London’s Moniker Art Fair has collaborated with bitcoin-based global art, music, and technology collective Fork The Banks for its 2015 edition to become the world’s first international art fair to accept Bitcoin payments.
Specialising in urban culture and its related genres, Moniker Art Fair returns for its sixth year from October 15-18 with a lineup of approximately 20 national and international contemporary art galleries. The fair will be held at East London’s iconic Old Truman Brewery which it will share with The Other Art Fair, the UK's largest artist-led fair.
The centerpiece of Moniker Art Fair’s collaboration with Fork The Banks will be “Renaissance is Now,” a giant 50ft wall installation that will focus on what Moniker describes as “the solutions offered by global connectivity, decentralisation and collaborative consumption.”
Frankie Shea, Director of Moniker Projects, commented: “Over the last 6 years, Moniker Art Fair has helped forge a direct, unpretentious approach to appreciating and collecting art from a new generation of contemporary artists. With ‘Renaissance is Now,’ our goal is not only to produce a visually stunning installation, but to introduce Bitcoin and its benefits to the wider public.
Highlights of Moniker Art Fair 2015 will include an immersive showcase of works by Bristol stencil artist Nick Walker, the first UK solo show of French street artist Bom.k, a Star Wars inspired collection by Ryan Callanan (RYCA), original works by French artist WK Interact, as well as secondary market works by the likes of from Banksy, Peter Blake, and Takashi Murakami.
For the first time in 2015 the fair will also host “Art On A Postcard,” a secret auction of 200 original postcard-size artworks which will be available to buy with a £50 lottery ticket that will be matched to the artworks on the closing day of the fair.
Galleries:
34 Fine Art(SA), 44309 STREET//ART GALLERY(DE), Curious Duke Gallery(UK) , Folly & Muse(UK), Hawkins & Blue(UK), Jealous Print Studio(UK), Jealous Gallery(UK), Graffik Gallery(UK), Iaysha Art(UK), Kallenbach Gallery(NL), Kumi Contemporary(UK), London Westbank Gallery(UK), Moniker Projects(UK), MYA Gallery (FR), Smithson Gallery(UK), TAG Fine Arts(UK), Worldart(SA), and more.
