Curated Chatter

029: Stolen Art & Gold Tongues - Thursday Top Five - February 4, 2021

Episode Summary

On this week’s Thursday Top Five we discuss the Sotheby’s Botticelli sale, fake and stolen art, the discovery of mummies with gold tongues, and so much more!

Episode Notes


Highlights 

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This week’s Stories 

Story 1: Botticelli Sold at Sotheby’s 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/28/arts/design/sandro-botticelli-painting-sothebys.html

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/sotheby-s-bulgari-product-placement

 

Story 2: Pre-Columbian Artifacts at Christie's 

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/mexico-legal-claim-pre-columbian-art-christies-1234582784/

Story 3: Fake Gauguin at the Getty 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-warned-about-fake-gauguin

Story 4: Missing Austrian Art 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/theft-in-austria-1939600

Story 5: Gold Tongue Mummies 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mummies-gold-tongues-tombs-alexandria-1941359

Emerging News 

Damian Hirst at Galleria Borghese 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/damien-hirst-galleria-borghese-in-rome

IRL NYC Art Fair 

https://news.artnet.com/market/hybrid-outsider-art-fair-1941264