Rupture's Remains series binds each painting to a Bitcoin Ordinal that decays one pixel per block from the April 2028 halving — preserving one form requires destroying the other. A first presentation of the series, in collaboration with BMAG at NFT.NYC.
BMAG presents Rupture at NFT.NYC — a first look at Remains, a body of work that makes time and collector choice materially present in painting.
Remains is the first series in which a painting and a Bitcoin Ordinal are structurally bound into a single object. To preserve one form, the collector must destroy the other.
The Ordinal is programmed to decay, starting at the 2028 halving, losing one pixel per block mined. The only way to halt the decay of the digital component is sealed beneath the surface of the physical painting: a unique code, retrievable only by destroying a meaningful portion of the work.
Rupture (b. 1993, Switzerland; based in Mexico City) is a self-taught artist working between physical and digital mediums, and the creator of one of the most widely collected artist-made Ordinals series on Bitcoin. Exhibited internationally since 2016, including at Musée Halle Saint-Pierre (Paris) and the 2nd Triennial of Self-Taught Visionary Art (Belgrade); a nominee for the Prix Suisse d'Art Brut.
NFT.NYC — 46 Hester St, Lower East Side, New York. Sep 2–8, 2026.
About the Artist
Rupture
Self-taught artist based in Mexico City, working between physical and digital mediums.
From BMAG
"A series about what survives — and what has to be given up to keep it. We're showing it first."
Collection
Works in This Exhibition
Venue
NFT.NYC
46 Hester St, Lower East Side, New York, NY
Dates
Sep 2, 2026 — Sep 8, 2026
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