Category: Art History
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A fake Vermeer painting has been found at the National Gallery of Art…but who created it? 🤔 Transcript I love a good reattribution story! A well-known piece by Johannes Vermeer called “Girl with a Flute” has been identified as having not been created by Vermeer. You can see in “Girl with a Flute” that the…
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The Rosetta Stone, just like the Koh-i-Noor diamond we discussed a few episodes back, is a hot button repatriation issue. What do you think: should the Rosetta Stone be returned to Egypt or kept at the British Museum? 🤔 Transcript The Rosetta Stone is currently located at the British Museum. There is a huge problem…
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How does an art museum get rid of an artwork and what do they do with the money from that sale? 🤔 Transcript When an institution deaccessions something, they’re removing something from their repository so they don’t own it anymore. They then put that artwork up for sale for another institution to purchase it. As…
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This discovery off the coast of Belize provides MAJOR context to how ancient Mayan communities functioned! 😱 Transcript This is very exciting! Something amazing was found in the Paynes Creek National Park in southern Belize. This discovery actually shows us multiple things about ancient Mayan civilization. Archaeologists at Ta’ab Nuk Na found a grouping of…
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This was the most expensive item at Betty White’s auction and it’s actually super surprising! Transcript There was an auction September 23-25, 2022 in Beverly Hills at Julian’s Auctions of Betty White’s stuff. Over 1,600 pieces from her life went up for auction. They have a whole list of everything, essentially like an inventory, with…
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I genuinely can’t believe that this happened. Why would you destroy a Frida Kahlo artwork, or any artwork for that matter?! To say that I’m pissed is a MAJOR understatement. Transcript This one, I am very irritated with. I was debating about whether or not I should even discuss this because I do not want…
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For the past few months, there has been a MASSIVE plummet in the NFT market…but what does that mean for the future of NFTs and crypto? 🤔 Transcript I was blown away by this! I’ve been into NFTs for a while now. NFTs skyrocketed during COVID and for the year afterward, but now, apparently, the…
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Want a miniature version of the famous painting, “Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte?” Well, it can be yours for just $100 million… Transcript There are a series of paintings that are going to be auctioned at Christie’s in November from the Paul G. Allen collection. I, personally, am most intrigued by a painting by…
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This week on the podcast, we’re talking about a $1 BILLION ART COLLECTION that’s being sold at Christie’s this November! If you had a billion dollars, what art would you buy? Transcript There are a series of paintings that are going to be auctioned at Christie’s in November. These are all from the Paul G.…
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This week, we’re talking about a $3.2 million piece of Keith Haring wall that was found in an art history professor’s office… Transcript Our “Something Borrowed” this week is, yet again, another piece of Keith Haring wall art. So, I covered a piece of wall art that was being taken from his childhood home that…
