Ian Charles Stewart

Family pic with some analog art …

@eli_schein @artblocks_io 👋

Snow Bro

@lifeofc @bryanbrinkman @SamSpratt @batsoupyum Go for it

Two things I've noticed: With the collapse of NFT platforms, artists are taking things into their own hands. @bryanbrinkman and @SamSpratt are great examples. @batsoupyum makes a great point that with the move from platforms to self-sovereignty, we need better distribution. The internet only became useful when it was organized. First by Yahoo and then by Google. The NFT art space is still pretty small and so I'm not sure that a Google search solution is necessary yet, but it could benefit from a directory style organization like Yahoo. Maybe I should build it?

@CaballeroAnaMa 👏👏

just had the most meaningful meeting of my entire life at the Biblioteca Nacional de España. brought them a project I've presented multiple occasions over the past 3 years, getting turned down at every turn. until today, when the (reading) tables turned.

@arabbankCH @redbeardnft Great initiative 👏👏

Arab Bank Switzerland announces the Digital Art Prize 2026. For the first time since its inception in 2023, the prize unfolds within a curated thematic exhibition.

@RDToTheMoon It has always been a sad truth that the artists able to market themselves, build a coherent context for their work, and build a community of support around them (collectors, advisors, curators) do better than those who may have huge talent but don’t do any of this.

Highly recommend artists read this. One of the hardest truths in art is that talent alone is rarely enough. Without structure, rhythm, clarity, and a real system around the work, it becomes much harder to build something that lasts.

@NaughtalieStone @pravijn @cryptopunks Home. 👏👏

From Yuga to NODE to Larva Labs. Forever Punk #98. Eras aren't meant to be endless. They're meant to complete, including my era at the helm of @cryptopunks. Stewardship, by definition, is temporary. It's caretaking until something can stand on its own, or until you no longer need to mediate it. In my eyes, stewardship was never about control or ownership. It was about care and support. That's the role my stewardship played, to make room for something more permanent. A home. CryptoPunks have found homes before. On Ethereum. In a big pink book. MoMA. I found my home with my Punks, more than ever when I lost my physical home in the fires. Home is a place you can return to. Home carries memory. Home gives structure to something alive without fixing it in place. And that's the spirit I hope continues for this project and the community with @nodefnd as their home. Under my care, CryptoPunks moved from the artists who made them, through Yuga, and landing softly at NODE. Helping open the Foundation's doors with the first solo Punks exhibition, this was an incredible honor and a wonderful encore after I stepped down as GM last year. Thankful to Micky, Becky, and the entire NODE team for that opportunity. And now I'm going back to the beginning. To the source. To my new home. Matt & John. I'm officially joining @larvalabs. I spent my last chapter taking care of the collection. Now I'm working with the creators who made that collection. My focus will be on their legacy beyond CryptoPunks alone, the studio's day to day work, and supporting their incomparable vision wherever it leads. More on everything else I'm thinking about soon.

@SamoBurja ☺️

The European Alpine redoubt. Perhaps we can assemble this in the 21st century as a retreat from the ever-expanding greater Middle East.

@FabriceN @SamoBurja @JacobShap I wish that were true

@icsimd @SamoBurja @JacobShap And rich and selfish, and benefits from all the advantages of being a EU member without contributing a dime.

Greater Switzerland has never been tried.

@Iamnoturenemy @SamoBurja @JacobShap I like the optimism. But history would suggest otherwise…

@icsimd @SamoBurja @JacobShap Nope. It works because federalism is still strong. Could also work on a larger scale in priciple

@CozomoMedici I wonder …

Nice list… imo % of tech titans collecting art will see a major increase in the coming years

@ThankYouX @eli_schein @ArtBasel Wish I could be there to see it in person. 👏👏

I am proud to be showcasing new hybrid works at @ArtBasel Hong Kong with Plan X gallery. Hope to see you there March 27-29 in the Zero 10 section.

