Connecting 20K+ creatives from 145 countries with collectors through community curation. Learn more, do more, be more with HUG 🤗 By
@randizuckerberg
&
@debsoon
Do you have a love of lettercraft?
Curious about calligraphy?
Our newest HUG Artist Storefront is for you!
Shop digital and physical goods from award-winning artist
@letterjack
, our favorite expert for everything from A to Z.
Here's how you can shop and sell with HUG 🔠🧵⤵️
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
We are so excited to announce HUG's long-term vision and roadmap. Introducing HUGhub, a review and aggregation platform (think Product Hunt meets Rotten Tomatoes meets Spotify) for NFT projects/creators!). Read and RT our Medium article 👇
Publication Opportunity • HUG 100 Artists to Watch 2024
📚💯📚💯📚
Open to artists of all mediums and experiences, we are pleased to announce the inaugural edition of HUG 100 Artists to Watch, which will spotlight exceptional artists who are shaping the future of art and…
🛍️ HUG IS BUYING ART 🛍️
We've been curating so many other galleries, it's time for us to grow our own collection!
→ Drop your art
→ Name your price
→ Drop a link to your HUG Artist Profile
Don't have one yet? Apply for free 🔗
Thanks to our friends at
@Okcoin
, we are excited to give away 1 allowlist spot to
@worldofwomennft
Galaxy! To enter, make sure you're following
@thehugxyz
and
@okcoin
and tag a friend whose day you would like to brighten up through lots of HUGS! Ends 3/22 2359 PT 🤗
🍷 OPEN CALL
HUG is partnering with our favorite patron of the arts,
@CozomoMedici
, to showcase 6 artists alongside the iconic pieces from the Medici Collection on billboards at the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo!
Details & link to submit 🔗⤵️
One last opportunity to get onto our HUG mint list! 🥳No grinding required:
1. Follow us
2. Post a tweet, tag
@thehugxyz
, and tell us how holding a HUG NFT will improve your experience in Web3, as a creator/collector/curator
3. Register here:
📣 ARTISTS WANTED
We want to share your art that shares your heritage! 🗺️✨
HUG is partnering with the monumental
@seanftmuseum
, the world's first NFT museum, for our debut collaborative exhibition "Cultural Kaleidoscope" ✨
🗯️ RT to tell your friends
🔗 Submit below ⤵️
OPEN CALL
🎥 The Art of Motion 🎥
HUG is curating 17 animated works with
@DigitalDreamsKC
for an upcoming exhibition in Kansas City!
5 of these works will then be selected by
@infiniteobjects
to turn into customized video sculptures 🖼️✨
How to get curated with
#HUGIRL
🧵
At
@thehugxyz
, we want to celebrate YOU - a budding community of creators & collectors who believes in building the inclusiverse with us. Together, WAGMI! 🚀 RT to take part in our
@thehugxyz
x
@randizuckerberg
's birthday giveaway (read 🧵 for details!)
A decade ago, I sang this song on Broadway. Today I sing this song, surrounded by new friends, as a rallying cry for the women of web3. Together, we can accomplish anything. And have fun doing it!
#WAGMI
PS Look for some fun cameos!
PPS Sorry for *language* at the end 🤣
📢 Artists - Important Announcement about our Open Call for Shibuya Crossing with
@CozomoMedici
⚔️
Given the massive opportunity at stake, we have spoken to Cozomo and his team, who have kindly agreed to take the time required to go through all 1,643 individual submissions.
As…
What's HUG? 🤗
HUG supports NFT creators/collectors through various growth and community initiatives:
🏠 HUGhub: a curate-to-earn NFT discovery platform
🫂 groupHUG: growth accelerator for NFT projects and 1/1 artists-in-residence
🦔 hedgeHUG: early stage pre-mint program
We’ve officially sent 1800+ blind submissions to
@CozomoMedici
to curate the 6 artists who will be displayed in Shibuya Crossing with The Medici Collection.
Thank you and good luck to everyone who has shared their art with us. Your talent is beyond words 🫂💕
Let’s go 🫡
🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED • APPLY BY JAN 22 🚨
Publication Opportunity • HUG 100 Artists to Watch 2024
We are thrilled to share we have extended the deadline for our
#HUG100
art open call!
Open to artists of all mediums and experiences, the inaugural edition of HUG 100 Artists…
It is with great excitement that we announce the first class of artists to be selected in our inaugural HUG 100 Artists to Watch publication.
Curated from thousands of submissions through months of deliberation by our esteemed curatorial jury from the MoMA, artnet, Christie’s,…
📣 VOTING IS OPEN
Your vote matters! We want to know who YOU think should get curated for:
• Shibuya Crossing with
@CozomoMedici
• HUG's Print Shop
• $5K worth of grants from
@MagicEden
If you're an artist, here's how to share your entry for others to vote for you 🧵
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
✧Months of hard work
✧Dozens of artists
✧Hundreds of projects
✧Even more reviews cultivated by our dedicated curators...
