MoMA added eight original 2017 CryptoPunks to its permanent collection in the Media and Performance department.
The Punks were donated by Larva Labs and big collectors like Cozomo de’ Medici and Ryan Zurrer.
It’s a huge nod to on-chain art as real culture, not just crypto hype, from one of the top modern museums.
MoMA in New York just added eight CryptoPunks to its permanent collection, putting them in the Media and Performance department alongside video, tech, and experimental art. The Punks are #4018, #2786, #5616, #5160, #3407, #7178, #74, and #7899. It’s a big deal for on-chain art, treating these 2017 pixel characters as serious cultural pieces, not just crypto hype.
CryptoPunks started as a fun experiment by Larva Labs founders Matt Hall and John Watkinson. They coded 10,000 unique 24-by-24 pixel faces and put them straight on the blockchain. No copies, no fakes, with ownership and history locked forever. That setup became the blueprint for NFTs that explode
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