NFTs are big business - we've seen Tweets sell for millions, the 'deal with it' sunglasses gif go under the hammer for over $8000 and Beeple’s collage, Everydays: The First 5000 Days, sold at Christie’s for $69 million, making him one of the top three most valuable living artists (it's worth noting that prior to this, the most he had ever made from a print was $100).

What in the (art) world is happening?!

Join us for a talk about all things NFTs with Alex Preda, who has just returned from the Digital Art Fair in Hong Kong. He'll explain what NFTs are, why they've exploded over the past year, and how they are radically disrupting the world of art, galleries and museums.

Speaker:

Alex Preda is Professor of Professions, Markets and Technology at King's Business School. Alex's principal research activities relate to global financial markets, and his research interests include: financial professions, knowledge, and expertise; blockchain and cryptoasset technologies; decision-making and cognitive processes in electronic anonymous markets; market automation and trading technologies; valuation processes in markets; the role of communication in decision-making processes; collaborations in the financial industry; the governance of global finance.

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