Episode #50: "Fake-squiat"

SHOW TOPICS

• Two show announcements!


• Storage Whores


• We see dead people

SHOW NOTES

• 00:10 - Merchandise but no Anniversary Show


• 01:10 - James and Catherine are aliens


• 01:25 - New SubRant TikTok!


• 01:45 - Online video editing software


• 02:30 - Fake til proven Basquiat?


• 03:05 - "Chain of Custody" and "Players"
  
  
  
  • Basquiat - (deceased) Artist
  
  
  • Larry Gagosian - Art dealer
  
  
  • Thad Mumford - (deceased) Screenwriter, 1st owner
  
  
  • Storage Unit -Unpaid x30 years
  
  
  • William Force - Art/antiquities dealer, 2nd owner
  
  
  • Lee Mangan - Retired salesman, 2nd owner
  
  
  • Pierce O'Donnell - Lawyer, purchased interest in 6/25 pieces
  
  
  • "Mumford's Poem" - Taped on dot-matrix printer paper
  
  
  • Lindon Leader - Brand expert, FedEx logo designer
  
  
  • Diego Cortez - (deceased) Basquiat Estate Authentication Committee (deceased - disbanded 2012) member
  
  
  • Jordanna Moore Saggese - Author "Reading Basquiat: Exploring Ambivalence in American Art".
  
  
  • Aaron De Groft - Director & CEO, Orlando Museum of Art
  
  
  • Cynthia Brumback - Board Chair, Orlando Museum of Art
  
  
  
  


• 06:50 - Trying hard for that "place in time"


• 07:30 - "One Last Heist" coming soon to a theatre near you! Or, "Ocean's Fail"


• 09:05 - Chasing the antiquity dragon


• 10:30 - Perusing the "Cardboard Collection" (video)


• 11:30 - Provenance (and asking questions) is "off-limits" in Orlando


• 12:34 - "Sometimes, you shouldn't attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence"


• 13:30 - Orlando, unhinged!


• 14:15 - Traumatically trapped in Orlando elevator!


• 14:52 - "Heroes and Monsters" - John Michel Basquiat


• 15:40 - A "stooge" for with good intentions, or just a stooge?


• 16:45 - James has a list of critiques


• 18:02 - Just say "these works may or may not be authentic"


• 18:21 - Having fun? Spending money? Who cares if it's real or not!


• 19:00 - Back to the "in-the-style-adjacent" artwork


• 20:30 - Achieving layering within a "visual collage"


• 21:00 - Deconstructing Basquiat, again!


• 23:03 - It's ghoulish to use dead people to authenticate your fakes


• 24:55 - The Mystery of the 1994 FedEx Logo


• 27:05 - "Handwriting analysis and poems don't authenticate artworks"


• 28:20 - Back to Banksy's Instagram archive and end