The Manila Times

Artifract teams up with Belvedere Museum to promote NFTs

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ARTIFRACT, the country’s first tokenized non-fungible token (NFT) platform by UBX and Unit 256, has expanded its operations by collaborat­ing with the Belvedere Museum and promoting “The Kiss” NFTs in Asia.

The Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria has the largest collection of Austrian art from the Middle Ages to the present day as well as works by foreign artists. The world’s biggest collection of Gustav Klimt’s paintings is the centerpiec­e of the Upper Belvedere’s Art Around 1900 exhibition, which includes such works as “The Kiss” and “Judith and the Head of Holofernes.”

Artifract and Belvedere’s collaborat­ion is the firm’s first internatio­nal venture and the first partnershi­p of its kind in Asia. With the help of the Commercial Section of the Austrian Embassy, the partnershi­p was made possible as the leaders of the two companies met through Advantage Austria Global NFT Academy.

“The Kiss” by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt will be Artifract’s first project with the museum. From December 2022, “The Kiss” NFTs will be distribute­d via Artifract. The NFTs will be minted on thekiss.art. According to Wolfgang Bergmann, the chief financial officer of Belvedere, Artifract is an excellent partner for their project’s global promotion.

“Artifract is an outstandin­g partner for the internatio­nal promotion of our NFT project ‘The Kiss,’ as it allows us to reach out to contempora­ry art buyers in and around the Philippine­s,” Bergmann said.

“People from the Philippine­s are well-known in Austria for their strong interest in art, particular­ly Gustav Klimt’s work. Therefore, we aim to inspire them with our unique and exclusive collectibl­es,” Bergmann added.

 ?? CONTRIBUTE­D PHOTO ?? ■ The Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria is one of the world’s leading museums.
CONTRIBUTE­D PHOTO ■ The Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria is one of the world’s leading museums.

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