Contemporary conceptual art, guerrilla installations, and the engineering of perception through context.

First art exhibition by Thomas Hanscomb titled "Art of the People"
Artwork by Thomas Hanscomb being displayed at museum

Works by Thomas Hanscomb

Objects that weren't supposed to be art. Context decided otherwise.

Just Bricks by Thomas Hanscomb

Just Bricks, 2021

500 images of pixelated bricks. Minted and dropped into the NFT market. One question: could the most mundane object on earth become valuable if the context was right?

Deployed through unauthorized installations at the Louvre and Tate, meme culture, and internet subcultures. It went viral globally.

The collection sold for €400,000. The answer was yes.

NFL Puzzle by Thomas Hanscomb

NFL Puzzle, 2022

One image of a library. No instructions. No explanation. Inside it: layers of steganography, encrypted data, and dead drops planted across 15+ countries.

Hundreds of participants solved it layer by layer. The final solve unlocked a hyperobject, a piece so distributed that no single person could perceive it entirely.

The work only exists because they did.

Marco evaristti in collaboration with artist Thomas Hanscomb

Testimonies, 2023

Legal testimonies from 53 priests convicted in Chile. Pulled from court records. Minted permanently on the blockchain in collaboration with Marco Evaristti.

The institution's strategy is silence. The work's strategy is permanence.

A confrontation with what powerful systems prefer to keep buried.

By artist Thomas Hanscomb

Pink Border, 2024

A pink toilet split in half by the Israeli-West Bank border. Installed on-site where a political boundary intersects with the most basic human needs.

The object means nothing. Where it sits means everything. That gap is the work.

Art project by Thomas Hanscomb in museum

Art of the People, 2025

Objects chosen entirely by the people. Smuggled into museums worldwide and placed alongside permanent collections without authorization.

The project reached 50 million+ views across social media. A slice of bread sold for €10,000.

The title says it. Art of the People.

Thomas Hanscomb in A legal dispute with the Danish tax authorities

Tax Haven, 2026

A legal dispute with the Danish tax authorities. The charge: this isn't art.

The venue: a courtroom. The audience: lawyers, bureaucrats, and a judge. The most exclusive exhibition I've ever had. No invitation. No vernissage.

Just a government deciding what art is, on the record, with consequences. The case was meant to shut the work down. It became the work.

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Just Bricks on OpenSea

Buy and sell digital images of pixelated bricks.

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Thomas Hanscomb in the news

Art of the People in TV2

How a slice of bread sold for €10,000.
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