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In the winter of 2019, The Tim Cantor Gallery of Amsterdam, located in a 17th century building in the core of Amsterdam, opened with has a collection of Cantor's works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timcantor.com/tim-cantor-galleries-ams.html|title = TIM CANTOR GALLERIES AMS &#124; Tim Cantor}}</ref> On March 17, 2021, Tim Cantor, in a partnership with Terra Virtua ltd the world's first fully-immersive entertainment platform, took six of his traditional oil paintings and enhanced them using animation techniques to bring them to life.<ref>[https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/101001/live-nft-art-exhibition-with-world-famous-imagine-dragons-artist-tim/ Tim Cantor Yesteryear]</ref>

Spring 2021 brought a Live NFT Art Exhibition with Artist Tim Cantor. It was the first-ever live virtual reality exhibition with Tim Cantor who is the man behind the [[Imagine Dragons]] 2014 album, stage designs and video, 'SHOTS'. <ref>[https://https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/101001/live-nft-art-exhibition-with-world-famous-imagine-dragons-artist-tim/| title Live NFT Art Exhibition With World-Famous Imagine Dragons Artist Tim Cantor]</ref>

==Publications and media==

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In 2015, Tim Cantor’s work was featured in the Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors North American, European and Asian tours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2077584/imagine-dragons-shots-video/|title=Watch Imagine Dragons' Crazy Beautiful 'Shots' Video, Where They Transform Into Living Paintings|work=MTV News}}</ref>

Recording Artist [[Bebe Rexha]] features Tim Cantor Art in her video for her song "Sabotage" from her Album Better Mistakes. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6D_KrdABo|title=Watch Bebe Recha - Sabotage Official Music Video}}</ref>

[[Evanescence]] features Tim Cantor Art in their video for their song "Across the Universe" . <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nwKQrne0s|title=Watch Evanescence - Across the Universe Official Music Video}}</ref>

==Projects==

In May 2010, Tim Cantor was asked to participate in a project called Art Meets Fashion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/|title=Index of /|work=artmeetsfashion.org}}</ref> In partnership with the San Diego Visual Arts Network (SDVAN) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdvisualarts.net/sdvan_new/index.php|title=SDVAN - Home|work=sdvisualarts.net}}</ref> and Fashion Opportunities Connect US (FOCUS),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.focussd.org/|title=興信所 福岡 尾行|work=focussd.org}}</ref> The Art Meets Fashion mission is to initiate collaborations between established fashion designers and visual artists of excellence, to showcase the creativity in San Diego, and to encourage local teens to be involved in the Arts.

Tim and international fashion designer, [[Gordana Gehlhausen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shopgoga.com/|title=Goga by Gordana|work=shopgoga.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203061720/http://www.shopgoga.com/|archivedate=2011-02-03}}</ref> have been inspired to create works of art which express an emotional impression of loss, love, and ultimately- finding beauty in the midst of tragedy and adversity.<ref>[http://www.zhibit.org/beautysprivilege Beauty's Privilege - Art Meets Fashion]</ref> Along with Gordana, Tim will be working with David Hartig, a photographer who <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidhartig.com/|title=San Diego Commercial Photographers Architectural Lifestyle Advertising Photography|work=davidhartig.com}}</ref> will document the various steps involved to nurture an idea into a work of art and Denise Bonaimo (educator/ visual artist)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonaimo.com/|title=Denise Bonaimo Sarram|work=bonaimo.com}}</ref> will create a lesson plan that focuses on drawing from life experiences as the inspiration to create works of art with emotion.

