Internet_Art: From the Birth of the Web to the Rise of NFTs

Don’t let the Phaidon imprint, hard cover, and coated paper fool you: this is no mere coffee table book. Rather, it is a a memoir written from the trenches of art and the internet, by a curator who was living these developments as he was theorizing them. Not only is Internet_Art (note the underscore) a document that will determine syllabi of college art history courses for decades to come, it is also a bold proposition on how art history can be written. Equal parts Adam Curtis and Vasari, Kholeif has produced a page-turner that weaves together strands of politics, technology and art to reveal a tapestry of contemporary life and culture. Unmissable for anyone interested the 21st century.

This time vaster and more comprehensively, Kholeif writes how he often does and in the way we should all think about art: how it can help us navigate our place in the universe: whether on the way to the supermarket or deep into the dark net. Unpretentious and enlightening.

A must-read for anyone interested in art, cultural history and digital technology. A story told through a very personal lens, a brilliant memoir.