❖ Weekly Recap ❖
A new week art extending beyond the screen.
✦ objkt social is here! Built on the AT Protocol behind Bluesky, objkt's new social layer lets artists and collectors connect, share, and collect directly from posts. Thank you to everyone for your patience and feedback as we continue working to improve the experience and build a better space for our community.
✦ VISUAL VOICE by @speciesofvalue (Elisabeth Sweet) was presented at The Adobe Room in Marfa, curated by @kikanicolela and @postanika @_second_guess, and hosted by The Bearded Travelers.
✦ ART VOICES Season Three Hosted by @ARTANDVAULT and moderated by @JustinGilanyi, opened with @kev_esh, the first VAULTED Season One acquisition artist, discussing AI, intimacy, and what makes us human. His work Just Say Yes curated by @kikanicolela is part of Stories We Tell Online on @objktone.
✦ New on OBJKTOR: Meet two artists from @kentocards Season 01: Web Nostalgia. @adiw_galih, winner of the Kento Open Call, and @cybermistic share their creative practices and memories of the early internet.
✦ New Release: The Ceremony: OONA & DAVID by @madebyoona brings two moving-image works from the wedding performance concluding Dear David: A Surveillance Love Story. Curated by @_second_guess.
✦ #MidnightMass by @617gallery surpassed 200 submissions! The third annual Halloween celebration runs through today October 31, with a 500 ꜩ Best in Show prize.
Top 5 Creators:
- @madebyoona
- @csrsnt
- @Surreal_Beam
- @lm_netwebs
- @ex_mortal_
Top 5 Collectors:
- @FlyingBeagle_
- artsseng
- @LegendOnlyBens
- @Justaziz
- @DocSciFi_1
✦ New on @dropdotart:
꧞ *Cuts* by TOCA ME
꧞ *Reyschach* by @reyrove
꧞ *E͕͕n͕͕t͕͕a͕͕n͕͕g͕͕l͕͕e͕͕m͕͕e͕͕n͕͕t͕͕S͕* by @1000Landz
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN :))))))))))
▼ almost_home, @ex_mortal_
3.8/ 5
Our score
Good
Chains
Other
Marketplace fee
5%
Creator royalties
Enforced
Aggregates other markets
Yes
What is objkt?
objkt is the primary digital art and NFT marketplace on the Tezos blockchain. Founded in 2021, the platform aggregates listings across Tezos smart contracts, providing secondary market trading, primary sales, and community indexing for generative and digital artists.
Team and origins
The marketplace was co-founded by Chief Executive Officer Brian McAlister. McAlister started objkt in 2021 to provide indexing and trading infrastructure for the growing Tezos art ecosystem, including assets originally minted through legacy contracts such as hic et nunc.
Trading mechanics and features
objkt operates as a non-custodial marketplace where users connect non-custodial Tezos wallets such as Temple or Kukai. Artists can deploy custom smart contracts or mint directly to shared collections. The platform aggregates listings across external Tezos contracts, including Teia. Beyond standard fixed-price sales, objkt supports English auctions and collection-wide offers. Developers can access collection data and token metadata through a public GraphQL API.
Fees and creator royalties
objkt charges a 5% marketplace fee to the seller on completed sales routed through its native smart contracts. Sales executed through external aggregated contracts like Teia incur no extra marketplace fee from objkt. Artists configure creator royalties between 0% and 25%, which objkt deducts and honors on secondary sales. Listing an item or maintaining a profile incurs no recurring platform subscription fees, though on-chain actions require small network gas fees in Tezos (XTZ), with collection deployment typically costing 1 to 2 XTZ.
Risks and market limitations
The platform relies exclusively on the Tezos network, which maintains lower overall trading volume and liquidity than Ethereum or Solana NFT ecosystems. Creator royalties are enforced at the marketplace interface level rather than being widely immutable at the core protocol layer across all platforms. Collectors also take on illiquidity risks typical of niche digital art markets, where resale demand fluctuates significantly.
Founders
Brian McAlisterCo-founder & CEO
Best for:Tezos digital art collectorsGenerative art creatorsLow-cost NFT minters
Pros and cons
Pros
- Honors creator royalties between 0% and 25% on secondary sales
- No platform fee charged on sales routed through third-party contracts like Teia
- Free public GraphQL API for developers and collection indexing
- Negligible blockchain network gas fees compared to Ethereum marketplaces
Cons
- 5% marketplace fee on native contracts is higher than many competing marketplaces
- Restricted exclusively to Tezos, lacking multichain asset support
- Significantly lower trading volume and liquidity than Ethereum or Solana markets
- Royalties are enforced at the application level rather than strictly on-chain
Our review
3.8/5
Good
objkt is the central marketplace for Tezos digital art with low network fees and creator royalties, though its 5% platform fee is higher than many competitors.
Founded in 2021 by Brian McAlister, objkt is the primary NFT marketplace for the Tezos ecosystem. The platform grew largely around the digital and generative art scene that developed following early Tezos platforms such as hic et nunc. It operates as an open marketplace and indexing layer, aggregating Tezos contracts while allowing creators to deploy collections, run auctions, and mint tokens using wallets like Temple and Kukai.
The platform's main advantage is its deep liquidity within the Tezos ecosystem and low network transaction costs. Deploying a collection on objkt requires about 1 to 2 tez in Tezos network gas and storage fees, avoiding the expensive minting costs common on Ethereum. Creator royalties are also supported. Artists can set secondary sale splits between 0% and 25%. Also, trades made directly through third-party contracts like Teia incur a 0% objkt fee.
