World-famous Turkish artist Refik Anadol’s NFT painting ‘Casa Batllo: Living Architecture’ was sold at auction for 1 million 380 thousand dollars. Anadol created his work inspired by the famous Casa Batllo house in Barcelona.
Refik Anadol, one of the worldwide pioneers of the new generation of art by bringing art together with data science and artificial intelligence, has achieved a huge success at the auction today. Anadol, who redesigned the famous Casa Batllo house in Barcelona,Casa Batllo: Living ArchitectureNFT work named ” is up for auction 1 million 380 thousand dollars (21 million TL) found a buyer.
At the auction at Christie’s Auction House in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, Casa Batllo: Living Architecture was the only NFT work auctioned. Last bid placed in the auction 1 million 100 thousand dollars while the sale cost 1 million 380 thousand dollars with commissions.
Real-time climate data of Barcelona used
While redesigning the façade of Casa Batllo, the iconic work of famous architect Antoni Gaudi, Anadol also revealed a light show. However, from Barcelona using real-time climate data He made his work truly live. The architectural work that Anadol was inspired by was as follows:
Anadol had previously announced the auction with the following video:
Refik Anadol, previously ‘Machine Hallucination‘, sold its NFT collection for $5.1 million, and announced its cooperation with the technology giant Samsung in the field of NFT in the past months. What we did last year with Refik Anadol our podcast interview You can listen below:
RELATED NEWS
5 Wonderful Works From Refik Anadol’s Extraordinary Exhibition We Say ‘This Is How Art With Technology Happens’
Source :
https://www.ntv.com.tr/n-life/kultur-ve-sanat/refik-anadolun-nft-eseri-acik-artirmada21milyontlyesatildi,Y589Thyt6k6su_TcVvEiRQ