Current Events > Millionaire burns his Frida Kahlo painting to promote his NFT project.

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WellBye 09/28/22 9:00:34 PM #1:	https://nypost.com/2022/09/27/rare-frida-kahlo-drawing-torched-in-nft-sale/ Millionaire Martin Mobarak probed for torching $10M Frida Kahlo painting in NFT stunt Who says crypto is going down in flames? A Miami millionaire claimed to have burned a $10 million dollar work by renowned painter Frida Kahlo as part of an NFT launch and is now being investigated by officials in the late artists homeland of Mexico, according the countrys National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature. Entrepreneur Martin Mobarak filmed himself apparently setting the small and colorful Kahlo drawing ablaze at an event in July, in a stunt that was meant to promote his sale of digital versions of the rare work, which is considered a national treasure in Mexico. I hope that everyone here can understand it, I hope everyone can see the positive side, he said before removing what appeared to be a drawing, known as Fantasmones Siniestros, from its frame and setting it alight in a martini glass full of fuel. Video from the event shows the image whither and curl in the flames as a small crowd cheers. The event was ostensibly to promote Mobaraks sale of 10,000 unique NFT copies of Fantasmones Sinistros by his latest venture, Frida.NFT. Mobarak has claimed the sale of the NFTs or non-fungible tokens will benefit the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico, Coyoacans Frida Kahlo Museum, and several charities dedicated to medical care for children. What we are going to do is change the lives of thousands of children, Mobarak said... https://i.imgur.com/5WDkDxa.png https://i.imgur.com/3m4HxDd.png <cite>WellBye posted [p:968362202] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>https://nypost.com/2022/09/27/rare-frida-kahlo-drawing-torched-in-nft-sale/Millionaire Martin Mobarak probed for torching $10M Frida Kahlo painting in NFT stuntWho says crypto is going down in flames?A Miami millionaire claimed to have burned a $10 million dollar work by renowned painter Frida Kahlo as part of an NFT launch and is now being investigated by officials in the late artists homeland of Mexico, according the countrys National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature.Entrepreneur Martin Mobarak filmed himself apparently setting the small and colorful Kahlo drawing ablaze at an event in July, in a stunt that was meant to promote his sale of digital versions of the rare work, which is considered a national treasure in Mexico.I hope that everyone here can understand it, I hope everyone can see the positive side, he said before removing what appeared to be a drawing, known as Fantasmones Siniestros, from its frame and setting it alight in a martini glass full of fuel.Video from the event shows the image whither and curl in the flames as a small crowd cheers.The event was ostensibly to promote Mobaraks sale of 10,000 unique NFT copies of Fantasmones Sinistros by his latest venture, Frida.NFT.Mobarak has claimed the sale of the NFTs or non-fungible tokens will benefit the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico, Coyoacans Frida Kahlo Museum, and several charities dedicated to medical care for children.What we are going to do is change the lives of thousands of children, Mobarak said...https://i.imgur.com/5WDkDxa.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/3m4HxDd.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VampireCoyote 09/28/22 9:02:09 PM #3:	He just wanted to be probed --- She/her <cite>VampireCoyote posted [p:968362248] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>He just wanted to be probed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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DipDipDiver 09/28/22 9:03:53 PM #5:	What an asshole <cite>DipDipDiver posted [p:968362288] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>What an asshole</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Pitlord_Special 09/28/22 9:04:12 PM #6:	WellBye posted... unique NFT copies --- Posted from my iPhone 13 <cite>Pitlord_Special posted [p:968362298] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>WellBye posted... </cite><quote>unique NFT copies</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 09/28/22 9:06:38 PM #9:	If he bought the painting, it's his to do whatever the hell he wants with it. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:968362341] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>If he bought the painting, it's his to do whatever the hell he wants with it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
