When everything seemed to be going wrong, Cuban multimedia artist Alejandro Pablo Garcia Alarcon found a solution in what some might consider an unusual place: NFTs.
García Alarcón is among at least 30 Cuban artists whose profiles have been delisted from at least two American-owned NFT trading sites sites, including the largest one, OpenSea, and KnownOrigin, according to Cuban NFT artist collectives.
At one point, OpenSea promoted García Alarcón as an artist to watch. But last March, he was suddenly locked out of his account without explanation. When an artist is taken off of a platform, the art they sold is also removed from the site. Although the NFT continues to exist on the blockchain and is available to view on other NFT trading sites, artists say it’s often viewed as a loss by collectors who are confused or want to display the art on more popular platforms.Although OpenSea hasn’t said why it removed the work of the Cuban artists, it likely has to do with the perceived risks of running afoul of U.S. sanctions.
Artists say they’ve never been told explicitly why their accounts were taken down, and when D’Alerta asked for more details, OpenSea responded that it was “unable to disclose additional details,” emails shared with the AP show.
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