Curated Chatter

010: Rats in a Gallery, Yes or No?- Thursday Top Five - October 29, 2020

Episode Summary

Welcome to our rebranded Thursday Top Five! Follow along to hear about the whitest white ever made, rats running around an exhibition, a $22,000 book and so much more! We also cover what is happening in Armenia right now. Here is a link to donate to an important cause: https://crm.agbu.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=12

Episode Notes

Lehmann Maupin Palm Beach 

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/lehmann-maupin-palm-beach-space-1234575176/  

Baltimore Museum Deaccession 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/baltimore-donors-rescind-50-million-gifts-1918139

This week’s Stories 

Story 1: Armenian Monuments 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/monuments-in-line-of-fire-in-nagorno-karabakh-conflict

Story 2: Whitest White Ever Made

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/whitest-white-paint-global-warming-1918498

Story 3: Banksy Crude Oils 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/london-collectors-who-rented-basement-for-banksy-s-2005-crude-oils-exhibition-cash-in-at-sotheby-s-with-show-me-the-monet

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/ai-generates-fake-banksy-algorithm

Story 4: BLKNWS®

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-10-23/made-in-la-2020-a-version-khalil-joseph-larry-johnson

Story 5: Sistine Chapel Book

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sistine-chapel-photo-book-1918179

Emerging News 

Gagosian Director Suspended 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/gagosian-director-suspended-without-pay-1918330

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-24/gagosian-director-suspended-after-misconduct-allegations