Category: History

Amara Andrew

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12.13.22

Fake dinosaur skeleton at auction! 🦖

Christie’s was going to sell this T-Rex skeleton, but now they’re under fire after it was discovered that almost ¾ of the bones were copies of *another* T-Rex!

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Christie’s was slated to sell an entire T-Rex skeleton. The T-Rex, though, whose name is Shen, has now been removed from the catalog…why?

A bunch of experts raised questions about the amount of replica bones and ambiguous language that was used in this catalog.

What was funny about this, though, is that one expert noticed that Shen looked eerily similar to Stan. So, Stan was a T-Rex skeleton that had been excavated in 1992 and sold at Christie’s.

These experts studied Shen and noticed that roughly ¾ of the bones in this skeleton resembled Stan’s.

So, Christie’s removed this from their brochure and their website. They are, allegedly, in trouble for false marketing.

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Amara Andrew

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12.12.22

Banksy is pissed! Here’s why 👀

So, a couple weeks ago, Banksy posted to Instagram accusing Guess of using his artwork without his permission. Guess, though, claims they have the rights to use his artwork because of their deal with Brandalised…but who’s right? 🤔

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Do not fuck with Banksy because they will fuck you back so hard.

Banksy posted a photo to Instagram. It’s a photo of a GUESS store and it says: “Attention all shoplifters! Please go to GUESS on Regent Street. They’ve helped themselves to my artwork without asking. How can it be wrong for you to do the same with their clothes?”

Mic drop!

So, a little bit of backstory: GUESS has a licensing deal, apparently, with a company called Brandalised. They claim to have the licensing rights to the work of graffiti artists.

Some copyright lawyers claim that it appears that GUESS properly sourced the rights from Brandalised.

The story is still developing, so stay tuned!

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Amara Andrew

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12.08.22

Largest U.S. conventions have banned AI art! 🦾 🖼️

Two of the largest anime conventions in the U.S. have now completely banned AI-generated artwork from their artists’ alleys.

How do you feel about AI-generated art being banned from Anime NYC and Animé LA? 🤔

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We’re, again, talking about AI-generated artwork and copyright!

Apparently, two of the largest anime conventions in the U.S., Anime NYC and AniméLA, have completely banned AI-generated artwork from their artists’ alleys.

Anime NYC hasn’t made a formal announcement yet, but AniméLA’s statement reads:

“Based on the current nature of its implementation and lack of regard toward artists, we cannot in good faith let this kind of product exist in our space. We at AniméLA do not condone or accept any form of AI-generated art piece being used in our promotional materials, nor being sold in our exhibit hall or artists’ alley.”

They even go so far to say that they’ll consider this a form of counterfeit and it will be required to be removed from the event.

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Amara Andrew

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12.07.22

Ancient Roman eats/Art insurance skyrockets/ATM permanently displays balance/Elgin Marbles returned?

By Amara is a weekly art and history podcast hosted by Amara Andrew. Each week, we’ll take a quick look at the goings on in the art and history world.

This week, we’re looking at what ancient Romans ate at sporting events, art insurance rates are skyrocketing around the world, an ATM that permanently displays your bank balance, and are the Elgin (Parthenon) Marbles going to be returned to Greece?!

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Amara Andrew

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12.07.22

6 ancient items returned to Turkey from the U.S.! 🥳
FINALLY, a successful case of ancient items being returned home! A few weeks ago, 6 ancient artifacts were returned to Turkey from the United States! 🥳

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I finally have a repatriation story with a currently pleasant ending!

On October 22, 2022, six ancient artifacts that had been stolen from Turkey were returned from the United States!

