Thick as Thieves

Art Crime Salad

[https://weownthistown.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/s2e09-thickasthieves-fb.jpg] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-as-thieves/id1456680735]The season finale of Season 2! We’re wrapping up this season with one of the biggest names in art history. Back in the 16th century, Italian master Carravagio was dabbling in a lot more than oil paints and chiaroscuro. His rap sheet includes gambling, theft, and even murder! In between creating his devastating and beautiful masterpieces, this scrappy artist lived a hardboiled life of crime. On this week’s episode, we discuss his lesser-known felonious legacy. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/thickasthievesforever]. Music by Patrick Damphier [https://patrickdamphier.com/]. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes [https://www.instagram.com/saskdraws/].

Boo Hoo He’s a Liar

[https://weownthistown.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/s2e08-thickasthieves-fb.jpg] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-as-thieves/id1456680735]In the penultimate episode of Season 2, we delve into the fascinating story of a stolen Gustav Klimt painting that stumped the world, its unlikely recent recovery, and all the shocking discoveries that sprung up along the way. This 1997 theft is a page-turner, a cliffhanger, and a nail-biter all in one. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/thickasthievesforever]. Music by Patrick Damphier [https://patrickdamphier.com/]. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes [https://www.instagram.com/saskdraws/].

A Window, a 911 Call, a Work of Art

[https://weownthistown.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/s2e07-thickasthieves-fb.jpg] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-as-thieves/id1456680735]In this week’ [https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/72x72/2122.png]s episode, we talk about the tumultuous, and eventually fatal, relationship between artists Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre. In 1985, after eight months of marriage, Ana Mendieta fell to her death from the 34th-floor New York apartment she shared with Andre. When he called 911, he flatly stated they were artists and “she went to the bedroom, and I went after her, and she went out the window.” He was acquitted of her murder, and went on to enjoy a hugely celebrated career among the art world’ [https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/72x72/2122.png]s most elite. We discuss the circumstances of the murder, the changing times, and the responsibility of the art world at large to hold our artists accountable. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/thickasthievesforever]. Music by Patrick Damphier [https://patrickdamphier.com/]. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes [https://www.instagram.com/saskdraws/].

A Fatal Attraction in Berlin

[https://weownthistown.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/s2e06-thickasthieves-fb.jpg] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-as-thieves/id1456680735]On this week’ [https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.1.0/72x72/2122.png]s episode, we delve into a recent crime that left the international art world in shock. In the bustling art mecca of Berlin, Rebeccah Blum, a distinguished American curator was found stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Saul Fletcher, a renowned British photographer. Shortly after the murder, the 53-year-old artist committed suicide. Now, the art world has a critical choice to make in how it remembers her legacy and reconsiders his artwork. Listen as we discuss the complicated circumstance of this double death. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/thickasthievesforever]. Music by Patrick Damphier [https://patrickdamphier.com/]. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes [https://www.instagram.com/saskdraws/].

Little Fires Everywhere

[https://weownthistown.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/s2e05-thickasthieves-fb.jpg] [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-as-thieves/id1456680735]Veronica and Sara return from the quarantine imposed hiatus to pick Season 2 right back up where they left off, discussing the varietal ways in which art is destroyed or vandalized. This week, we discuss the bizarre desire to set your art on fire. Scott Campbell, the celebrity tattooist turned artworld star known for inking up people like Heath Ledger, Nan Goldin, and Mark Jacobs, committed an art crime against himself. He was working on a tattoo-based visual arts project with a prison outside Mexico City when he was approached about doing an art show. It sold out before the opening but a bitter dispute with the money-hungry art gallery director resulted in Campbell setting his own art ablaze. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/thickasthievesforever]. Music by Patrick Damphier [https://patrickdamphier.com/]. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes [https://www.instagram.com/saskdraws/].