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The Game Is Rigged in Mitchell F. Chan’s New Pinball Works

In his first solo show in Asia, the crypto art pioneer swaps the blockchain for the pinball table to examine how play can reinforce the structure of work.

Mitchell F. Chan, Cliffhangers (2026). Courtesy of De Sarthe.

Artnet Gallery Network Oct 26, 2026

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Inside Hong Kong’s De Sarthe gallery, the white cube has been transformed into something more akin to an arcade or game room. “Workers’ Playtime” marks the first solo show in Asia from Mitchell F. Chan , the Toronto-based artist known for his early involvement in crypto art.

Famously, Chan’s 2017 blockchain work Digital Zones of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility , one of his first NFT artworks, appeared at the Fondazione Prada , during the 2024 Venice Biennale , and later fetched $1.5 million at Sotheby’s . Chan has also shown at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum , and he writes about art and technology for Artforum .…