‘I went from having to borrow money to making $4m in a day’: how NFTs are shaking up the art world
- Date: 06-Nov-2021
- Source: The Guardian
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Middle East
‘I went from having to borrow money to making $4m in a day’: how NFTs are shaking up the art world
“It’s actually a lot simpler than you think.” It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and somewhat to my surprise, I’m on the phone to Paris Hilton, who is graciously explaining the world of NFTs.
Hilton is many things – a reality star, an heiress, an unlikely lockdown fitness guru who uses designer handbags instead of weights. But until now, she has never been considered a significant player in the art world. When artists have acknowledged her, often they’ve done so to fetishise her image. In 2008, Damien Hirst bought a portrait of her by the artist Jonathan Yeo, in which her body is constructed from collaged images cut from porn magazines.