Curated Chatter

024: - Banks & Banksy - Thursday Top Five - December 17, 2020

Episode Summary

Tune in to this week’s Thursday Top Five to learn about a shipwreck, stolen jewels, Barbara Kruger’s “Your Body is a Battleground” poster, and so much more!

Episode Notes

Highlights 

Jeffrey Epstein Update 

https://hyperallergic.com/587358/virgin-islands-glenn-dubin-subpoena/

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/10/leon-black-epstein-transactions

https://nypost.com/2020/11/01/moma-still-backing-rapping-leon-black-a-year-after-jeffrey-epsteins-death/

This week’s Stories 

Story 1: Underwater Museum 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/dutch-architecture-firm-building-underwater-museum-around-271-year-old-wrecked-ship-1931372

Story 2: Sneezing Banksy 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bristol-house-where-banksy-painted-a-sneezing-woman-taken-off-the-market

Story 3: European Philanthropists 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/billionaire-leonard-blavatnik-donates-gbp10m-to-the-courtauld-institute-of-art

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/athens-abandoned-tobacco-conversion-cultural-venue-1931204

Story 4: Kruger Posters In Poland 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/barbara-kruger-s-your-body-is-a-battleground-poster-goes-on-show-in-poland-as-protests-flare-up-over-abortion-ban

Story 5: Suspect Arrested in Green Vault Heist 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/green-vault-heist-twin-arrested-1931560

Emerging News 

Art Dubai 2021 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/art-dubai-to-go-ahead-in-march-2021