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id: digital-art-history
title: Digital Art and New Media Art History
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    statement: ICA describes Cybernetic Serendipity as a landmark 1968 exhibition curated by Jasia Reichardt.
    source_title: 'ICA Archive: Cybernetic Serendipity'
    source_url: https://archive.ica.art/whats-on/cybernetic-serendipity-documentation/
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    statement: >-
      Christies reported that Beeple Everydays: The First 5000 Days achieved $69,346,250 in March
      2021.
    source_title: 'Christies: Beeple Everydays Results'
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      https://press.christies.com/results-beeples-purely-digital-nft-based--work-of-art-achieves-693-million-at-christies-1/
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    statement: 'MIT Press publishes New Media Art: Practice and Context as a book on new media art practice.'
    source_title: 'MIT Press: New Media Art'
    source_url: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543187/
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  - title: 'ICA Archive: Cybernetic Serendipity'
    type: museum_archive
    year: 2014
    url: https://archive.ica.art/whats-on/cybernetic-serendipity-documentation/
    institution: Institute of Contemporary Arts
  - title: 'Christies: Beeple Everydays Results'
    type: auction_record
    year: 2021
    url: >-
      https://press.christies.com/results-beeples-purely-digital-nft-based--work-of-art-achieves-693-million-at-christies-1/
    institution: Christies
  - title: 'MIT Press: New Media Art'
    type: book
    year: 2022
    url: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543187/
    institution: MIT Press
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updated: '2026-05-28'
---

## TL;DR

Digital art history traces computer, networked, and market-facing art practices from cybernetic exhibitions to new media and NFT-era sales.

## Core Explanation

Digital art history includes early computer-and-cybernetics exhibitions, new media practice, and later market milestones for purely digital works. Institution records help keep those claims grounded in documented events.

## Further Reading

- [ICA Archive: Cybernetic Serendipity](https://archive.ica.art/whats-on/cybernetic-serendipity-documentation/)
- [Christies: Beeple Everydays Results](https://press.christies.com/results-beeples-purely-digital-nft-based--work-of-art-achieves-693-million-at-christies-1/)
- [MIT Press: New Media Art](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543187/)