NFT and traditional artists come to New York for the Babylon Art Exhibition

Babylon x NYC, an exhibition of more than 100 physical and digital works of art, takes place in New York City on the 12th-13th. April 2023. The exhibition, put on by Babylon – a Web3 gallery specializing in primary sales of NFT issues – will showcase works by the project’s 30 founding artists, known for their impact on the NFT art space.

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As an exclusive highlight of the exhibition, works by prominent Armenian artist Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, whose Ethereum debut will be hosted at Babylon, and – for the first time on public display – the personal collection of Babylon founder Paruyr Shahbazyan are also on display.

Babylon’s founding artists include mainstream creators such as Rik Oostenbroek, who in a 20-year career has worked with the likes of Mercedes-Benz, Apple and Nike; Archan Nair, whose work has been featured in Rolling Stone and Vogue, and Terrell Jones, whose gangster movie-inspired works have been auctioned at Sotheby’s.

The team and Founding Artists will be on hand to showcase this new NFT platform, which is intended to be the home of NFT Editions, on opening night on April 12th. Babylon x NYC then opens to the public on April 13.

Babylon is a passion project of the founder Shahbazyan. He has called it his ikigai – a Japanese concept that means ‘your reason for being’. Shahbazyan is considered one of the largest and most followed independent NFT collectors, whose collection is estimated at around 4,000 ETH and includes rare and valuable pieces such as a 3D Glass Cap Punk, a Spiral Fidenza and a Red Ringer.

He explains the significance of the Babylon x NYC exhibition:

“Art has always occupied a special part of me, but I wanted to make an impact in the space rather than remain a mere collector.”

“The rise of NFTs has provided an opportunity to change and democratize the art world as much as printmaking did in the 18th century. Babylon brings in new sales mechanisms based on editions that will create an art world that is fairly distributed and open to all.”

Tickets for the Babylon x NYC public exhibition are available here and the exhibition booklet can be viewed here.

Launched in January 2023, Babylon is a Web3 gallery specializing in the primary sale of NFT issues, created and operated by a consortium of founding artists and collectors. Our vision is to make the sale and collection of art accessible to everyone, enhancing the inherently democratic medium that publishing is via a flexible listing model and diverse sales mechanics.