Meanings
nounnom d'artiste (plural noms d'artiste)
plural noms d'artiste
- A pseudonym used by an artist.
On March 11, 2021, all of one year ago, Mike Winkelmann, whose nom d’artiste is Beeple, sold a collage of computer illustrations for $69 million simply because that collage came attached to a digital certificate called an NFT.
2022 March 3, Blake Gopnik, “One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art?”, in The New York Times
Origin
- Frenchnom d'artiste
- Englishnom d'artiste
From French nom d'artiste (literally “artist's name”).
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nom d'artiste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nom%20d'artiste
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“nom d'artiste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nom%20d'artiste. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nom d'artiste,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nom%20d'artiste.
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