First NFT Digital Islamic Art Agency launched in the Middle East

First NFT Digital Islamic Art Agency launched in the Middle East

Dubai-based Behnood Javaherpour, Founder of Behnoode Foundation and luxury fashion brand BEHNOODE, has announced plans to open the first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Digital Islamic Art Agency, Behnoode Art. The new art agency aims to modernize the artworks of talented Middle Eastern artists and sell its unique digital footprints through live auctions to fine art collectors worldwide.

The Behnoode Art Digital Islamic Art Agency plans to put the Islamic and Middle Eastern artworks and artists at the forefront and celebrate the region’s rich arts and culture in the modern world as well as accommodating the fast responses to fit into the modern art world.

According to Javaherpour, the digital art market offers a host of benefits - democratization, since anyone can access it via a screen; secure ownership recorded on the blockchain; more transparency; speedier payment to the artists as well as royalties paid on resale.