It’s unclear when these items were actually stolen from Turkey, but the 6 items included:
- A human-sized bronze statue of Roman emperor Lucius Verrus from the 1st or 2nd century CE,
- sarcophagus fragments from the ancient city of Perge in Anatolia,
- Attis and Apollo figurines from the early Roman and Hellenic periods,
- a Kasura-type idol from the early Bronze period,
- and a terracotta slab from the Phrygian period.
While these items were returned as part of this joint effort, this initiative was actually started one lone woman. And this one lone woman was actually Turkey’s first female archaeologist, the late professor Jale Inan.
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Amara Andrew

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12.06.22

Statues found preserved underwater in ANCIENT Bathhouse!

These ancient statues were found underwater…but they were actually supposed to be there?! 😱

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We’re talking about 2 dozen bronze statues that were found underwater in Tuscany.

These statues were found in the town called San Casciano di Bagni, which makes sense because these were found in the ruins of an ancient bathhouse.

Archaeologists have been excavating in this area since 2019. They’ve also found a bunch of other things, including coins and other smaller statues.

So, the statues that we’re talking about now, though, most of them depict ancient Greco-Roman gods and goddesses. It’s believed that these used to adorn a sanctuary before their ritual immersion in thermal waters.

So, these statues were supposed to be underwater!

I also can’t help but be curious what this water tastes or smells like….

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Amara Andrew

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12.05.22

What happens when we’ve found all the ancient things?! 🧐

Happy Monday! Here’s something to ponder at the start of your week: do you think we’ll ever find *all* the ancient things? 🧐

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What happens once we’ve found all the ancient things? Can that actually happen? Will we ever run out of ancient things to find?

Is everything, then, in museums? Is it in the trash? This is just a random thought, but it was just something I was thinking about.

Especially when thinking about the fact that there are more people on the planet now than there have ever been. So, does this mean that the likelihood of us being able to dig up all the ancient things is higher?

After all, nothing lasts forever.

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Amara Andrew

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12.02.22

Ancient statues found preserved underwater! 🤯

24 bronze statues were found underwater and were almost perfectly preserved. Archaeologists believe these may have been preserved for two reasons!

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We’re talking about two dozen beautiful bronze statues that were found underwater in Tuscany.

What’s amazing about these statues is, not only that they were found, but that they were found very well preserved. So, archaeologists are actually crediting the 6,000 bronze, silver and gold coins that were covering these statues for preserving them.

I’m not a chemist, so I’m not entirely sure how this works, but apparently archaeologists are crediting these coins for the preservation of these statues!

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Amara Andrew

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11.30.22

Fake dinosaur skeleton / 483 ancient Celtic coins stolen / Marie Antoinette’s furniture at auction!

By Amara is a weekly art and history podcast hosted by Amara Andrew. Each week, we’ll take a quick look at the goings on in the art and history world.

This week, we’re looking at a fake dinosaur skeleton, 483 ancient Celtic coins stolen from a museum in Germany, and Marie Antoinette’s furniture sold at auction!

🎧 Subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!

MY MINIMALIST PODCAST KIT

For links to all the tools I use to make my podcast happen, check out the post here!

Who is Amara Andrew?

Hi there! My name’s Amara and I’m a videographer, historian, illustrator, and creator living in Chicago.

Read More: Fake dinosaur skeleton / 483 ancient Celtic coins stolen / Marie Antoinette’s furniture at auction!
Amara Andrew

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11.30.22

These 5 paintings just sold for over $100 million…each! 😱 🖼️
Not only did each of these paintings sell for over $100 million each, but they were also part of an art collection that fetched almost $2 billion cumulatively!

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In Episode 3, I discussed the Paul G. Allen that was going up for auction at Christie’s in November.

There were 5 paintings in this auction that brought in over $100 million per piece. These paintings were:
- Paul Cezanne, La Montaigne Sainte-Victoire, $130,790,000
- Vincent van Gogh, Verger avec cyprés, $117,180,000
- Gustav Klimt, Birch Forest, $104,585,000
- Paul Gauguin, Maternité II, $105,730,000
- Georges Seurat, Les Poseuses ensemble (petite version), $149,000,000+
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