Works of art that made the news in 2021

From a $69m collage of digital images to the return of a Picasso nine years after a near-perfect heist

1. Digitised

Vignesh Sundaresan with the artwork up on his computer

Blockchain entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan with the digital artwork and non-fungible token (NFT) ‘Everydays: The First 5,000 Days’ by Beeple
(Image credit: Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)

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