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Czech Aristocrat Family Turning Their 700-Year-Old Art Collection Into NFTs
William Lobkowicz giving a virtual tour. Image: House of Lobkowicz, image courtesy of Decrypt
By NOAH BECKER September, 2021
An article about a Czech family turning their art collection into NFTs was sent to me. It reads:
Having overseen the collection for 700 years, the House of Lobkowicz is pinning its hopes for cultural preservation on an invention that wasn't around seven years ago: NFTs—the digital, 21st-century version of a receipt of ownership.
In the middle of October, the family is throwing a forum and gala in the Lobkowicz Palace, part of the famous Prague Castle, which was finally returned to the family in 2003 after a 12-year court battle. There, it will host a free exhibition of prominent NFT works, including an Edward Snowden NFT purchased by PleasrDAO for $5.4 million in ETH this April. WM
Noah Becker
Noah Becker shows his paintings internationally. A visual artist, saxophonist and the publisher and founding editor of Whitehot Magazine, Becker has also written freelance articles for many other major magazines. Becker's writing has appeared in The Guardian, VICE, Garage, Art in America, Interview Magazine, Canadian Art and the Huffington Post. He has also written texts for major artist monographs published by Rizzoli and Hatje Cantz. Becker directed the New York art documentary New York is Now (2010) viewable on Youtube.
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