🎨 Art Blocks' Drawings for a Monument Sells Out

Artist William Mapan will present **Paysages Plausibles**, a solo exhibition at Art Basel 2026 in Switzerland (June 16-21) at booth Zero 10. The exhibition showcases algorithmic art that creates imaginary landscapes through overlapping shapes, textures, and digital layers using nature-inspired pigments. **Key details:** - Nine months of development combining traditional sketchpad work with computational design - Multiple formats on display: hand-painted oil works, plotter drawings, and a live generator - Visitors can purchase selected outputs and have them plotted on-site The project bridges digital and physical art forms, demonstrating how algorithmic logic can translate across different mediums.

**Rain Blooms**, a new work by Kazuhiro Tanimoto, debuts as an immersive physical exhibition at the neort gallery in Tokyo on May 15. The project explores evolution through pixels operating as living cells, using a cellular automaton system where cells interact, merge, and react to create unpredictable visual and auditory events. Following the Tokyo exhibition, Tanimoto will release **128 digital works** on [Art Blocks Studio](https://www.artblocks.io) on May 21. This marks Tanimoto's return to Art Blocks three years after his curated project *Memories of Digital Data*, which is now part of the AB500 permanent collection. While that earlier work meditated on data deterioration and loss, Rain Blooms experiments with data as a metaphor for life and evolution.

Artist **aa_murakami** is bringing their generative art project *Floating World* to the United States for the first time at the **Museum of Fine Arts in Houston**. The exhibition marks a significant milestone for the Art Blocks artist, showcasing algorithmically-generated artwork in a traditional museum setting. - First U.S. exhibition for aa_murakami's Floating World series - Hosted at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Full details available on [Art Blocks Journal](https://www.artblocks.io/articles/aa-murakami-floating-world-houston-debut)

**Art Blocks 500 artist Kazuhiro Tanimoto is launching Rain Blooms with a dual debut.** The generative art project will premiere at the neort_io gallery in Tokyo on May 15, followed by a release on Art Blocks Studio. Tanimoto, known for his work in the Art Blocks 500 collection, is bringing his latest creation to both physical and digital spaces. **Key Details:** - Physical exhibition at neort_io gallery in Tokyo - Launch date: May 15 - Digital release coming to Art Blocks Studio - Created by Art Blocks 500 artist Kazuhiro Tanimoto The project represents another step in bridging traditional gallery exhibitions with on-chain generative art platforms.

**Casey REAS**, the Art Blocks 500 artist, is releasing a new generative art project called **EX NIHILO** on March 10 at 4:00pm UTC (9:00am Los Angeles time). The project is a collaboration between **Art Blocks** and **Feral File**, marking a notable partnership between two major platforms in the generative art space. - Launch date: March 10, 2026 - Time: 4:00pm UTC / 9:00am Los Angeles - Artist: Casey REAS - Partners: Art Blocks and Feral File REAS is known for his work in computational art and is one of the featured artists in Art Blocks' milestone 500 collection.