Reflection | Part 2
From CryptoPunks to Heidi Bucher — and it all makes perfect sense.
Seeing Museum of Modern Art welcoming Heidi Bucher into its collection feels deeply right.
From pixel bodies and digital identities to fragile, tactile skins and water-based forms — this is one continuous conversation about presence, the body, and transformation.
At CityX, we’ve always believed that digital-native art and radical feminist, material practices are not opposites — they are connected by the same questions:
Who are we?
How do we inhabit space?
What traces do we leave behind?
From on-chain avatars to latex, textile, water, and skin — history doesn’t break, it expands.
Welcome to the canon, Heidi 🖤
And yes — this is exactly the bridge CityX stands for.
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#ArtAndTechnology #ContemporaryArt
#MoMA #FromBlockchainToMuseum
Heidi Bucher (1926–1993) | Part 1
Swiss artist and a radical pioneer of feminist and material-based art.
Heidi Bucher is best known for her Bodyshells — latex and textile “skins” peeled from architectural interiors, furniture, and objects. Her practice explored memory, trauma, domestic space, and the body as a site of inscription long before these conversations entered the mainstream.
Alongside architecture, water played a central role in her artistic thinking — not as landscape, but as a charged metaphor for transformation, embodiment, and release from fixed forms. Water and the dragonfly recur in her work as symbols of shedding, metamorphosis, and renewal.
➤ In the CityX Foundation Collection:
Heidi Bucher — Wasserstock (Waterstick), 1977
A powerful voice that continues to resonate — now entering new institutional and digital conversations.
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#FeministArt #MaterialArt #WaterAsMetaphor #BodyAndSpace #ArtHistory #WomenInArt #AvantGardeArt #MuseumCollections #MoMA
✨ Merry Christmas and a brilliant New Year! 🎄
Warmest holiday wishes to our friends, collaborators, and community. Thank you for being part of the CityX Foundation journey 💎
2025 was a year in motion: from @ZonaMaco with Tetiana Malinovska, to curating the first Web3 Nude Photography Auction, to Art Busan 2025 with a tribute to David Lynch and digital presentations bridging physical and digital art worlds.
As our founder @asusha_asya shares:
“CityX Foundation began as a personal journey between heritage and discovery. Rooted in my family’s collection of Ukrainian and international avant-garde, it supports fragile art and explores phygital experiences that change how art is felt and shared. For me, this is where the next generation finds its voice in cultural evolution..”
🚤 Looking ahead:
We’re proud to announce our two-day CityX Foundation Program during the Venice Biennale, May 7–8, 2026 — with curated conversations, special guests, and a few surprises.
More details coming soon, first for our community.
Thank you for being part of this story - and this is only the beginning.
Sharing winter holiday love 💖
CityX Foundation ✨
💎 Collector’s Choice | @ilyabliznets
Ilya Bliznets is a digital figurative artist whose work merges AI generation with manual digital painting — creating layered worlds suspended between the real and the surreal.
“Art helps me understand myself — to see what hides in shadow, to notice what was always there but unseen.”
For Soft Error. A Metamorphosis Chapter — the phygital exhibition by @accomparts × @artontezos_ × @objktcom — Bliznets presented two new works, minted October 2025:
💎 Gust (1/1)
💎 A Light Festive Feeling // 10 editions
Collected by @asusha_asya for the CityX Foundation Digital Art Collection, Gust reflects the dialogue between human touch and algorithmic vision.
→ View on https://t.co/HnaWfGQbaA
🖋️ Oleg Mitasov (1953–1999) | Part 1
Born in Karlovy Vary (then Czechoslovakia), his family later moved to Kharkiv.
Mitasov became a legendary figure in the city’s cultural landscape. Starting in the mid-1980s, he created writings and inscriptions directly on walls, building facades, and in stairwells — turning the city itself into a vast canvas for his creativity.
His apartment also became a total work of art: every surface was covered with words, symbols, and graphic elements.
He is considered one of the first Ukrainian figures associated with street art, though he never saw himself as a vandal — every word and sign carried meaning and intent.
🌟 Boris Redko (b. 1959) | Part 2
Little is known about Boris Redko, born in Kharkiv, he worked as a photographer and was deeply connected to the city’s underground art scene.
A graduate of NTU “KhPI” (Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute), he remains one of the lesser-known yet symbolic figures of the Kharkiv artistic community.
•⌇►In the CityX Foundation Collection:
Zayka (1990) | Fiberboard, oil, nitro paint, acrylic | 70 × 50 cm
This work is part of the Vovatanya Gallery collection and is also included in the CityX Foundation holdings — bridging the city’s cultural legacy and the foundation’s mission.
💫 Zayka became one of the key symbols of our first Kharkiv Avant-Garde Digital Drop, marking the foundation’s debut in the digital art space.
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CityX Foundation × @ArtBasel Paris
✨ One year ago at Art Basel Paris, CityX Foundation was proud to expand our collection with two remarkable acquisitions:
➤ Sidival Fila, ST (Composizione), 2019
➤ Aysha E Arar, Warm Hand, 2023 — acquired through @DvirGallery
These works marked the beginning of our friendship and collaboration with the Dvir Gallery team - a partnership rooted in shared values of artistic depth, dialogue, and cultural preservation.
This year, we’re delighted to see @DvirGallery return to Art Basel Paris with another exceptional lineup of artists - including our beloved Latifa Echakhch.
We wish them continued success and look forward to new encounters that bridge tradition, experimentation, and the fragile beauty of contemporary art 🖤
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Honored to join forces with @accomparts and @artontezos_ for Soft Error. A Metamorphosis Chapter - part of Art on Tezos: Berlin.
