AB[500] · Artist bibliography

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A source ledger for Matt Hall and John Watkinson's practice, from digital ownership experiments and fully on-chain generation to Quine's self-reproducing programs.

48 sources · last updated 23 June 2026

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks' artist profile identifies Larva Labs as Matt Hall and John Watkinson and gathers their platform activity.

Larva Labs on Art Blocks ↗ artist profile · 2025

Quine is the 497-work final release in the Art Blocks Curated AB[500] collection.

Quine collection ↗ Art Blocks Curated · 2025

The exhibition page explains the ranked auction, self-reproducing programs, quinity, and collector-selectable display generations.

Quine exhibition ↗ exhibition · 2025

Larva Labs' Art Blocks essay details the parent generator, five visual engines, code grid, liminal modes, and PostParams.

Code Generates Art, Art Generates Code ↗ artist essay · 2025

Art Blocks documents its first Art Basel presentation, where all 497 Quines and ten signed artist proofs appeared at Zero 10.

Presenting Quine at Art Basel Miami ↗ exhibition note · 2025

Art Blocks' protocol documentation defines PostParams, the on-chain configuration system used to select a Quine's displayed generation.

PostParams documentation ↗ technical documentation

Works and the artist's own deep pages

Larva Labs' project page presents Quine's five engines, code-bearing image grid, looping behaviours, poster selection, and related research.

Quine ↗ artist project · 2025

A Field Guide to Quine tabulates official and unofficial traits, engines, quinity, symmetry, nude outputs, and intact signatures.

A Field Guide to Quine ↗ artist field guide · 2025

The studio's release essay explains why the final Curated work makes executable code both the subject and visible substance of the image.

Code Generates Art, Art Generates Code ↗ artist essay · 2025

The current CryptoPunks project history covers the 10,000 algorithmic portraits, built-in market, digital identity, and technical foundation.

CryptoPunks ↗ artist project · 2017

The Autoglyphs project history describes 512 works generated and stored entirely on Ethereum and their instruction-based physical outputs.

Autoglyphs ↗ artist project · 2019

The Meebits page records the studio's 20,000 generated voxel characters, asset packs, and custom no-fee exchange.

Meebits ↗ artist project · 2021

Larva Labs documents the 2021 contract that moved CryptoPunk images and attributes fully on-chain.

On-chain CryptoPunks ↗ technical essay · 2021

The fourth-anniversary report traces CryptoPunks' shift from an eight-dollar experiment to a museum and auction-house subject.

CryptoPunks four-year anniversary ↗ artist retrospective · 2021

The post-launch report records Autoglyphs' four-hour mint, 512-work limit, donation model, and Ethereum network demand.

Autoglyphs post-launch report ↗ artist report · 2019

Larva Labs explains the physical framing and ownership display devised for CryptoPunks' first gallery exhibition.

A Physical Model for Digital Art Ownership ↗ artist essay · 2019

The studio announces CryptoPunks' transfer to the nonprofit Infinite NODE Foundation and its preservation mandate.

Infinite NODE Foundation acquires CryptoPunks IP ↗ artist announcement · 2025

Museums and institutions

The Whitney catalogues Autoglyph #115 as a 2019 generative digital artwork hosted on Ethereum and gifted by the artists.

Autoglyph #115 ↗ museum collection · 2024

ICA Miami records The Virtual Lady, CryptoPunk #305 as a 2017 NFT accessioned in 2022.

CryptoPunk #305 ↗ museum collection · 2022

Centre Pompidou's collection record positions CryptoPunk #110 between collectables, pixel art, generative art, and computational experiment.

CryptoPunk #110 ↗ museum collection · 2023

Centre Pompidou describes Autoglyph #25's fully on-chain symbols, computational limits, and relation to Sol LeWitt, Ken Knowlton, and A. Michael Noll.

Autoglyph #25 ↗ museum collection · 2023

LACMA's acquisition release includes a CryptoPunk in its 22-work gift of blockchain-based art.

LACMA blockchain-art acquisition ↗ museum release · 2023

ZKM's CryptoArt survey presents CryptoPunks and Autoglyphs beside early computer artists and explains on-chain generation as a collecting focus.

CryptoArt ↗ museum exhibition · 2021

The Toledo Museum of Art's Infinite Images record explains CryptoPunks' algorithmic traits, marketplace, ownership, and cultural effect through #2073.

CryptoPunk #2073 ↗ museum interpretation

Galleries and exhibitions

Art Basel introduces Zero 10 and its presentation of ten physical Quine prints among code-based and digital practices.

