Virgil Abloh died of cancer on 29 november 2021 he was a designer for famous designers brand, NFT artist and also the CEO of OFF-WHITE. He was loved by all and an NFT was created to honor him.

Famous Internationally renowned pop artist and painter Rob Prior announced a multi-million dollar art sale at Art Basel Miami, which is the first of it kind in history. This sale include the purchase of a watercolor portrait of renowned fashion designer and music director Virgil Abloh by real estate executive Daniel Pettit for USD 1 million.

Rob had the piece painted live in Miami, and Pettit showed interest to purchase it immediately. The painting comes with a rare 1:1 NFT of the portrait minted by QNFT, a division of BQT Technologies.

Daniel petite said “As an art collector, it’s one thing to make a transactional purchase and own a piece of art,” “But watching Rob paint, and then getting to take that piece home and relive that experience, it takes his art to an entirely different level.”

“Watching Rob paint is like watching a symphony conductor at Carnegie Hall and we are humbled to be part of Rob’s team. We are saving all the ‘back-stage’ content of Rob’s making his masterpieces for the NFT metadata to be recorded in history,” Mandel said.

After the sale, Prior expressed his gratitude to the collectors, stating “I always tell fans ‘I do art.’ But, I have to say, it’s kind of humbling that collectors express the interest and faith in my pieces to place a value like this on them.”

An audience present for the live painting of Virgil Abloh noted, “I watched as onlookers cried, overcome by the power of the live creation of this true art depicating the life of LEGEND Virgil abloh”


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