...the beta launch of HUG's NFT Discovery & Review Platform is officially LIVE🎊
🤗Start exploring:
Things to look forward to in Apr
✨ Minting of HUG Membership Passes for HUGhub (2nd week)
✨ Opening Discord to HUG Pass holders
✨ Applications for groupHUG
#0003
✨ Launch of hedgeHUG 🦔, our new pre-mint advisory program
✨ Snazzy rebrand, including a custom hug emoji?? 👀
Our next open call is all about you.
Have you ever wanted to display your artwork in a solo exhibition, but have been deterred by barriers like cost, accessibility, and more?
We're partnering with our friends at
@SuburbsGallery
in Montreal to turn that dream into a reality for…
Open Call: Take your art on the road across NYC
🏙️🗽🚚💨🖼️ 🖼️ 🖼️ 🚕 💨🏙️
@shillrxyz
and HUG are curating 100 lucky artists to share with the masses as their mobile gallery takes a grand tour of Manhattan from April 2 through 5 during NFT NYC.
Help us spread the word:
✅…
If you see 🤗 emojis popping up behind Twitter usernames, you will have officially found one of our community curators! Keep your eyes peeled for those hugs!
🤗 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 !
We are partnering with
@artcrushgallery
in Ghent, Belgium for an upcoming exhibition from June 1 to June 8.
We will be accepting submissions through Sunday, May 21 at 9PM PT / Midnight ET.
Here's how you can get curated with
#HUGIRL
🧵
📣 Calling All Artists
Would you like to get mentored by
@jackbutcher
?
Do you want your artwork displayed in Korea, Las Vegas, and beyond?
What about a $500 grant to support your craft?
Introducing HUG Open Calls— life-changing opportunities for artists, all in one place ⤵️
🎉 Minting is now LIVE 🎉
If you are on the mint list, you can now start minting at and have 1 week to do so!
Once you've minted, tweet out your hug with
#HUGitout
so we can find our HUGfam 🤗 Lastly, join our mint party here!
The HUG Print Shop is officially open for business!
🛍️
It's time to bring your love of collecting art for your walls & your wallets together — Explore nearly 80 artworks curated from our global community of artists.
Shop now ⤵️
We are so excited to welcome
@90sbabesnft
to the HUG family that we are giving away 1 90s Babes NFT! To enter:
1. Follow
@thehugxyz
and
@90sbabesnft
2. RT this tweet!
3. Tag 2 friends or more
Giveaway closes 2/25 at 2359h PT.
Good luck all, to infinity and beyond! 🚀
📣 We are officially minting April 15! 📣
Everyone on the mint list will have 1 week to mint! Official links will be shared here and on our official Telegram announcements channel at
Mark your calendars now 📅
We are teaming up with our groupHUG project
@sad_girls_bar
to give out some hugs at the Sad Bar!
Win this Sad Girl and a Self Hug by doing the following:
🧡 Like and RT
🧡 Follow
@sad_girls_bar
and
@thehugxyz
🧡 Tag 2 friends
🤗 2 winners announced in 72 hours
Mint list giveaway winners have been picked and will be announced tomorrow at 10am PT/1pm ET where you will then have 48 hours to mint! Also Discord opens to holders at 8am PT/11am ET! 🎉
We are so excited to give out 10 presale spots to
@TheRoyalsNFT
, the first luxury NFT to showcase African culture! And their artist is none other than groupHUG artist-in-residence
@PowerOfWomenNFT
. To win, follow
@TheRoyalsNFT
and comment below on why representation matters 👑
You're invited to the inaugural HUGFest — an all-day event taking place before NFT NYC in New York City!
📍
@thecanvasglobal
🗓️ April 2, 2024
🕓 3 - 8 PM
Join HUG to celebrate and explore the intersection of art and technology while building new relationships with artists and…
A quick reminder that our mint date is happening in the 2nd week of April (we had pushed it back given our decision to open up mint list applications to the public a while back). Everyone on the list will have one week to mint! Turn on notifications to be kept up to date! 🔔
After raising 3.78 ETH for abortion rights, we are looking to drive more awareness of this campaign. To do so, we are giving away 4
@cmptrCOWGIRLS
NFTs including 3 of these worth 0.9 ETH each.
To win:
✨ Follow
@cmptrCOWGIRLS
✨ RT this tweet and tag someone who cares 💪
Alright, looks like
@opensea
still isn't updating our traits properly, so we stole this off the desks of
@randizuckerberg
and
@debsoon
to drop some sneaky alpha on the rarity of each (side of) hug. Wen utility? Stay tuned for post-mint... 👀
Labs are for experimenting ⚗️
Enter the Innovation Laboratory, where HUG combines our educational resources with
@TransientLabs
's tools to help you create dynamic art, win cash prizes, & get displayed in
@SuperRare
's NYC gallery.
The best part?
It's FREE ✨
Register⤵️
Happy birthday to HUG's founder and CEO,
@randizuckerberg
🎂✨
We couldn't wish for a more perfect mother hugger to our growing global community of 20,000 artists & art lovers!