Currently the project is ongoing and will continue through 2011 <ref>[http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/pres Art Meets Fashion Press Calendar]</ref> and will include fashion shows and exhibitions of the team's final projects including a VIP fashion show at the [[San Diego International Airport]] in April 2011.<ref>[http://www.san.org/documents/Airport_Art_Master_Plan.pdf San Diego International Airport/ Art Master Plan]</ref> The Art Meets Fashion Event will host a VIP fashion show on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the San Diego International Airport Series of independent exhibitions for each of the teams 3 hubs including NTC Promenade at Liberty Station, North Park and Downtown San Diego. Beauty's Privilege project will be exhibited at Shop Goga in downtown San Diego in April 2011 (TBA). One group exhibit, which will present highlights of each team at the San Diego International Airport from April –Sept 2011.<ref>[http://www.zhibit.org/profile/beautysprivilege Art Meets Fashion - Beauty's Privilege Zhibit.org]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artmeetsfashion.org/|title=Index of /|work=artmeetsfashion.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.zhibit.org/beautysprivilege Beauty's Privilege Dress Image]</ref><ref>[http://www.sdvisualarts.net/sdvan_new/pdf/AMFpressSDMag.pdf San Diego Magazine Article, April 2011]</ref>

On September 23, 2014, Cantor began working with [[Imagine Dragons]]<ref>[https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com Imagine Dragons.com]</ref> for their second studio album, ''[[Smoke + Mirrors]]''. After meeting the band and becoming inspired by the music and lyrics of their upcoming single,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153362371113065&id=79596418064|title=Just returned from overseas and the... - Tim Cantor - Artist, Writer - Facebook|work=facebook.com}}</ref> Tim Cantor created artworks for each song of the album.<ref>[https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/news/see-all-song-art-smoke-mirrors-artist-tim-cantor-13211 See All The Song Art from Smoke + Mirrors by Artist Tim Cantor]</ref> All three singles released – "[[I Bet My Life (Imagine Dragons song)|I Bet My Life]]", "[[Gold (Imagine Dragons song)|Gold]]", and "[[Shots (Imagine Dragons song)|Shots]]" – feature the paintings as cover art. The paintings are included in the limited edition of the album.<ref>[https://www.imaginedragonsmusic.com/news/smoke-mirrors-limited-edition-deluxe-artwork-fan-pack-8961 Smoke + Mirrors: Limited Edition, Deluxe Artwork Fan Pack]</ref> The artworks make appearance in the band's music video of "Shots".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/28356/20150212/imagine-dragons-shots-music-video-tim-cantor-smoke-mirrors-release-date-watch.htm|title=Imagine Dragons 'Shots' Music Video Brings Surrealist Artist Tim Cantor's Paintings to Life Ahead of 'Smoke + Mirrors' Release Date [WATCH]|work=Music Times|date=12 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152848240921407&set=vb.39643821406&type=2&theater|title=Imagine Dragons - Facebook|work=facebook.com}}</ref>

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March 2021 - Partnership with Terra Virtua the world’s first fully immersive digital collectibles platform announces today an exclusive partnership with world-famous artist, Tim Cantor, which will see six of Tim’s incredible oil paintings brought to life through animation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pressreleases.responsesource.com/news/100956/world-famous-fine-artist-tim-cantor-to-join-the-growing-digital/|title=Partnership with Terra Virtua}}</ref>

March 2021 - Tim Cantor has joined the Digital Arts NFTs Space. According to a press release shared with Altcoin Buzz, Tim Cantor has enlisted the support of top digital collectible firm Terra Virtua with plans to transform six of his oil paintings into digital art pieces (NFTs). Terra Virtua is known as the first-ever immersive digital collectible platform in the world. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/partnerships/tim-cantor-joins-the-digital-art-nfts-space/|title=Tim Cantor Joins The Digital Art NFTs Space}}</ref>

November 2021 - Tim Cantor’s En Pointe is transformed into an NFT for the first time with Terra Virtua – Terra Virtua Blog. Tim Cantor’s new NFT, En Pointe, merges the digital and classical art worlds and provides an extraordinary glimpse behind the curtain of creation. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.terravirtua.io/collecting/tim-cantors-en-pointe-is-transformed-into-an-nft/|title=Tim Cantor’s En Pointe is transformed into an NFT for the first time with Terra Virtua}}</ref>

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