Artnet Bulletin

MSCHF Co-Founder Goes Solo

Plus, LACMA’s gets a major digital-art gift, the remarkable story behind Gary Tyler’s museum show, and other art world matters.

Lukas Bentel working on MSCHF's Severed Spots project. Photo courtesy Nikolas Bentel.

Ben Davis Oct 27, 2026

ShareShare This Article

The Artnet Bulletin is our daily digest of five items from around the art world that are worth knowing. A different writer takes over each morning.

A Shakeup at MSCHF

MSCHF is one of the few groups to have figured out the viral media/art crossover space, with projects like its ATM Leaderboard at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2022 and Big Red Boots, the meme-fashion sensation from 2023. Lukas Bentel founded the collective with Daniel Greenberg , Stephen Tetreault , Gabriel Whaley , and Kevin Wiesnerand —but yesterday announced that he is striking out on his own.…