__aCEr__ 09/28/22 9:07:04 PM #10:	Destroying real art for jpg scams. --- See you next Wednesday. <cite>__aCEr__ posted [p:968362357] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Destroying real art for jpg scams.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Nemu 09/28/22 9:08:07 PM #11:	While extraordinarily stupid, it seems inane that one could be charged for destroying their own property. If it's considered an "artistic monument," it shouldn't be allowed in a private collection in the first place. <cite>Nemu posted [p:968362378] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>While extraordinarily stupid, it seems inane that one could be charged for destroying their own property. If it's considered an "artistic monument," it shouldn't be allowed in a private collection in the first place.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WellBye 09/28/22 9:15:08 PM #12:	Questionmarktarius posted... If he bought the painting, it's his to do whatever the hell he wants with it. Yup. I'm assuming he did this in Miami too, so Mexico can't do shit about it lol. <cite>WellBye posted [p:968362578] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite><quote>If he bought the painting, it's his to do whatever the hell he wants with it.</quote>Yup. I'm assuming he did this in Miami too, so Mexico can't do shit about it lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/28/22 9:15:12 PM #13:	Nemu posted... While extraordinarily stupid, it seems inane that one could be charged for destroying their own property. If it's considered an "artistic monument," it shouldn't be allowed in a private collection in the first place. this, and that <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:968362582] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Nemu posted... </cite><quote>While extraordinarily stupid, it seems inane that one could be charged for destroying their own property. If it's considered an "artistic monument," it shouldn't be allowed in a private collection in the first place.</quote>this, and that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prismsblade 09/28/22 9:17:01 PM #14:	No one would do such a thing without unloading it to social media for clout. Dunno what a multimillionaire would want or need to promote NFTs though. Maybe he's fallen on hard times. --- 3DS FC:3368-5403-9633 Name: Kaizer PSN: Blackkaizer <cite>Prismsblade posted [p:968362631] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>No one would do such a thing without unloading it to social media for clout.Dunno what a multimillionaire would want or need to promote NFTs though. Maybe he's fallen on hard times.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ScazarMeltex 09/28/22 9:17:59 PM #15:	Seems likes a very stupid fucking move. --- Furthermore, The GOP is a Fascist Organization and must be destroyed <cite>ScazarMeltex posted [p:968362660] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Seems likes a very stupid fucking move.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dakimakura 09/28/22 9:18:52 PM #16:	Toss him in Mexican jail for crimes against the countries most beloved icon. --- This is signature Not waste of data at all <cite>Dakimakura posted [p:968362688] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Toss him in Mexican jail for crimes against the countries most beloved icon.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/28/22 9:19:46 PM #17:	Prismsblade posted... Dunno what a multimillionaire would want or need to promote NFTs though. Creating value out of the worthless is both the best and worst thing about capitalism. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:968362702] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Prismsblade posted... </cite><quote>Dunno what a multimillionaire would want or need to promote NFTs though.</quote>Creating value out of the worthless is both the best and worst thing about capitalism.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WellBye 09/28/22 9:21:34 PM #18:	https://youtu.be/eXKE0nAMmg4 <cite>WellBye posted [p:968362736] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/eXKE0nAMmg4</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CE_gonna_CE 09/28/22 9:24:24 PM #19:	Hi SMAL --- https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1531-food-delivery-services-general <cite>CE_gonna_CE posted [p:968362792] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Hi SMAL</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cornmuffins 09/28/22 9:26:29 PM #20:	CE_gonna_CE posted... Hi SMAL --- Getting C's and D's, saying thanks and please. You broke the golden rule, you're staying after school. <cite>Cornmuffins posted [p:968362841] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>CE_gonna_CE posted...</cite><quote>Hi SMAL</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 09/28/22 9:28:26 PM #21:	Dude should get life in prison --- http://i.imgur.com/x04tPRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t7T392I.jpg <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:968362869] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Dude should get life in prison</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HylianFox 09/28/22 9:28:52 PM #22:	Great, so now NFTs are leading to the destruction of things that have actual value. There's a dystopian novel in here somewhere... --- THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Do not write in this space. <cite>HylianFox posted [p:968362883] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Great, so now NFTs are leading to the destruction of things that have actual value.There's a dystopian novel in here somewhere...