Sotheby’s has announced the launch of “Glitch: Beyond Binary,” an art sale featuring 34 lots of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from various artists involved in the “glitch art” movement.
The auction house faced criticism last month for its “Glitch-ism” auction, which lacked representation of female artists. Bidding for the new auction will begin on April 19 at 2 p.m. ET.
Glitch art is a form of art practice that incorporates digital or analog errors, known as “glitches,” to disrupt a piece of art. The art form has been used as a means of political and identity expression.
Sotheby’s has made a point of highlighting the diversity of the artists involved in glitch art, stating that they “consist of people from every gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, language, neuro-type, size, ability, class, religion, culture, subculture, political opinion, age, skill level, occupation, and background.”
The artists featured in the auction include XCOPY, neurocolor, Jake Osmun, and others. Sotheby’s has enlisted Dina Chang and Dawnia Darkstone to co-curate the upcoming auction, as they seek to correct the previous auction’s lack of diversity.
