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Technopreneur Metakovan, who spent $90 million on NFT art, opens Singapore gallery Padimai
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Singapore-based technopreneur Vignesh Sundaresan (left) has commissioned Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson for a virtual-reality work at his new space Padimai Art & Tech Studio.
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- Technopreneur Metakovan, who spent US$69 million on an NFT in 2021, now advocates for a digital commons and creative sovereignty.
- Padimai Art & Tech Studio is opening with a commissioned work by Olafur Eliasson, Your View Matter.
- Metakovan plans three to four works yearly at Padimai until 2027, as well as talks and conferences.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore-based technopreneur Vignesh Sundaresan once chased records and shelled out an eye-watering US$69 million (S$90 million) for American artist Beeple’s non-fungible token (NFT) Everydays: The First 5,000 Days at a Christie’s auction in 2021, then the most expensive digital artwork sold.
Now, the Chennai-born investor – known by his online name Metakovan
