28/06/2021 Tron's Justin Sun Wins Andy Warhol's "Three Self-Portraits" NFT for $2.8 Million At Binance NFT Auction
The much-awaited Binance NFT marketplace went live last week on Thursday, June 24. The âGenesisâ auction that kickstarted on the same day featuring popular artworks like Andy Warholâs âThree Self Portraitsâ and a digitized NFT of Daliâs âDivine Comedy: rebegetâ.
Tronâs Justin Sun won the bid Warholâs âThree Self-Portraitsâ NFT for a staggering $2.8 million at the Binance NFT auction. This is a great start to Binanceâs NFT marketplace as the auction happens at a time when the NFT industry is facing a severe slowdown.
Tron founder Justin Sun has been one of the active participants in the NFT market and has been keen on acquiring digital collectibles over the last few months. Sun has won several auctions in the past with some popular ones like Beepleâs âOcean Frontâ for a massive $6 million.
Besides, Sun was also aggressively bidding for Beepleâs âEverydays â The First 5000 Daysâ NFT that sold for a staggering $69 million. However, Sun was unfortunate to lose the bid at the last moment.
Citing future potential in the NFT market, Justin sun has launched his own JUST NFT fund. This fund is basically an NFT platform that would mint some of the worldâs top artists and their digital artworks on the blockchain.
Binanceâs Mystery Box and Creators Program
Along with launching the NFT marketplace last Thursday, Binanceâs NFT platform also unveiled its new Mystery Box. This provides a new way for traders to access special NFTs wherein each mystery box will contain a set of different NFTs. The first Mystery Box 16 âtokidokiâ characters, toys from the Japanese lifestyle brand by Italian artist Simone Legno.
On the other hand, to push forward the development and growth of its NFT marketplace, Binance also announced its 100 creators program. this program aims to feature 100 artists on the Binance NFT marketplace and sell their work in form of digital collectibles.
Tronâs Justin Sun won the bid Warholâs âThree Self-Portraitsâ NFT for a staggering $2.8 million at the Binance NFT auction. This is a great start to Binanceâs NFT marketplace as the auction happens at a time when the NFT industry is facing a severe slowdown.
Tron founder Justin Sun has been one of the active participants in the NFT market and has been keen on acquiring digital collectibles over the last few months. Sun has won several auctions in the past with some popular ones like Beepleâs âOcean Frontâ for a massive $6 million.
Besides, Sun was also aggressively bidding for Beepleâs âEverydays â The First 5000 Daysâ NFT that sold for a staggering $69 million. However, Sun was unfortunate to lose the bid at the last moment.
Citing future potential in the NFT market, Justin sun has launched his own JUST NFT fund. This fund is basically an NFT platform that would mint some of the worldâs top artists and their digital artworks on the blockchain.
Binanceâs Mystery Box and Creators Program
Along with launching the NFT marketplace last Thursday, Binanceâs NFT platform also unveiled its new Mystery Box. This provides a new way for traders to access special NFTs wherein each mystery box will contain a set of different NFTs. The first Mystery Box 16 âtokidokiâ characters, toys from the Japanese lifestyle brand by Italian artist Simone Legno.
On the other hand, to push forward the development and growth of its NFT marketplace, Binance also announced its 100 creators program. this program aims to feature 100 artists on the Binance NFT marketplace and sell their work in form of digital collectibles.
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Domestic - 2017
âDomestic is the manifestation of the cultural patriarchy in my home. The wooden "woman's" tragedy of false desire. It was done in a moment of breakup. The hollow 3d body & its lost eyes, invites you to fill up. Trying to reach out, encumbered and wrapped in its own fragility, the new mother rises."
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Ushibori in Hitachi Province, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji
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Marinalandia
The aquatic world in a world to observe, to recreate, like the glacial landscapes. Both are a planet within ours, full of colors in the tropical case or minimalist in the glacier case, with strange species and wonderful animals each in its environment. This visual toy brings you a piece of that world in a fantastic setting.
Fumei Choja and a fox spirit, from the series Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Fumei Choja and a fox spirit, from the series Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything
1820-1840s - Japan
Genesis
JosĂ© Delbo sent me his striking pencil sketch and powerful inked work, which I then interpreted in oil on canvas. I wanted to create a very painterly piece with obvious brush marks etc, but I was also aiming for a nostalgic feel, a kind of 1980âs superhero comic book look, the kind I grew up with. My goal with this animation was to try to recreate, in part, the creative process that both artists went through with the visual information I had. I was able to showcase my painting process more accurately as I could take photographs of my progress throughout. Consecutive images could then be layered like brush strokes over JosĂ©âs drawing to create the impression that this was one continuous artwork from pencil, to ink, to completed painting. The representation of the line sketch at the beginning, then pencil/ink and lastly the paint layers being applied demonstrate both artistsâ struggle for the right lines, tone, form, and colour until the work is finally completed. As the oil was still wet with each photograph the glare of my studio lights can be seen in the brush strokes. Eventually, the figure emerges and as it does, our hero comes to life, looking directly at the viewer -- but is he grimacing in approval or disgust? We will never know for sure as just before he can say anything, white paint is brushed across the canvas entirely and the process begins again. Only the bat is quick enough to escape.