Episode #65: Eve of (Art) Destruction October 17, 2022
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Catherine and James laud a MET facade, but trash "art speak", selling dead people's collections, cold soup, and burning 'art'.
Show Notes
- 00:03 - "Constant state of bicycle shopping"
- 01:47 - James is "The Surly Straggler"
- 03:05 - Ding your bell, it's "Biking Story-time!"
- 04:06 - Good morning, or not!
- 05:00 - James freaks out road bikers
- 05:45 - Walking into walls & delayed synaptic response
- 06:27 - MET public art (not MOMA)
- 08:40 - "Gilt & Guilt" or "Ownership & Superficiality"?
- 10:15 - Artist's words versus "art-speak"
- 11:09 - James bans "curatorial studies"
- 12:17 - Appreciating a facade (on a facade)
- 12:30 - The power of Paul Allen
- 13:26 - "So, regular people can't buy art?"
- 15:30 - "Norm" or not, just buy what you like!
- 16:48 - Back to the museums to raise value!
- 19:00 - Van Gogh plus soup is good art
- 19:15 - SubRant Throwback
- 19:35 - "Just Stop Oil" (painting)
- 21:00 - Gone haywire on "The Haywain"
- 24:50 - Hirst kicks off his own "Burning Man"
- 26:30 - "The Haunting of Word Soup"
- 29:03 - SubRant Throwback (Koons)
- 29:08 - Nod to DeGrazia'z taxation protest
- 31:10 - Maximize that carbon footprint!
- 33:15 - Dust in the wind