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/28/22 9:30:51 PM #23:	Smashingpmkns posted... Dude should get life in prison for what, burning his own shit? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:968362922] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Smashingpmkns posted... </cite><quote>Dude should get life in prison</quote>for what, burning his own shit?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommonStar 09/28/22 9:33:15 PM #24:	Destroyed a piece of art history in the name of his capitalist NFT bullshit. Fuck off. <cite>CommonStar posted [p:968362972] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Destroyed a piece of art history in the name of his capitalist NFT bullshit. Fuck off.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/28/22 9:34:56 PM #25:	If the art is important, the original doesn't matter. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/0/AAEhCpAADubi.jpg <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:968363012] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>If the art is important, the original doesn't matter.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/0/AAEhCpAADubi.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kim_Seong-a 09/28/22 9:40:01 PM #26:	Questionmarktarius posted... If he bought the painting, it's his to do whatever the hell he wants with it. Depends under what terms he purchased the painting. A rare painting with huge cultural significance wouldnt be the first nor weirdest thing to be sold with strings attached. Or hell you can already (technically) get in trouble for improperly disposing of or handling certain things you can legally purchase. You purchase those things with the understanding that there's a responsibility attached to them. That said I'd be surprised if he burned the real thing. It's the size of a post card and the evidence is a shitty cam video of some night party in Miami. Whole scenario smells like a scam. >_> --- Lusa Cfaad Taydr <cite>Kim_Seong-a posted [p:968363137] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite><quote>If he bought the painting, it's his to do whatever the hell he wants with it.</quote>Depends under what terms he purchased the painting. A rare painting with huge cultural significance wouldnt be the first nor weirdest thing to be sold with strings attached.Or hell you can already (technically) get in trouble for improperly disposing of or handling certain things you can legally purchase. You purchase those things with the understanding that there's a responsibility attached to them.That said I'd be surprised if he burned the real thing. It's the size of a post card and the evidence is a shitty cam video of some night party in Miami. Whole scenario smells like a scam. >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 09/28/22 10:20:32 PM #27:	Kim_Seong-a posted... Whole scenario smells like a scam. >_> NFTs are involved, so yeah. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:968363944] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Kim_Seong-a posted... </cite><quote>Whole scenario smells like a scam. >_></quote>NFTs are involved, so yeah.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aressar 09/28/22 10:29:33 PM #28:	Kim_Seong-a posted... That said I'd be surprised if he burned the real thing. It's the size of a post card and the evidence is a shitty cam video of some night party in Miami. Whole scenario smells like a scam. >_> This. Also, I'd be both surprised and disappointed if that actually is/was a Kahlo, as it literally looks like a five-year old child's drawing. --- One time, CE triggered me so hard with their objectively wrong opinions that I accidentally punched myself in the balls. <cite>Aressar posted [p:968364117] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>Kim_Seong-a posted... </cite><quote>That said I'd be surprised if he burned the real thing. It's the size of a post card and the evidence is a shitty cam video of some night party in Miami. Whole scenario smells like a scam. >_></quote>This. Also, I'd be both surprised and disappointed if that actually is/was a Kahlo, as it literally looks like a five-year old child's drawing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
J03can 09/28/22 10:31:14 PM #29:	DipDipDiver posted... What an asshole --- Jerry, it's Frank Costanza!!! Mr Steinbrenner's here George is dead - call me back!!!! <cite>J03can posted [p:968364146] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>DipDipDiver posted... </cite><quote>What an asshole</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WellBye 09/28/22 10:35:22 PM #30:	