February 22, 2021

Goya, The Duke, and Free TV for Granny!

41 minutes

Lucky Episode 7! Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (aka: Goya) is our focus this episode and boy do we have a lot to say about him. Mara and Baker are big fans! In our sharing is caring segment, we cover the recent “I just wanted to move the Warhol print for a laugh, I wasn’t going to steal it!” guy in Rochester, NY. Plus that dude who found Viking treasure last week, and then Baker explains why Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) is a low key genius who is mainstreaming NFT art sales with Christie’s. We briefly attempt to explain NFTs and what this Beeple auction at Christie’s might mean for the future of art. All of that and lots more Goya talk, including why his Los Caprichos series reminds Baker of an 80’s thrash metal band.

Episode References

ART

The Duke of Wellington, by Francisco de Goya

Saturn devouring a Son, by Francisco de Goya

Saturn devouring a Son, by Peter Paul Rubens (Baker said Raphael in this episode by accident, sorry!)

Essential Worker 2320, by Beeple

Emoji Warfare , by Beeple

NEWS

Local man charged in attempted robbery from Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery | The Art Newspaper

An Amateur Metal Detectorist Has Unearthed a Rare Stash of 1,000-Year-Old Viking Jewelry on the Isle of Man | Artnet News

Christie’s to accept cryptocurrency for first time | The Art Newspaper

‘Beeple Mania’: How Mike Winkelmann Makes Millions Selling Pixels, Esquire Magazine