Crypto AI Art #282

# **MONTREAL.AI: Opening the Doors to the Crypto AI Art Movement** ### Historical Significance At the intersection of the **Fine AI Art-market** and the **Crypto Art-market**, **MONTREAL.AI** pioneers the **Crypto AI Art-market**. 1). **Fine AI Art-market history** was made on October 25, 2018, when the first AI artwork ever sold at Christie's shattered expectations, fetching $432,500. 2). **Crypto Art-market history** was made on March 11, 2021, when the first purely digital artwork (NFT) ever offered at Christie's realized $69,346,250. **MONTREAL.AI** presents, with authority, the first novel, original and important **Crypto AI Art** reflecting the _aesthetic diversity_, the _conceptual richness_ and "_purist_" form of AI creativity expressed, via search and learning, by the machine. > " _The Artists Creating with AI Won’t Follow Trends; They Will Set Them._" — MONTREAL.AI **MONTREAL.AI** coined the term **Crypto AI Art** and introduced the hashtag _#cryptoaiart_.