AB[500] · Artist bibliography

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Sources for steen and n-e-o’s Art Blocks projects, their market records, and the technical, institutional, and critical history of on-chain generative art.

21 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks records Time Squared by n-e-o and steen as 212 unique artworks released on 6 January 2022.

Art Blocks ↗ collection · 2022

Art Blocks explains its model of artist-authored algorithms, randomized minting, and unique generative outputs.

Art Blocks overview ↗ essay · 2020

Art Blocks’ discovery index situates AB[500] among the platform’s collection categories and identifies geometric work as a major aesthetic grouping.

Discover Art Blocks ↗ archive · 2026

Press and criticism

Christie’s collector guide explains Art Blocks and distinguishes system-based generative art from adjacent AI practices.

Christie’s ↗ guide · 2023

The Block reports on Sotheby’s Art Blocks-powered generative-art auction and its market reception.

The Block ↗ press · 2023

The NFT Market Report places Time Squared within a wider chronology of generative collections.

NFT Valuations ↗ report · 2022

Museums and institutions

Museum Angewandte Kunst’s Unblock Gaudi exhibition contextualized generative, motion, AI, and blockchain art within changing digital culture.

Museum Angewandte Kunst ↗ exhibition · 2022

The Generative Art Museum examines technology’s role in widening artistic production and cultural participation.

The Generative Art Museum ↗ exhibition · 2024

The University of Nicosia’s course presentation surveys NFTs and generative art on the blockchain, including Art Blocks’ historical collection categories.

University of Nicosia ↗ lecture · 2022

Galleries and exhibitions

The exhibition catalogue A Generative Movement surveys historical and contemporary generative practice, including work stored on Ethereum and released through Art Blocks.

bitforms gallery ↗ catalogue · 2024

The Generative Art Museum’s exhibition brochure considers blockchain-based art within a global account of technological culture.

World Wide Art brochure ↗ exhibition · 2024

Proof of Work’s exhibition guide documents an early institutional treatment of art made with and about blockchain systems.

Proof of Work ↗ exhibition · 2018

Essays, talks and podcasts

Art Blocks’ protocol overview explains the premise that the algorithm is the artwork and details deterministic hash-based rendering.

Protocol overview ↗ technical essay · 2026

Art Blocks documents how its generator assembles scripts, token hashes, and dependencies into browser-viewable works.

On-chain generator ↗ documentation · 2026

Erick Calderon recounts Art Blocks’ four-year effort to make generative works reconstructable directly from blockchain data.

True On-Chain Artwork ↗ essay · 2024

Art Blocks’ study of Chromie Squiggle explains how collector transactions seed individual outcomes in long-form generative art.

Inside the Algorithm ↗ essay · 2025

Auctions and catalogues

Sotheby’s case study describes its use of Art Blocks Engine for Vera Molnár’s on-chain generative project.

Sotheby’s and Art Blocks ↗ case study · 2023

Sotheby’s Digital Art department archive situates its generative-art sales within a broader program of digital auctions.

Sotheby’s Digital Art ↗ auction archive · 2026

Sotheby’s catalogue entry for The Blocks of Art describes a generative project organized around the Art Blocks community.

Digital Art Day ↗ auction · 2024

Profiles and archives

OpenSea records Calendart as a 365-work Art Blocks collection and indexes its parameter traits.

Calendart ↗ collection archive · 2021

OpenSea records Time Squared as a 212-work Art Blocks collection and indexes arrangement, palette, pattern, size, and speed traits.

Time Squared ↗ collection archive · 2022