A new space reimagines art in the digital age ↗ fair editorial · 2025

The Zero 10 programme lists Art Blocks and Larva Labs in the inaugural Art Basel Miami Beach digital-art sector.

Zero 10 ↗ art-fair programme · 2025

Glitch Marfa documents CryptoPunk #1478 as a physical-and-streamed gallery display that connects CryptoPunks to Art Blocks history.

CryptoPunk #1478 ↗ gallery exhibition

NODE's inaugural 10,000 exhibition presents CryptoPunks as a living system of code, market events, portraits, and community.

10,000 ↗ institutional exhibition · 2026

Interviews

Right Click Save interviews Hall and Watkinson about quinity, five engines, abstract colour, PostParams, and standing behind an algorithm's entire output space.

Larva Labs on Quine and Code as Art ↗ interview · 2025

Le Random's long interview follows Quine's code compression, strange loops, visual engines, collector agency, and relation to Autoglyphs.

Larva Labs on Computation's Strangeness ↗ interview · 2025

OpenSea's illustrated conversation addresses the making of Quine, its place at the close of Art Blocks Curated, and the duo's long collaboration.

In Conversation with Matt and John ↗ interview · 2025

Artnome's launch interview asks how Autoglyphs made art, provenance, generator, and collector action self-contained on Ethereum.

Autoglyphs, Generative Art Born on the Blockchain ↗ interview · 2019

Pocket Gamer's early interview documents Larva Labs as a two-person Android studio making Battle for Mars and working within mobile constraints.

Larva Labs interview: Battle for Mars ↗ interview · 2009

nft now's interview reconstructs CryptoPunks' two-month build, slow first week, later community growth, and the decision to transfer the brand.

Inside CryptoPunks' Early Days ↗ interview · 2023

Press and criticism

Eleonora Brizi's collector guide situates Quine as a 497-work return to process, structure, and self-referential code.

Five Things You Need to Know About Quine ↗ critical guide · 2025

TechCrunch traces CryptoPunks from a small 2017 experiment through its 2021 collector culture and Autoglyphs sequel.

The Cult of CryptoPunks ↗ feature · 2021

Christie's primer describes CryptoPunks' generative portraits, fixed contract, punk references, and 2021 nine-work sale.

Ten Things to Know About CryptoPunks ↗ auction-house feature · 2021

Artnet's market explainer asks how the portraits, attributes, on-chain ownership, and 2021 Christie’s sale fit art-market conventions.

Twelve Questions About CryptoPunks ↗ criticism · 2021

Le Random reviews NODE's 10,000 as an argument for exhibiting CryptoPunks as a live software stack rather than frozen images.

NODE's 10,000: Fast Art, Slow Looking ↗ exhibition criticism · 2026

Essays, talks and podcasts

Larva Labs' 2019 essay reflects on CryptoPunks, art tokens, open access, provenance, and early responses from artists, collectors, and institutions.

CryptoPunks, Art Tokens, and Digital Art ↗ artist essay · 2019

Douglas Hofstadter's Edge response offers the conceptual reference Larva Labs cites for quines, self-reference, recursion, and strange loops.

On Strange Loops ↗ conceptual essay · 2017

Auctions and catalogues

Sotheby's catalogue records Autoglyph #187 as a unique 2019 work whose token function returns drawing instructions.

Autoglyph #187 ↗ auction catalogue · 2023

Sotheby's GRAILS archive places multiple Autoglyphs and CryptoPunk #6649 within a major digital-art collection.

GRAILS ↗ auction series · 2023–24

Christie's catalogue documents nine CryptoPunks consigned directly by Larva Labs and sold as one lot in its 21st-century evening sale.

Nine CryptoPunks ↗ auction catalogue · 2021

Christie's Hong Kong record describes zombie CryptoPunk #9997, its traits, contract, provenance, and token details.

CryptoPunk #9997 ↗ auction catalogue · 2021

Profiles and archives

Larva Labs' studio history identifies Hall and Watkinson's 1990s computer-science partnership, 2005 founding, code-based method, and institutional record.

About Larva Labs ↗ studio history

Wikipedia provides a chronologically maintained overview of CryptoPunks, its creators, ownership changes, reception, and market history.

CryptoPunks ↗ reference archive

Video

Punks As Told By CryptoPunks opens with Hall and Watkinson recounting the collection's creation, launch, community, and transfer in a filmed oral history.

Punks As Told By CryptoPunks ↗ video series · 2023