Casa de Alba Foundation Selects
WISeKey’s WISe.Art NFT
Market Place and Luminaries21 for the Digital Transformation of one
the Best Private Collections of Cultural Heritage NFT produced by
Pedro Sandoval
The first NFT from Casa de Alba
Foundation is
based on the original
Christopher Columbus autograph drafts of two memoranda
addressed in 1501 to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain,
valued by Christie’s at over $100 million
This first
digital NFT artwork with Casa de Alba Foundation and
Luminaries21, was created by
Pedro José Sandoval, a Spanish-Venezuelan artist based in
Madrid, Spain. Several times winner of international awards and
having mingled with most of the major contemporary artists in
Europe, he has been dabbling with NFTs since the
mid-90s.
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Geneva - April 28, 2022 - WISeKey International
Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading
global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain and IoT company, today
announced that in collaboration with Casa de Alba Foundation, a
Spanish institution dedicated to culture and Luminaries21, a
global company for innovative and creative sponsoring, recognized
as a trusted partner and an objective resource for quite 1090 World
Leaders, has established a strategic partnership, allowing
Casa de Alba Foundation to begin its digital
transformation by bringing prestigious private collections to the
field of NFTs presented on the new entrusted
WISeKey WISe.ART NFT platform. This new venture from
Casa de Alba Foundation will commence with one
of Christoph Columbus's letters, part of the
Foundation’s collection appraised at over one hundred million
dollars by Christie’s.
The Casa de Alba Foundation, based in the
Palacio de Liria in Madrid, is the owner of
invaluable and best private collections of cultural heritage art,
preserved in more than twenty palaces and castles scattered
throughout the Spanish geography, some of which are ceded to
public institutions for better conservation and use. Throughout
history, its prevailing position has allowed Casa de Alba
Foundation to interact with the best in the world of Spanish
arts and letters.
Responding to the highest quality
requirements of NFTs buyers and sellers of high-value goods,
the WISe.Art platform is developing into a fully-fledged
vetted marketplace. The NFT tokenization uses the WISeKey
registered patent application, “System and Method for Providing
Persistent Authenticatable NFT” in the USA, to increase
and hold their long-term value.
This first
digital NFT artwork with Casa de Alba Foundation and
Luminaries21, was created by Pedro José
Sandoval, a Spanish-Venezuelan artist based in Madrid,
Spain. Several times winner of international awards and having
mingled with most of the major contemporary artists in Europe, he
has been dabbling with NFTs since the mid-90s.
The artistic creation will be 3D Digital
Animation integrating a musical compilation made by Pedro Sandoval
recapitulating the achievements of Christopher Columbus in the
first three voyages and reciting his grievances, written in
1501 before his departure on the fourth voyage, the first referring
repeatedly to himself in third person. This artistic
incorporation adds additional value to the work of the
NFT, giving it a unique charisma and appeal.
This prestigious NFT will be
launched on WISe.Art WISeKey event in Davos (May 25,
2022) during the Human Metaverse roundtable organized by
WISeKey https://www.wisekey.com/wisekey-webinar/ with the
presence from the Duke of Osorno, Carlos Fitz-James
Stuart among other personalities influencing the Metaverse.
For the next three years and before going on
sale, the NFT will be exhibited in major museums around the world,
accompanied by large paintings and sculptures based on the digital
work.
About Fundacion Casa de Alba:The Casa de Alba
Foundation is a Spanish institution dedicated to culture.
Established on May 14, 1975 by Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, Duchess
of Alba, aware of the important heritage of the House of Alba,
which she presides over.
About WISeKey:WISeKey (NASDAQ:
WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global cybersecurity
company currently deploying large scale digital identity ecosystems
for people and objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the
Human as the Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey microprocessors
secure the pervasive computing shaping today’s Internet of
Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install base of over 1.6 billion
microchips in virtually all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart
cities, drones, agricultural sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart
lighting, servers, computers, mobile phones, crypto tokens etc.).
WISeKey is uniquely positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our
semiconductors produce a huge amount of Big Data that, when
analyzed with Artificial Intelligence (AI), can help industrial
applications to predict the failure of their equipment before it
happens.
Press and investor contacts:WISeKey
International Holding LtdCompany Contact: Carlos MoreiraChairman
& CEOTel: +41 22 594 3000info@wisekey.com
WISeKey Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena CatiThe Equity
Group Inc.Tel: +1 212 836-9611lcati@equityny.com
About Pedro
Sandoval:
Born in Venezuela in 1968 and currently based in
Spain, the name of Pedro Sandoval is currently closely associated
with the abstract neo-expressionist movement and is the creator of
the PENTA-ABSTRACTIONISM movement worldwide. At the age of six he
has won the triennial of contemporary art in the city of Osaka in
Japan. The artist has a close relationship with Andy Warhol and
also with his friend Gianni Versace. He has also been a disciple of
Jesús Soto and has been the favorite artist for years of Sofía
Inver, founder of the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art, and of
Leo Castelli, one of the best gallery owners. of the world
currently the president of the proarte group worldwide. Today the
works of Pedro Sandoval can be found in different museums around
the world, as well as in large collections such as the White House,
the Vatican Museums, the Kennedy family, the Thyssen-Bornemisza
family, among others.
The only artist in the world who has won the
Florence Biennale twice in 2015 and 2019, apart from everything he
has been decorated in several countries around the world with
different awards and many prizes.
About Luminaries21:
We are a global company for innovative and
creative sponsoring, and we are recognized as a trusted partner and
an objective resource for quite more than 1091 World Leaders. We
work with a large number of the best known and most iconic
companies in excess of 100 sectors. Comingling traditional sectors,
media, and entertainment coinage, we invest in emotional chances
that undermine the established order. We are advisors to the
world’s leading companies, helping them solve the key issues and
the difficulties they face, even before they occur, and communicate
with the world’s top leaders to improve their reputation and
transactions so that they are fully aligned with their corporate
goals and global strategies. For more information,
visit www.luminaries21.com.
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Presidentad@luminaries21.comLuminaries 21Press contact: Robert
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