BMAG Brings Original Satoshi Times Newspaper and Expanded Cultural Programming to Bitcoin Conference 2026

Relics of a Revolution anchors the gallery with a thesis rarely tested in Bitcoin culture: that the movement’s most enduring artifacts are not its code or its coins but its acts of public dissent. The wall brings together Mear One’s protest posters—painted during Gulf War and Occupy Wall Street demonstrations—alongside the Mt. Gox protest sign carried by Kolin Burges during his vigil outside Mt. Gox’s Tokyo offices, one of the most striking acts of individual protest in Bitcoin’s history, a framed original of the Satoshi Times newspaper, and the infamous American flag suit worn by Afroman throughout his court appearances and music videos. A companion three-part editorial series in Bitcoin Magazine, authored by Dennis Koch, features Q&A interviews with all three figures. Koch also moderates a live panel, Looking at Bitcoin Art Through a Protest Lens, during the conference. Select works will be offered at auction through the BMAG and Scarce.city.

Rare Pepes Did It First marks the tenth anniversary of the project widely credited as the origin point of crypto-native art and digital collectibles. The exhibition takes its name from crypto artist XCOPY, who famously wrote, “whenever you think you’re first, check if Rare Pepes did it years ago.” The installation features archival memorabilia contextualizing Rare Pepes foundational role in what would become the global NFT movement.

History of Bitcoin presents a large wall display of prints from the project’s large-format collector’s edition by Smashtoshi—a global art and education collective that brings Bitcoin’s story to life through visuals, storytelling, and immersive experiences. The edition brings together 128 artists across 2,140 copies to tell Bitcoin’s history from its cypherpunk roots to global adoption, each pivotal moment reimagined by a different artist and grounded in original research and first-hand accounts. An exquisite Genesis Editions series is available for presale at Bitcoin 2026.

A two-person exhibition pairs BMAG’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence, Ksenia Buridanova, with Pepenardo, whose MEMETIKRON body of work travels from its opening at BMAG’s Nashville museum to Las Vegas. Buridanova’s residency—spanning multiple international conference events in 2026—follows her January debut exhibition Mysteria Memetica in Nashville.

Ahead of Bitcoin 2026, collectors and enthusiasts can enter the MEMETIKRON Bounty for a signed 1/1 Pepenardo drawing, purchase raffle tickets for a custom Bitcoin poker chip set (details for both can be found on https://shop.museum.b.tc/), hunt for Cardsmiths bitcoin redemption cards and exclusive packs from a Lucky Box vending machine—with live-streamed TikTok card-pack openings on-site. Catch artist interviews at  BrainSprout’s content creator space inside the art gallery. And for those who think Bitcoin art can’t shred—the Bitcoin Guitar by Tim Ronan, finished in Bitcoin orange with a full-length Satoshi Nakamoto inlay in Katakana, will be offered at a starting bid of 1 BTC.