Bridging contemporary art, technology, and digital heritage 💗
Soft Error. A Metamorphosis Chapter - live today 💎
in collaboration with @artontezos_ × @objktcom
Soft Error. A Metamorphosis Chapter transforms a small pink cube into a post-digital shrine - an intimate space where glitch meets emotion, and noise becomes a language of memory.
🪩 Editions & Virtual Gallery Launch → Nov 4 // 7PM CET
🎙 Join the talk → https://t.co/lAnLsWvadg
Curated by @vondoyl × @YNKAdigital
Presented by @cityxfoundation × @accomparts
🌍 Contemporary Istanbul 2025
Last year, CityX Foundation visited Contemporary Istanbul as collectors — exploring the fair to shape the vision and future development of CityX Foundation collection. It became an important step in our international journey.
This year, our friends at CutArt Gallery return to the fair with a new project “A surreal perspective on reality” — presenting two remarkable artists:
✨ Daria Usova
✨ Julia Silova — whose work is also part of the CityX Foundation Collection
📍 Booth A117 / September 24–28, 2025
CityX Foundation continues to build bridges across fragile art, digital culture, and global collaborations - and we are pleased to support our partners as they bring fresh visions to Istanbul once again.
❤️ We look forward to sharing more moments from Contemporary Istanbul with you soon!
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🌌 Artem Volokitin (b. 1981) | Artist Portrait | Part 1
Artem Volokitin is a Ukrainian contemporary artist whose monumental canvases unfold as visual symphonies of tension, light, and abstraction. Born in Chuhuiv (Kharkiv region), he trained at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts— winning the first-ever PinchukArtCentre Main Prize (2009), which led to a three‑month internship in London at Antony Gormley’s studio.
🌍 Volokitin’s work has been showcased globally:
➢ Ukrainian Pavilion, Venice Biennale (2015)
➢ Saatchi Gallery (London)
➢ PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv)
➢ Ludwig Museum (Budapest)
➢ Voloshyn Gallery (Kyiv)
➢ Kunstraum Innsbruck (Austria)
His large-scale paintings—often inspired by metaphysical tension and memory—have also been exhibited at Voloshyn Gallery and Double Q Gallery in Hong Kong
✦ Artem remains one of the core artists of the CityX Foundation Collection, embodying our commitment to preserving Fragile Art through both physical and digital narratives.
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Sergey Bratkov | Artist Portrait
🎭 Sergey Bratkov (b. 1960, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is one of the most significant voices in contemporary Ukrainian and Eastern European art. Now based in Berlin, Bratkov’s multidisciplinary practice spans photography, painting, installation, video, and performance.
Combining documentary methods with conceptual strategies, his works explore identity, vulnerability, and the emotional imprints of post-Soviet transition. Over the years, he has shaped a new generation of artists — both through his artistic vision and his twelve years of teaching.
Bratkov has represented Ukraine at major international exhibitions:
• Venice Biennale (2003, 2005, 2007)
• São Paulo Biennale (2002)
• Manifesta 5 (2004)
🖼️ Solo exhibitions include:
• Kunstmuseum, Magdeburg
• S.M.A.K., Ghent
• Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
• Photomuseum Winterthur
• Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
• PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv
🗂️ His works are included in prestigious public and private collections such as Centre Pompidou, Pinault Collection, FRAC, and PinchukArtCentre.
✨ Sergey Bratkov is one of the core artists in the CityX Foundation Collection. We’re proud to present his work in upcoming exhibitions and collaborations — reflecting our mission to preserve and champion Fragile Art: art shaped by cultural disruption, memory, and resistance.
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Sergey Bratkov in the CityX Collection
🧩 Bratkov’s art often uncovers the surreal, absurd, and emotionally charged layers of everyday life — particularly within the psychological and cultural landscapes of post-Soviet Ukraine. His images move fluidly between tenderness and provocation, elevating intimate human moments into broader political and social metaphors.
He frequently captures children, soldiers, and ordinary figures as emblems of deeper structural change — contrasting external appearances with complex inner realities.
➤ In the CityX Foundation Collection:
Sex Shop. Red Bunny from the series Kiss my Google (2016)
→ Photography and collage
This work reflects Bratkov’s exploration of digital desire, constructed identity, and the absurdities of consumerism — a hallmark of his visual language that blends sharp critique with playful subversion.
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🗽 CityX Foundation at https://t.co/AXJSzhcFfh 2025
Just 2 days to go — and we’re ready for New York!
Join @Cityxfoundation at @NFT_NYC — where legacy meets tech.
➤ 350+ Speakers | 3 Stages | 2,000+ Artists
➤ Join the Panel: https://t.co/Y93HiA6Mme
🫦 CityX founder @asusha_asya will speak on the Art Track Panel:
"Dynamic NFTs: Redefining Randomness in Art"
📍 Terrace Stage – Level 9 | June 25 at 4:15 PM
♥︎ Together with: @NFTHYPEMAN · @StipePlejic · @themetamusee · @veeeecoleman
Let’s meet IRL, explore new ideas, and shape what’s next for art + tech.
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🎭 Vitaliy Kulikov (1935–2015) was a Ukrainian artist and graphic illustrator known for his expressive style and emotional depth.
In the CityX Collection: Lilith (2004), oil on canvas.
This work became one of the very first pieces in our digital collection — digitized and minted on the blockchain as part of the Kharkiv Avant-Garde drop.
💃 On @asusha_asya’s iconic birthday, Lilith was shared with the CityX community as a special gift: 40 editions for 40 guests — a gesture of connection, memory, and celebration.
🧬 Lilith continues to live both in our physical archive and as part of CityX evolving digital legacy.
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