"In the latest art-as-currency news, chef and restaurateur Brian Ingram has partnered with Joey Africa, a Chicago-based mixed media artist, to launch a 71-piece collection of nonfungible tokens, reports Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal. Purchasers of the NFTs will be given access to a special lounge in the Apostle Supper Club, Ingram’s upcoming restaurant. (He and his wife Sarah Ingram are adding the Apostle to their Twin Cities restaurant roster, which includes Hope Breakfast Bar and the Gnome Craft Pub.) Proceeds from the sales will benefit the Ingrams’ nonprofit, Give Hope. Pieces from the NFT collection start around $2000 (to be paid in cryptocurrency, as it goes), and purchasers will receive both the digital asset and a physical piece of art — unless they don’t want it. In that case, the Biz Journal reports, the painting will be burned (burned!) to “maintain its rarity.”" - Justine Jones
