Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa Embraces Digital Art and NFTs With the Launch of Artentik

• From baroque art to graffiti art, items from 500-year unparalleled collection of art, relics, reliquaries, sculptures and modern artforms to be tokenised

• Proceeds to support SCML’s extensive social enterprise work

Lisbon and Hong Kong, 2 November 2021 — Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (‘SCML’), Portugal’s 500-year-old social enterprise organisation and keeper of the Museum and Church of São Roque in Lisbon that houses one of the most important religious collections in Catholic Europe, announced today its entry into the digital world of NFTs or non-fungible tokens with the launch of Artentik, its brand and marketplace for NFTs.

In much the same way as William Caxton’s printing press opened the door to a broader appreciation of books in the 15th century, so NFTs have created a way for museums and art galleries to share their beautiful and priceless artworks and artefacts with a global audience.

Artentik will be SCML’s curated platform to share digital twins of its treasures and encourage living artists to also sell their works as NFTs. This will enable SCML to monetize and promote its unique cultural heritage to the world while continuing its extensive 500-year support to social causes.