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047: - Art Heists & Mummy Parades - Thursday Top Five - April 8, 2021

Episode Summary

Tune in to this week’s Thursday Top Five to hear about art crimes, new museums in Egypt, and a new possible Guinness world record in Frida Kahlo’s old home!

Episode Notes

Updates 

Traveling Pompidou 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/centre-pompidou-closure-exhibitions-france

This week’s Stories 

Story 1: Mummy Parade 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cairo-mummy-parade-1956993

Story 2: Ai WeiWei Designed House Sells 

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-weiwei-designed-house-sells-1957266

Story 3: Dutch Art Heist

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dutch-man-arrested-van-gogh-hals-theft-1234588883/

Story 4: Fabergé  x Game of Thrones

https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/faberge-embelished-dragon-egg-game-of-thrones-1234605664/

Story 5: Venice 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/six-scholars-fool-the-public-with-invented-documents-about-the-date-venice-was-founded

https://apnews.com/article/world-news-cultures-c062cc56513cbfa9970bc81477777186

Emerging News 

Tino Contreras at Casa Azul Concert 

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/frida-kahlo-s-casa-azul-vies-for-guinness-world-record-with-concert-by-97-year-old-drummer-this-weekend

Concert Tickets 

https://www.comono.co.uk/live/tino-contreras-livestream/