Writing
Explore the library: books by and about Art Blocks artists, with links to artist and publisher shops.
The Spalter collection and the AB[500]
Seventeen artists, their works in the collection, and their Art Blocks series.
Essay · 25 September 2026
Paper trail: the physical editions of the AB[500]
Prints, plots, glass, copper and wood: every official physical we could find, and which a holder can still order.
Essay · 24 September 2026
Proof of humanity: fingerprints in the artblocks code
Typos, unused switches, misleading traits and deliberate accidents in the AB[500].
Essay · 21 September 2026
Why the AB[500] is culturally significant.
A lineage of the exhibitions that defined new movements, from the Salon des Refusés to the founding of Art Blocks.
Essay · 2026
Melissa Wiederrecht: the network state parable.
From a German grazing right to Wyoming to Mecca, and a work of Sudanese memory in the AB[500].
Artist essay · 2026
Trying: the collector as complete set.
An anonymous full-set holder, read through the structure of the wallets rather than the persona.
Collector essay · 2026
Derek Edward Schloss: the collector as investor-historian.
A venture capitalist who funds the medium, holds its genesis layer in depth, and writes its history.
Collector essay · 2026
Justin Trimble: the collector who was there on day one.
Launch-day Art Blocks mints still held, twenty-five Chromie Squiggles, and a platform built for AI art.
Collector essay · 2026
Delronde: the collector of firsts.
Every Curated project in the AB[500], a Fidenza held since 2021, and ENG.ART, a gallery of art enabled by software.
Collector essay · 2026
Matto: the artist inside the index.
An artist-collector whose own Ensō and FOCUS belong to the AB[500] he holds in depth.
Collector essay · 2026
