Art and Culture

CNBC spoke to experts in the non-fungible token space about what the new technology is what it all means for investors and the future of art.

Band says it will pay surcharge so it can “use or supply” sustainable aviation fuel when flying.

The business of buying, selling and flipping pre-owned and vintage watches online has exploded, and a number of start-ups are hoping to cash in on the boom.

Five art works that were created by entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk for his VeeFriends NFT collection were auctioned at Christie’s on Friday for 1.2 million.

After years of legal wrangling, the art collection of real estate tycoon Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife, Linda, is headed for auction at Sotheby’s.

Visa said Monday it bought a “CryptoPunk,” one of thousands of NFT-based digital avatars, for nearly $150,000 in ethereum.

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee just named 34 sites to the prestigious World Heritage List, representing two years’ worth of site nominations.

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet purchased by the Hobby Lobby arts and crafts chain for $1.6 million has been forfeited to the United States.

“Anything that looks good and feels good” is art, Damien Hirst told CNBC on Wednesday. “It doesn’t have to be in a gallery.”

AMC Networks has settled a lengthy legal dispute with filmmaker Frank Darabont and the Creative Artists Agency for $200 million over “The Walking Dead.”

“Hamilton” received a $30 million grant from the government’s program for shuttered businesses and could receive up to $20 million more.

The Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program got off to a glitchy start, and applicants say there continue to be problems.

Jin Xing’s private dance company was able to resume national touring last year, the celebrity told Tania Bryer as part of the CNBC Evolve Global Summit.

British computer scientist and inventor Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning the original code for the World Wide Web as a nonfungible token.

Sales of digital collectibles known as non-fungible tokens have fallen dramatically in recent weeks.

The sports card is the first to show 19-year-old Babe Ruth as a minor league pitcher and available via a sports collectible IPO.

It is a great time to use growing power to get paid directly as a creator and cut out the internet gatekeepers, says the CEO of Patreon.

With two major events in the same weekend, the international arts scene signaled it has no intention of letting yet another year get canceled by Covid.  

Ten years after Mark Haines passed away, CNBC honored him by auctioning an NFT of his historic market call at the depths of the Great Recession. 

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that Broadway theaters will reopen just after Labor Day at full capacity.