https://www.artlistings.com/Magazine/Dennis-Hopper-s-Bullet-Hole-Andy-Warhol-Sells-for-302-500-at-Christie-s-69901 NEW YORK - An Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong that actor Dennis Hopper shot two bullets through sold for $302,500 at Christie's on Tuesday, more than 10 times its high estimate. The 1972 screenprint from Hopper's art collection is done in hues of mostly blues and greens, including a deep blue face for Mao, the founder of the modern communist state. It had been had been estimated to sell for $20,000 to $30,000 at the two-day auction of hundreds of works from the actor's collection and personal memorabilia from his California home. Mao was among Warhol's iconic subjects. Hopper's painting was unique because it included bullet holes fired after the notoriously wild actor got spooked and "mistook the portrait on his wall for Mao himself and shot at it," according to Christie's. Hopper, who died of cancer last year aged 74, later showed Warhol the bullet holes, and the pair agreed to consider the work a collaboration. Warhol drew circles around the holes, labeling the one over Mao's right shoulder "warning shot" and the one at his upper left eyelid "bullet hole.".. <cite>WellBye posted [p:968364210] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>https://www.artlistings.com/Magazine/Dennis-Hopper-s-Bullet-Hole-Andy-Warhol-Sells-for-302-500-at-Christie-s-69901NEW YORK - An Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong that actor Dennis Hopper shot two bullets through sold for $302,500 at Christie's on Tuesday, more than 10 times its high estimate.The 1972 screenprint from Hopper's art collection is done in hues of mostly blues and greens, including a deep blue face for Mao, the founder of the modern communist state.It had been had been estimated to sell for $20,000 to $30,000 at the two-day auction of hundreds of works from the actor's collection and personal memorabilia from his California home.Mao was among Warhol's iconic subjects. Hopper's painting was unique because it included bullet holes fired after the notoriously wild actor got spooked and "mistook the portrait on his wall for Mao himself and shot at it," according to Christie's.Hopper, who died of cancer last year aged 74, later showed Warhol the bullet holes, and the pair agreed to consider the work a collaboration. Warhol drew circles around the holes, labeling the one over Mao's right shoulder "warning shot" and the one at his upper left eyelid "bullet hole."..</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarvAlbert 09/28/22 10:37:04 PM #31:	WellBye posted... Mao was among Warhol's iconic subjects. Hopper's painting was unique because it included bullet holes fired after the notoriously wild actor got spooked and "mistook the portrait on his wall for Mao himself and shot at it," according to Christie's. lol this is just rad. --- #1 Sportscaster! <cite>MarvAlbert posted [p:968364242] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>WellBye posted... </cite><quote>Mao was among Warhol's iconic subjects. Hopper's painting was unique because it included bullet holes fired after the notoriously wild actor got spooked and "mistook the portrait on his wall for Mao himself and shot at it," according to Christie's.</quote>lol this is just rad.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 09/28/22 10:44:00 PM #32:	so aren't all those NFTs worth nothing since no one owns that actual art now? --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:968364370] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>so aren't all those NFTs worth nothing since no one owns that actual art now?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MaxEffingBemis 09/28/22 10:47:22 PM #33:	people that have this kind of money dont deserve it --- She took pity on me, horizontally, but most likely because of my band <cite>MaxEffingBemis posted [p:968364425] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>people that have this kind of money dont deserve it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SaintArnold 09/28/22 10:52:06 PM #34:	NFTs are a huge scam. --- St Arnold: Patron St of Beer <cite>SaintArnold posted [p:968364514] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>NFTs are a huge scam. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KainWind 09/28/22 11:42:36 PM #35:	At what point do you stop referring to someone as "the late [dead person]?" It seems like an expression for more recent people but I could be wrong about that. --- Momentai <cite>KainWind posted [p:968365343] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>At what point do you stop referring to someone as "the late [dead person]?" It seems like an expression for more recent people but I could be wrong about that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WellBye 09/29/22 4:53:00 AM #36:	/shrug <cite>WellBye posted [p:968368427] in Millionair... [t:80181468]...</cite> <quote>/shrug</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > Millionaire burns his Frida Kahlo painting to promote his NFT project.