Episode #65: Eve of (Art) Destruction

17/10/2022 33 min Episodio 65

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Episode Synopsis

SHOW THEME
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