Category: History
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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…
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How do you feel about CBGB turning into an art gallery? Transcript If you are, at all, an original punk afficianado, or just give a shit about punk history, or even the history of New York City, you will have heard of CBGB. Amazing acts, like The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, Blondie, like all…
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Was Nefertiti’s tomb just found?! A noted Egyptologist believes so! Transcript If you’ve watched any sort of documentaries about Ancient Egypt within the last 5, 10, maybe 20 years, you would have seen Zahi Hawass. He claims to have solved the mystery of where Nefertiti’s tomb is. So, according to Hawass, he and his team…
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In my previous post and video, I outlined the 3 major architectural styles of Miami Beach. This post is a mini deep dive into Art Deco. So, South Beach is known for its amazing collection of Art Deco architecture. Most of these buildings were slated to be torn down throughout the 1970s & 1980s, but…
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In my previous post and video, I outlined the 3 major architectural styles of Miami Beach. This video is a little bit more of a deep dive into MiMo. So, first, what is MiMo? MiMo is an acronym for Miami Modernism. It’s a style of architecture from the Post WWII era (1945-1960s) that originated in…
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Hey everybody, Amara here! In my previous post and video, I outlined the 3 major architectural styles of Miami Beach. This post is a little bit more of a deep dive into Mediterranean Revival. While South Beach is known for its amazing Art Deco architecture, it’s also known for having some really beautiful Mediterranean Revival…
