Street art, graffiti and NFTs

Abstract

More and more street and graffiti artists are using NFTs to monetize their art. A reason for this might be that the digital medium combined with the cultural aspects surrounding the NFT scene, such as the sense of community connected to the art and the tokens, fits well within these creative subcultures. One may think that in addition to this, Web3 and NFTs allow for a more democratic and direct link between artists who place their pieces in the street and their audiences. After examining these background issues, the chapter presents and comments on the opinions of a number of street artists, graffiti writers and a curator, who have been interviewed by the authors, on a variety of topics including the tokenization of street art murals and its intersection with copyright.