Nelson Mandela paintings of life in prison to be sold as NFTs
by Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#5WGMN)
My Robben Island consists of five watercolours painted by former South African president
The contrast between the tiny austere cell on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in jail, and the infinite diversity of the digital world could not be greater.
But the two will come together next month when the first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of artwork by the former South African president and anti-apartheid hero are sold against the backdrop of a booming global digital art market.
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