Rob Prior creates portrait of Virgil Abloh, sale Includes an NFT

Pop artist and painter Rob Prior has announced a multi-million dollar art sale in Art Basel Miami. The auction included a watercolor portrait of the late fashion designer Virgil Abloh; the artwork sold for $1 million and was purchased by real estate executive Daniel Pettit. It is worth noting that the painting comes with a unique NFT minted by QNFT, a division of BQT Technologies.

Prior has expanded his work via NFTs after his initial token, Reign of Money: What the F#$%, sold for $182,050. In his latest venture Prior, partnered with blockchain marketplace development group, QNFT, to bring his artworks to NFT collectors.

BQT CEO, Edward Mandel, had high praise for the artist and expressed great optimism for the partnership. “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.”

Rob Prior’s fine art career has spanned over thirty years and the demand for his pieces reaches all corners of the world. Prior has exhibited in museums across the US, Europe, and Asia. Known best for his live paintings, he also creates and directs motion pictures and television. A virtuoso in every sense Prior has been labeled as “one of the preeminent content creators” of his generation.

Source: Cointelegraph