Look: Moon sculptures, NFTs at futuristic Art Basel fair in Switzerland

The world's leading contemporary art fair has taken a futuristic turn this year

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A visitor holds a cell phone displaying a virtual art piece sells by NFT.
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2/11
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are all the rage at the Art Basel fair in Switzerland, where the world of digital assets is taking off.
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Visitors pass by a Jeff Koons artwork 'moonfaces, Leonardo da Vinci'.
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A visitor looks at a Wu Tsang virtual artwork 'A mighty mass emerges'
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Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping depicting a kitchen strewn with giant cockroaches, to a series of portraits carved in wood by Franco-Cameroonian artist Barthelemy Toguo.
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A man looks at a Hanne Darboven's artwork 'Ost-West-Demokratie, 1983'
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Visitors pass by a Folkert de Jong's artwork 'The shooting… 1st July 2006'
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A visitor walks past Rebecca Horn’s artwork 'Bee’s planetary map'
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The artwork The Shooting... 1st of July 2006 (2006) by Dutch artist Folkert de Jong is on display at the show Art Unlimited in the context of the international art show Art Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday, June 13, 2022. Unlimited is Art Basel's exhibition platform for projects that transcend the limitations of a classical art-show stand, including out-sized sculpture and paintings, video projections, large-scale installations, and live performances. (Georgios Kefalas/Keystone via AP)
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The artwork Number 341 (2022) by American artist Leonardo Drew is on display at the show Art Unlimited in the context of the international art show Art Basel.
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Cameroonian artist Barthelemy Togo poses by his artwork 'Bilongue'
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