun.
Collector’s Club talk with Kate Vass, 2nd June
Virtual talk with digital gallerist Kate Vass, hosted by Geneva editor Elisabeth Johs. Everything you wanted to know about collecting NFTs and displaying digital artworks!
Date: June 2, 2021, 1PM EST / 7PM ZURICH
April
Fintech Week, Tel Aviv, 19-22 April
Blockchain Life Forum, Moscow, 21-22 April
Kate Vass spoke at the Blockchain Life 2021, which was the main industry event of the year to take place in offline format. For 5 years the forum has been gathering more than 4000 participants in planet's blockchain capitals (Singapore, Moscow) and reconfirming its status as one of the most important events in the world.
March
Telephone Paintings, Exhibition Opening, Montreal, 29th March
Kate Vass Galerie and Anteism Books presented a group exhibition “Telephone paintings” on display at Anteism Books, Montréal, Canada.
Featuring artists: Cornelia Sollfrank, Sofia Crespo, Manolo Gamboa, Naon, Tom White, Desmond Paul Henry, David Young, David Jhave Johnson
The show exhibition with curatorial statement was presented virtually at the NY Artbook Fair, as well as within the Elektra Montreal Showcase of Digital Creation, March 29 to April 1. Also was open for private tours of the installation, to the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms.
Blockchain Online Conference by DC Finance, 3rd March
Priyanka Desai, Derek Edward Schloss, Kate Vass & Kevin ABOSCH were focusing on the following topic:
How are NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) remaking the marketplaces and creating new business opportunities? What are these digital assets and why are they responsible for the current growing trend of dynamic changes in collectibles? What is behind the thesis that they are/will play an important role in new business models for artists, sports clubs, and players as well as real estate and the capital markets? These are just examples of the possibilities of NFTs. On January 24th, 2021 a crypto cyber punk sold for $740,000. What is going on and what can we expect?
Time: Mar 3, 2021, 11:00 AM Eastern Time (the US and Canada)
February
Global Blockchain Congress, Dubai, 9th February
Kate Vass gave a key note speech at the 6th Edition of the Global Blockchain Congress on February 9th, 2021, in Dubai, organized by AgoraGroup. She presented Swiss fintech project SWIC Digital enabling all people to invest via its blockchain-based investment platform. The SWIC Gateway offers a direct exchange of assets between investors and financial providers via Smart Contracts.
This was an exclusive, closed-door, congress between investors and hand-picked Blockchain projects looking to raise funds.