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The Lighthouse Gallery breaks the limits of physical art

Digital canvases make gallery walls infinite

Juan A. Hernández, The Weekly Journal

Can you imagine walking into a gallery today to enjoy an art exhibit from a renowned French artist? And then, walking into the same gallery tomorrow morning for an exhibit from an Ukrainian artist, and a Mexican artist in the afternoon?

For the gallery owner it would be nightmare in logistics alone. But not for Crystal Rose Pierce, owner of the Lighthouse Gallery, Puerto Rico and the world’s first NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) gallery.

“Digital artworks can be displayed in tens, or thousands in one evening. Because there are no limitations in terms of wall space, we are able to show many pieces on one wall in our digital canvases. So, we can show a different artist every day, or every hour and be very flexible with our exhibits,” Pierced said. The gallery owner pointed out that, because digital artwork is stored in a ledger within a blockchain, there are a lot of advantages to this kind of art. Were as in the case of physical art there are all sorts of previsions to be taken to guarantee its ownership, authenticity and safety, among other conditions.

“For digital art, all these live in a blockchain, or a digital ledger, and that really transforms the way we move authentic pieces around and store them securely,” said Pierce.

But What Is NFT Art?

An NFT is a digital file that may contain a type of art form and information about it that would establish its provenance, ownership, price or cost. The NFT also includes a history of sales and buyers and, depending on the contract under which it is acquired, it could forward the author royalties for each future sale. Thus, the NFT could can make it easier to detect forgeries by establishing the origins of an art piece and potentially eliminate the market for forgeries. “The NFT market is shortening the gap between the artist/creator and the buyer or collector and The NFT market is shortening the gap between the artist/ creator and the buyer or collector and making it possible for artists to get much more money for their creations.

Crystal Rose Pierce, owner of Lighthouse Gallery

making it possible for artists to get much more money out of their creations,” said Pierce. “The owner/collector [of an NFT] can get all sorts of rights but the main thing here is that he/she gets the right to resell it… and the artist will still get a royalty each time it gets sold.”

According to Pierce, artists in Puerto Rico are very innovative and many have already approached the gallery. “Either they are already making NFTs, or they are merging into it turning their physical into NFTs,” she assured.

Pierce said the Lighthouse Gallery is currently accepting transactions in crypto-currency, and while art pieces are listed in Ethereum, the gallery is “platform agnostic,” meaning payment is accepted in any form of crypto-currency, and credit cards.