NFTs get the thumbs-down from some artists
Some consider the trend elitist; others say it encourages 'bad art', triggers speculation frenzy and has staggering environmental costs
Singapore
WHEN non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, first exploded on to the market last year, proponents touted their potential to democratise art and give emerging artists new ways to earn money.
But these unique representations of digital artworks are increasingly drawing the ire of some artists, who say they exacerbate the commodification of art and are making only very few artists very rich.
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