{"id":1759991,"date":"2022-12-02T13:33:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759991"},"modified":"2022-12-02T13:33:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:33:58","slug":"famed-auction-house-christies-pushes-new-piss-christ-nft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/famed-auction-house-christies-pushes-new-piss-christ-nft\/","title":{"rendered":"Famed Auction House Christie\u2019s Pushes New \u2018Piss Christ\u2019 NFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamed-auction-house-christies-pushes-new-piss-christ-nft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Famed auction house Christie\u2019s is pushing a non-fungible token (NFT) this week: the infamous 1987 work from artist Andres Serrano titled \u201cPiss Christ,\u201d a photo of a crucifix submerged in a glass tank allegedly filled with Serrano\u2019s urine.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American photographer\/artist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andres_artwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andres_artwork<\/a> is best known for pushing boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: \u201cPiss Christ,\u201d a photograph of a crucifix submerged in what is widely speculated to be the artist\u2019s urine. The iconic piece will now be available as an NFT for the very first time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zd7xeAQwSS\">pic.twitter.com\/Zd7xeAQwSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 nft now (@nftnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nftnow\/status\/1596989377564921856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) partially funded \u201cPiss Christ,\u201d precipitating outrage. The photo received a $15,000 award from the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, which was funded partly by the NEA. In 1989, New York GOP Senator Alfonse D\u2019Amato called Piss Christ \u201ca deplorable, despicable display of vulgarity\u201d on the Senate floor and tore up an image of the photograph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat it symbolizes is the way Christ died: the blood came out of him but so did the piss and the s***,\u201d Serrano told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2016\/apr\/03\/andres-serrano-interview-donald-trump-piss-christ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> in 2016. \u201cMaybe if Piss Christ upsets you, it\u2019s because it gives some sense of what the crucifixion actually was like \u2026 I was born and raised a Catholic and I\u2019ve been a Christian all my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dynamic video NFT replicates three historic vandalisms of the original 1987 photograph on a yearly cycle. [Skillfully] applying the time-based mechanisms of digital art, Serrano both archives and transforms the story of his infamous photograph, underscoring its enduring legacy in the history of art and the right to creative expression,\u201d Christie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/features\/andres-serrano-transfigures-piss-christ-into-nft-12556-3.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NFT was produced in collaboration with a\/political, an organization whose <a href=\"https:\/\/about.apolitical.co\/our-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-founder<\/a>, Lisa Witter, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/global-womensrights-top100-idINKCN1T000R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019s time to showcase the inspirational people who are pioneering change and shaping gender policy around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, a\/political released its Gender Equality Top 100 list which included people such as transgender rights activist Sarah McBride, who works at the LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, and Leana Wen, the then-head of Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Christie\u2019s was one of the first businesses to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/christies-asks-excluded-trumps-tariffs-chinese-imports-claiming-cause-significant-loss-business-1695027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">file for exemption<\/a> against former President Trump\u2019s tariffs on Chinese art and antiques. Those tariffs imposed a 15% duty on seven types of artwork and antiques from China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also will severely impact the U.S. art market as a whole, drying up any ability to purchase Chinese artworks outside of the United States,\u201d Christie\u2019s declared. \u201cPunishing the U.S. art market in this manner flies in the face of an important American value of support for the art world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, Christie\u2019s announced a global sustainability initiative. Prior to that, in 2019, Christie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/home\/about-us\/corporate-social-responsibility\/sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sold<\/a> the personal guitar collection of Pink Floyd\u2019s David Gilmour for $21.5 million; all proceeds went to ClientEarth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famed auction house Christie\u2019s is pushing a non-fungible token (NFT) this week: the infamous 1987 work from artist Andres Serrano titled \u201cPiss Christ,\u201d a photo of a crucifix submerged in a glass tank allegedly filled with Serrano\u2019s urine. American photographer\/artist @andres_artwork is best known for pushing boundaries. 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