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PaintingLoft Podcast

Jan 30, 2021

In this episode we talk about Muslim Scholars trying to halt the display of Egyptian mummies by claiming it is against their religion. Van Arno, a major artist in our field passes away. We also talk about Miniature portrait of cross-dressing French king found in the UK. A Botticelli portrait sold at auction. A museum...


Jan 23, 2021

In this episode we talk about a 4,200 year old queen's name is learned among other things discovered. In our Strange Art Fact segment we learn the medical uses of Prussian Blue. Also in our Art Crime segment police in Italy find a stolen Salvator Mundy painting attributed to DaVinci's student.

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Jan 16, 2021

In this episode we talk about a 14th century Jacopo di cione alter piece going for auction for the first time ever. In the Netherlands a Kandinsky painting was decided NOT to be returned to it's prior owners after losing it to the Nazis.. Archeologists discover Roman camps in norther Spain.

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Jan 12, 2021

In this episode we talk about online t-shirt company that is ripping off artists work again. We talk about why Victorian Christmas cards will often have images of dead birds. A woman's garden stepping stone to get on her horse ends up being a second century AD rare ancient Roman engraving worth about 20,000. A painting...