Cover image: Mad Cans — part of Series 1 by Greg MikeI’m not going to start by talking about Beeple. At this point, saying that Beeple sold a painting in a Christie’s online auction for more than $69 million is so “two weeks ago.” I suppose the money must always be remarked on and the sum is remarkable.Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) aren’t limited to art, of course. In fact, they are hardly limited to or by anything at all. They can be images, videos, and audio, historic, comedic, crass, or mundane fandom.At their root, NFTs are simple Ethereum-based smart contracts that can convey anything the seller intends. As we wrote about recently, NFTs have been applied to all manner of media from trading cards to clips of already publicly available video. They don’t transfer any IP and don’t generally give the buyer the reproduction rights. What an NFT does well is show a very clear transfer of property — a clear advantage for art and collectibles.NFTs are like real-world collectibles that come with a certificate of authenticity, except the certificate is the valuable part, and, in this case, the certificate is more like a receipt.Interest has taken NFTs from novelty setting to overdrive in short order, and it’s natural for the art world to lead in ideas and innovation. Art is ever the partner of science, and therefore technology. So we spoke to a few NFT Artists to see where this is all going in terms of art and value.“Greg Mike” Mensching has been reinventing public spaces through a mix of art influenced by graffiti art and skate design for over a decade. He has created surrealist pop-art murals in cities such as Atlanta, Paris, Saint-Tropez, Taipei, Shanghai, New York City, and Los Angeles. Now he’s set his sights on transforming…