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Fake dinosaur skeleton / 483 ancient Celtic coins stolen / Marie Antoinette’s furniture at auction!
By Amara is a weekly art and history podcast hosted by Amara Andrew. Each week, we’ll take a quick look at the goings on in the art and history world. This week, we’re looking at a fake dinosaur skeleton, 483 ancient Celtic coins stolen from a museum in Germany, and Marie Antoinette’s furniture sold at […]
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These 5 paintings just sold for over $100 million…each! 😱 🖼️
Not only did each of these paintings sell for over $100 million each, but they were also part of an art collection that fetched almost $2 billion cumulatively! Transcript In Episode 3, I discussed the Paul G. Allen that was going up for auction at Christie’s in November. There were 5 paintings in this auction […]
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Mystery Ancient Tunnel FOUND under Temple!
This secret ancient tunnel was found 43 feet under the Earth…what was it for?! 🤔 Transcript This secret tunnel was found under the Taposiris Magna, which was a temple dedicated to Osiris, the god of the dead. So, the tunnel that was found underneath this temple is 13 meters (~43 feet) below the surface of […]
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Ancient Egyptian Tattooed Mummies!
While not 100% confirmed, researchers believe they know the meaning behind the tattoos of two ancient Egyptian mummies! Transcript These two ancient Egyptian mummies were found in the ancient town called Deir el-Medina, located near the Nile in Egypt. One had already been looted and unwrapped. While looking at the exposed skin, researchers found evidence […]
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Most EXPENSIVE private art collection ever sold!
This has been called the most expensive private art collection ever sold and for good reason 🤯 Transcript In Episode 3, I discussed the Paul G. Allen collection that was going up for auction at Christie’s in November. The estimate was that everything that was sold would all fetch $1 billion cumulatively. Well, the auction […]
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Ancient underwater statues/Happy repatriation story/AI-generated art banned/How to piss off Banksy
By Amara is a weekly art and history podcast hosted by Amara Andrew. Each week, we’ll take a quick look at the goings on in the art and history world. This week, we’re looking at ancient underwater statues, a repatriation story with a happy ending, AI-generated art is banned from largest anime conventions in the […]
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Piet Mondrian Piece has been Upside Down for over 70 years! 🙃🖼️
Even though it’s been identified as being hung upside down, curators are hesitant to turn “New York City I” by Piet Mondrian right side up…but why? 🤔 And, is there *actually* a right and wrong way to hang this piece? Transcript A museum curator at Germany’s Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen K20 museum announced that the exhibition’s highlight […]
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Google is Releasing an AI-Generated Art App!
Google hasn’t yet confirmed when the Wonder app will be released. I’m curious, though, if there’s a big enough need for it. Is this app actually something you would want? Transcript Within the last year, you may have heard about AI-generated art. Google just announced they’re launching a new app called Wonder to create AI-generated […]
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Is AI-Generated Art Free from Copyright? 🤔
This is going to be a very tricky copyright case because whatever’s decided will set the precedent for how content creators get paid for their work! Transcript So, within the last year, you may have heard about AI-generated art, especially with OpenAI’s platform, DALL-E. AI image generators scrape publicly available pictures across the web to […]
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How you can buy your very own copy of the U.S. Constitution
And, yes, I’m talking about the *actual* United States Constitution! I honestly had no idea there were this many copies! 😱 Transcript On November 13th, Sotheby’s is gong to be auctioning off the U.S. Constitution. And, yes, it’s the paper document, the Constitution. But before you get too up in arms or if you even […]