Singer Grimes launched and, within minutes, sold its digital art collection called ‘WarNymph’ on February 28 for $ 5.8 million (Rs 424,891,760). The 10 artworks on the block were sold out within 20 minutes, Yahoo News reports.
On Twitter, Grimes announced that her crypto art would be sold through non-fungible tokens or NFTan on the Nifty Gate platform. NFTs, which operate as a special type of digital asset or token, have contributed to the crypto-art market valued at more than $ 100 million, according to the report.
NFT allowed 20 min 🧚🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/LChtcudm1O
– ☘︎𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 (@Grimezsz) February 28, 2021
Among the pieces sold was an image of a child defending Mars that traded at $ 300,000 in 10 minutes and was renamed ‘Newborn 2’ for $ 2.5 million, he said. the report.
People online have speculated that the baby depicted in the collection is a representation of Grimes baby and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, although Grimes described the baby in the artwork as “ Goddess of Neo-Genesis ”.
Grimes took to Twitter to share her art. (Source: Grimes / Twitter)
The collection was a collaboration with the singer’s brother, Mac Boucher, who has also worked with her on past projects.
The artwork includes images of a winged baby in space, and some pieces are added to new music from Grimes. The piece “Earth” contains the unpublished song “Ærythe”. The “Mars” section contains “Mars Theme”, and “Death of the Ancient” features a demo of “Anhedonia”.
Grimes sold her latest piece of art, “Death of the Old,” on Monday for nearly $ 400,000.
The singer plans to donate a portion of the money to Carbon 180, a non-profit organization that aims to reduce carbon emissions. His girlfriend, Musk, whose company SpaceX plans to take humans to Mars, has been under suspicion of reducing emissions; in February, it unveiled details of a $ 100 million carbon sequestration competition it said it would fund.
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