Inside Artist Niclas Castello’s Millionaire Life Behind Central Park Gold Block With Wife Sylvie Meis & Crypto Plans

The lavish lifestyle of German artist Niclas Castello and his glamorous wife Sylvie Meis has been revealed as he launches a new cryptocurrency.

Castello, 43, recently gained attention after he staged a publicity stunt where he placed a 186 kg block of pure 24 karat gold in New York’s Central Park.

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The object is estimated to be worth $11.7 million, if it is sold.

Castello considers this block a “socle du monde” (base of the world) sculpture.

I said ArtNet that it is “a work of conceptual art in all its aspects” and that he wanted to “create something beyond our world – that is invisible.”

“The cube can be seen as a kind of message between an emerging 21st-century cultural ecosystem based on cryptocurrencies and the ancient world where gold reigns supreme,” said Viennese gallerist. Lisa Kandlhofer added to ArtNet.

The Castello Coin is being traded as $CAST and is training with an initial price of $0.44.

The group of artists told New York Times that he sold enough coins privately to fund the cube project.

Castello was born in Neuhaus am Rennweg, then East Germany, on 21 July 1978.

He lived in Montmartre, Paris since 2001 before returning to Germany in 2003 where he studied art at a private university although he dropped out after two years.

Castello later moved to New York City, where he was taken in by Arleen Schloss and lived in her loft for about two years.

He built his reputation on a series of sculptures known as The Kiss sculptures and artwork depicting fire extinguishers.

According to ArtNet, Castello’s style was influenced by Popular Art as well as by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s New Expressionism, which influenced both his paintings and sculptures.

It reads: “Using images of popular culture, his work strongly comments on the world of consumption and its relationship with art and society, continuing Andy Warhol’s views.”

Castello is married to Dutch model Sylvie Mies, 43, who was previously married to footballer Rafael Van der Vaart.

The couple got married in September 2020 after their first summer wedding was delayed due to Coronavirus Disease.

The couple enjoys a flashy lifestyle and are often seen taking a dip in the sea at places like the playground for the wealthy Saint Tropez.

They were also seen enjoying a beach holiday on the island of Saint Barthelemy in December 2019.

She posted a picture of herself in a bikini with the caption: “Happy girl on the beach #stbarths”.

Earlier in the same month, they were seen splashing on Miami beach.

Before Meis tied the knot, she described Castello as “a good man. He’s down to earth, has a flair, is cosmopolitan because of his work. Success, love. ”

Meis was married to Van der Vaart for eight years before splitting in 2013 and they have a son and daughter together.

Castello could certainly afford all those beach vacations in exotic locations around the world, if the website IdolNetWorth He is believed to have a net worth of $15 million, although no details have been given as to how this figure came to be.

PopularBio website estimates his fortune to be a much more modest figure, somewhere between $ 1-5 million.

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