OPEN CALL
🎲🃏✨
Roll the dice and place your bets—
HUG wants to take your art to Vegas!
Located in the heart of Vegas,
@JRNYGallery
is seeking 4 artists to display alongside iconic artists like Beeple & XCOPY to thousands of attendees of their monthly First Friday Event in…
Are you ready to get real with your love of digital art?
📆📆📆
Save the date:
HUG's Print Shop opens on October 17th.
Over 80 artworks from emerging creators worldwide, curated by some of our favorite leading visual artists, and just waiting to be collected by you.
🚨 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 We are officially opening up our mint list to the public! All you have to do is fill up this form: and you will be considered. Deadline is 3/22, 2359h PT.
Giveaway details:
In partnership with our community, we are giving away 😇 1 x Meta Angels NFT
🐙 1 x Curious Addys NFT
👩🎤 1 x Boss Beauties/Rolling Stones NFT
📚 2 x
@nasacademy
scholarships to
@randizuckerberg
's NFTEasy course starting Mar 5
It's official... HUG is making our Decentraland debut! 🎉 Join us all day tomorrow on April 27 (no matter where in the world you are), with live hangout sessions at 930am ET and 9pm ET. POAPs will be available for claim! See you in the metaverse ✨
🇫🇷🚨 24-HOUR FLASH CALL 🚨🇫🇷
Can’t make it to
@nft_paris
? Send your art instead!
@worldofwomennft
is seeking art to exhibit at
#WoWGala
🪄✨
Art must align with WoW Gala’s existing theme of Cyber Jungle: A Night of Bioluminescent Wonder.
Help us share the opportunity:
💚…
Our ✨FREE✨ resource library is officially live!
• Artist Marketing Handbooks
• Interactive Workbooks
• Art Pricing Calculator
• ...and more, with more to come!
Whether you're an artist, art lover, or endlessly curious— HUG is here to help you go from "IDK" to "IYKYK" ⤵️
🇫🇷 Open Call 🇫🇷
Bonjour, les artistes! We are partnering with
@nft_paris
to take your art to the heart of Paris, at the iconic Grand Palais Éphémère.
👩🏿🎨🧑🏻🎨👨🏽🎨
Details:
10 artists to be selected
Submissions open through October 4
Requirements:
🔁 RP to tell your friends
✅…
ARTISTS WANTED
♥️🌹🎈📕🏓♥️
In China, the color red is associated with celebration, luck, and prosperity.
We are partnering with
@nealgallery
to display red-themed art to celebrate the incoming New Year at The Joy City, a tech-forward shopping center in Beijing through all of…
🎊OPEN CALL • HUGFest NYC • April 2, 2024 🎊
Are you headed to NFT NYC? We are seeking artists, crafters, and makers to award a complimentary booth in our very first HUGFest Artist Market!
→ No rental costs. No commissions. Your sales are yours to keep!
→ Option to submit…
📣 OPEN CALL
Time to take your art to SHIBUYA ✈️🇯🇵
Our friends at
@musehiveart
have invited HUG to curate 10 artists for the ever-epic
@DcentralCon
's first official conference in Tokyo 🗾
頑張ってね!
🔁 RT to tell your friends
🔗 Submit below ⤵️
✋🚫🙅♀️✋🙅🚫✋
The clock has officially run out:
Submissions to the
#HUG100
are CLOSED.
Good luck and godspeed to the artists who shared a record-breaking 2,740 submissions with us!
🤞🍀💫🤞🫡🍀🤞
We have been keeping this news under wraps for a while, but we couldn’t be more excited to share this groupHUG success story, featuring no other than
@BossBeautiesNFT
! 🧵
𝙎𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙐𝙂𝙁𝙚𝙨𝙩 🎉
📍
@thecanvasglobal
🗓️ April 2, 2024
🕓 3 - 8 PM
🎟️ Free tickets:
HUGFest is just around the corner and we are so excited to announce the full line-up of artists you can see, shop, and…
We're celebrating our capsule collection with
@amber_vittoria
with an exclusive giveaway 🎊
✨ 1 Limited Edition NFT (1 of 33)
✨ 1 Limited Edition Numbered Fine Art Physical Print (1 of 33)
How to win:
✅ Like
🔁 RT
2️⃣ Tag 2 friends who are here for the art
To everyone in our HUG family, we are making our biggest announcement to date:
@meta_angels
is officially joining forces with HUG!
What does this mean for our shared future and how does it impact our respective holders?
Press release and details below🧵
Welcome to our favorite day of the week, where we get to recap everything that has been going on in HUG land. Not only that, but we are officially 5️⃣ days from mint day! 🎉 Read on for more 🧵
✨🗽 Bright Lights, Big City! 🗽✨
As many as 460,000 people pass through Times Square in New York City in a single day... now imagine if they were all looking at your art.
So let's make it happen.
HUG is teaming up with our friends at
@ArtInnovationG
to bring your art to…