The Hermitage Winter Palace, a grand museum in Russia, has announced the auctioning of 5 legendary paintings transformed into NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) on the Binance marketplace. This event marks another significant movement in the world of art, following the sale of Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo NFTs by the Uffizi Gallery in Italy for 5.3 million Baht in mid-May. The Hermitage is an ancient museum established in 2307 BE and currently houses around 3 million artworks. The 5 selected masterpieces turned into NFTs for this occasion are by renowned artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Wassily Kandinsky. These artworks, which are must-see attractions for visitors, have been digitally transformed into NFTs and include the following: The museum describes the auction on Binance as offering high-resolution, ultra-level digital images of each artwork. These NFTs come with the signature of Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of the Hermitage. Two copies…
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Jim Thompson NFT Elephant to list in Binance
Jim Thompson, in collaboration with Binance and NFKings Productions, brings Thai-designed elephants into the global NFT (Non-Fungible Token) market of Binance through Mystery Boxes. This event celebrates World Elephant Day on August 12. The elephants entering these mystery boxes come in 3D designs, with a total of 10 different designs available. They are categorized into 4 difficulty levels: Normal (4 designs), Rare (3 designs), Super Rare (2 designs), and Super Super Rare (1 design). Each design offers a diverse range of styles, from traditional Thai elephant motifs and Kunchorn Waree from Jim Thompson’s Silk Farm to adorable doodle-like patterned elephants. The most exceptional and rarest design is The Royal Elephant, personally hand-drawn by Jim Thompson himself. There will be a total of 60,000 elephant NFT mystery boxes available for auction starting tomorrow (August 12, 2021, at 11:00 AM UTC or approximately 6:00 PM Thailand time) at a price of…
NFT Binance เปิดตัวได้สวย ผลงาน Andy Warhol จัดไป 80 ล้าน
เปิดตลาด NFTs ของ Binance ผู้ให้บริการแลกเปลี่ยนเงิน crypto ยักษ์ใหญ่ของโลก ที่วันนี้ลงมาลุยตลาด NFTs ของตัวเองอย่างเต็มตัว
Maurizio Cattelan Banana – The Comedian
A completed story of Maurizio Cattelan Banana- The Comedian. Is it an art? the lawsuit and legacy of this work.
Hokusai ukiyo-e to fight fraud in Japan passport
New passport sample which will feature Hokusai’s printing | Image courtesy to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan The works of Katsushika Hokusai, the all-time master of ukiyo-e or Japanese woodblock printing, have been the inspirations for many products such as souvenirs, clothing, or stationery. However, this is the first time that Hokusai’s ukiyo-e will appear in the new Japanese passport for those who apply for a visa from February 2019. The printing series of “36 Views of Mount Fuji”, created in the early 19th century, is the most famous oeuvre of Hokusai. The new passport will include 24 images of this collection, each shown as background on the visa stamping page. This design project began four years ago. The main objectives are to enhance protection against forgery and prepare for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is scheduled to be held in Tokyo in mid-year 2019. The new design also…
Vangogh’s The Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity’s Gate)
Artwork Title: Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity’s Gate) Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Year of Completion: May 1890 Exhibition Location: Kröller-Müller Museum Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 80 cm × 64 cm The Painting “Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity’s Gate)” by Van Gogh is considered a masterpiece, bearing his signature style. Today, let Tae Art Man tell you a story of this oeuvre. Painted just 2 months before his death The painting Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity’s Gate) is a powerful work by Van Gogh, reflecting his profound melancholy and transforming it into a beautiful piece of art in his own style. The artwork measures approximately 80 x 60 cm. Van Gogh painted this piece just two months before his death. Towards the end of his life, Van Gogh underwent several treatments for his mental health, especially after Gauguin left him two years prior (resulting in the incident where he…
Cimabue’s ‘Christ Mocked’ sold for $27 million
Cimabue’s ‘Christ Mocked’ was found in the kitchen when a French elderly lady plan to move out. All the time that millions worth art piece was hanging in the kitchen, she didn’t know that is an oeuvre of medieval Italian grandmaster. The discovery In October 2019, this painting was auctioned at an impressive price of around $27m, which was recorded as the highest auction of medieval painting. This is a once in a blue moon in the art world since Cimabue’s works, which mostly created around the end of the 13th century, are very rare. It’s hard to evaluate if the auction was reasonable or overprice because of lacking the reference price. With a pre-auction valuation of $4.4 – 6.6m, the final price hammered at $26.4m or about five-six times more than the appraised value. By the way, Who is Cimabue? Cimabue is actually an alias “bull’s head,” which used…
Art in the Garden: The Allure of “Dragon’s Footprint” at Art Macao 2019
Yansong Ma and his MAD Architects team were invited to create their installation at the luxury mixed-use complex, Wynn Palace, which hosted the "Garden of Earthly Delights" exhibition as part of Art Macao 2019. The exhibition drew inspiration from and was named after the painting by Renaissance artist Hieronymus Bosch. The artworks in the exhibition explored the concept of "space," with Ma being the only artist to use the outdoor space of this luxury complex as his canvas.
“The Garden of Earthly Delights” at Wynn Palace Macao, Art Macao 2019 | Recap
The exhibition “The Garden of Earthly Delights” at Wynn Palace Macao was one of the highlights in Art Macao 2019, the first edition of its international art exhibition took over 33 museums and landmarks across Macao during five months from June – October 2019. Inspired by a painting from 500 years ago Inspired by a painting from 500 years ago, the exhibition named after a famous work of Hieronymus Bosch- a Dutch renaissance master artist during the 16th century. “The Garden of Earthly Delights” believed to be drawn between the year 1490-1510. This 2.55 x 3.85 m triptych depicts three scenes of heaven, earth, and hell. The left panel describes the atmosphere of heaven, when God created Adam and Eve, the first pair of humans. In contrast, the right panel shows how human is suffering from greed and lust. The centerpiece, which is the main content of the painting, portrays…