We create because we need to create. It is inside us. It is irrelevant what other people think. Of course it is nice if others like what we create. Everyone likes having an audience. But the audience is not WHY we create. It is a happy by-product . We create because we need to create.

Artist thoughts: When I was in school, I told my art teacher I wanted to become an artist. She said I was a terrible artist and that I should think of other alternatives. That shook me because I thought teachers knew it all and that her opinion was the ultimate truth. I loved art, but I stopped creating because “I wasn’t good.” A year passed. My heart craved creating art, but my brain would tell me, “You’re not good at it.” I was afraid of grabbing a pencil. I was terrified of a sketchbook. Months passed, and the craving to create became bigger than my fears and traumas. I couldn’t resist and grabbed a pencil and drew in notebooks, on newspapers, everywhere I could. I was unleashed… Did it matter if I was good or not? Not anymore. I couldn’t care less. It was a fire burning in me that needed to create, not a rational decision but my heart asking for it. Then I realized that everyone is allowed to have their own opinions, but it is my choice to do what I want. I want to be an artist. I want to create. And if what I create connects with someone, great. If not, it wasn’t meant to be. What always remains is that choice to be myself and do what I feel I was born to do in this life: art.

@nfergus The case for positive outcomes is well argued here. Let us hope they are right.

This seems like the correct rebuttal. citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insig…

@LynAldenContact 😂

Out of curiosity I tested this with ChatGPT and Grok. Whether to drive or walk to the car wash if you're 100 meters away. ChatGPT failed and Grok passed.

@biancoresearch 👏👏

We need to rule the database — and end its rule over us. Citrini assumes AI will destroy thousands of high-paying jobs and create none in return. He’s missing the real story. The modern job has become soul-draining, mind-numbing database slavery. Millions of talented, ambitious people spend hours of their lives chained to a screen: fixing other people’s mistakes, chasing missing fields, reformatting decks for the tenth time, and babysitting bloated spreadsheets no one will ever read. Our entire existence is ruled by the database. You can’t board a plane, clear security, close a mortgage, pay taxes, or resolve a customer issue unless the system approves — and it’s wrong half the time. Customer service has been reduced to apologizing while you clean up someone else’s mistake. This system is broken, expensive, and — until AI — no one saw another way. Fear of the unknown is why AI scares so many people. They see only disruption and lost jobs because they can’t picture the world when the drudgery finally dies. This is why Citrini's piece below struck a nerve. That’s why we don’t just want agentic AI. We need it. We need thousands — soon millions — of intelligent agents to annihilate this soul-crushing layer. When that weight lifts, work transforms. Humans get to do what lights us up: judgment, relationships, creativity, and solving problems that matter. The office stops being a prison. It becomes a place people genuinely want to be — buzzing with collaboration and the thrill of “we built this together.”This is the real revolution: better, richer, more human lives at work. The transition won’t be easy. Transitions never are. But we need it. The only question is whether the people at the top have the courage to let the old model die. Many C-suite leaders fought hard against even basic hybrid work. If they struggled with that, how will they lead the bigger reinvention coming? The bitter irony: their own jobs are most at risk. That’s why the most exciting companies today are run by 30-year-olds with no legacy baggage. So, are the boomer executives ready to reinvent themselves, or will they scream that everyone needs to stay stuck in the past as slaves to the database, as they demanded everyone stay slaves to the office when they fought remote work?

@operator_______ @aniacatherine 🧐 👏👏

Operator’s @aniacatherine answers the question, “Why repetition?” In an interview about our performance and collection, Repeat as necessary. @thehouseoffineart Learn more ⬇️

@LordByrus 🙏

@icsimd Surreal view, Ian. Enjoy 🍷

Chinese New Year Greetings from the Alps. Great snow and beautiful weather here. A bit crowded on the slopes, but a decent bottle of wine and a roaring fire in the chalet are ample recompense. 🧧🏔️🇨🇭

@verknfts8 🙏🍷

@icsimd Sounds magical! Enjoy the slopes and that well-deserved wine by the fire 🏔️🍷