The trade-offs involve platform pricing and network focus. For sales executed via objkt smart contracts, the platform takes a 5% marketplace fee from the seller, which is higher than cuts on many competing platforms. Because the platform operates exclusively on Tezos, it offers no native access to major NFT ecosystems on Ethereum, Solana, or Bitcoin Ordinals. Collectors interested strictly in high-volume PFP collectibles or multi-chain aggregation will find its scope limited.
objkt suits digital artists and collectors focused on independent generative art and photography on Tezos. Collectors looking for cross-chain liquidity or tokens traded primarily on Ethereum require alternative marketplaces.
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Specs
| Chains | Other |
|---|---|
| Marketplace fee | 5% · unverified |
| Creator royalties | Enforced · unverified |
| Focus | Art |
| Aggregates other markets | Yes · unverified |
| Zero marketplace fee | No · unverified |
Not disclosed by the provider: KYC required, Launchpad, Mobile app, Token, Points or rewards program.
Data from the provider's website and public sources. Fees and availability change; confirm on the official site before you sign up.
Key features
Tezos contract aggregation
Aggregates listings and trade activity across native objkt contracts and third-party Tezos platforms like Teia.
Flexible creator royalties
Allows creators to set secondary sale royalties between 0% and 25%, which the marketplace honors on trades.
Auction formats
Supports reserve auctions, English auctions, and open offers alongside standard fixed-price listings.
Public GraphQL API
Provides developers with free, queryable access to token metadata, user holdings, and marketplace contract activity.
Non-custodial wallet integration
Connects directly with Tezos wallets like Kukai and Temple for transaction signing and Ledger hardware custody.
Inside objkt
objkt Marketplace
The core web application for discovering, buying, selling, and minting Tezos NFTs, supporting English auctions and direct offers.
objkt GraphQL API
A free public API that lets developers query contract interactions, token balances, transaction history, and collection metadata across the Tezos ecosystem.
objkt screenshots
What users say about objkt
Artists primarily use objkt to host, show, and auction digital artwork alongside NFT collections.
In their own words
“Tenerife 2024 Over the past few months, I have been developing the **Aesthetic Nude Photography Archive** \- an ongoing archive of unique digital works existing exclusively on the blockchain. The project is still in its early stages, but the first archival entries are already live on Objkt.”
“I just auctioned a political art on Objkt, how can I market it since its not safe to share on social media? I’ve made collections of political paintings over the years, but I’ve never really had the chance to show them anywhere.”
Based on 45 Reddit posts and comments from the last 12 months, checked Oct 20, 2026. These are posts by users on other sites, not reviews submitted on CryptoReview.
User reviews
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FAQ
Who founded objkt?
Brian McAlister co-founded objkt and is the platform's Chief Executive Officer.
What fees does objkt charge?
objkt charges sellers a 5% marketplace fee on sales routed through its smart contracts. Sales fulfilled through third-party contracts such as Teia incur a 0% objkt fee.
Which blockchains does objkt support?
objkt operates on the Tezos blockchain. Transactions and listings are settled in XTZ.
How do creator royalties work on objkt?
Creators can configure royalties from 0% to 25% when minting or deploying collections. The marketplace honors these royalty payouts upon secondary sales.
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“Half The Time I Have No Idea How Long It's Going To Take Me To Finish A Piece.”
Chinese digital artist @riniifish revisits childhood memories of button phones, QQ chats, computer games, and virtual pets through the psychedelic creatures of M7 Planet.
▼ Riniifish, Kento Season 01: Web Nostalgia.
Trick or treat! 🍬👻
We're collecting art instead of candy :)
Drop something spooky, strange, creepy, or cute that you've created or collected down below ↓
BONUS POINTS 🎃 If you share your Halloween costumes!
We're collecting art instead of candy :)
Drop something spooky, strange, creepy, or cute that you've created or collected down below ↓
BONUS POINTS 🎃 If you share your Halloween costumes!
🕯️🎃 Happy Halloween!
The 3rd annual #MidnightMass
hosted by @617gallery
A celebration for artists to share their spookiest creations and a 500 ꜩ Best in Show prize up for grabs. 🏅
The Midnight Mass comes to an end tonight. 💀
▼ I Didn't Mean to Wake Them, @pandagenix
▼ ritual, @Nebular___
▼ Held at Last, @amorvobiscum
The 3rd annual #MidnightMass
hosted by @617gallery
A celebration for artists to share their spookiest creations and a 500 ꜩ Best in Show prize up for grabs. 🏅
The Midnight Mass comes to an end tonight. 💀
▼ I Didn't Mean to Wake Them, @pandagenix
▼ ritual, @Nebular___
▼ Held at Last, @amorvobiscum
✦ New on OBJKTOR ✦
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆
𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 @HegelArtCollect
“I bought before I understood.”
Through ashes2ashes, @HegelArtCollect traces the relationships and histories that give artworks meaning beyond the moment they're collected.
▼ Kels, *ashes 1a — a day on the street* (2024).
𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝑹𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆
𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 @HegelArtCollect
“I bought before I understood.”
Through ashes2ashes, @HegelArtCollect traces the relationships and histories that give artworks meaning beyond the moment they're collected.
▼ Kels, *ashes 1a — a day on the street* (2024).
Recent public posts from @objktcom, shown as published. Not reviewed or endorsed by CryptoReview.
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