This week on Spill the Art Tea, actor Rónán P. Byrne joins us to unpack the wildest headlines in the art world—from the Gen Z print-buying boom to a spontaneous Louvre strike, a smashed €100k crystal chair, and a LEGO forgery ring copying Ai Weiwei’s work. We also dive into France’s decision to hike museum prices for non-EU visitors—and wonder: who really gets access to culture in 2025?

🖼️ Gen Z snapping up prints like it’s fashion week

🪧 The Louvre closes mid-tour?!

🇫🇷 France doubles down on tourist museum fees

💺 One man, one chair, one €100k disaster

🧱 And a LEGO crime wave hits Ai Weiwei fans

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It’s Episode 50! We’re spilling five hot cups of art tea — from 200-year-old erotic condoms and shady rediscoveries to the visual language of crystals. Plus, we feature Nua Collective’s own Katrina Tracuma, discussing her upcoming exhibitions.

This week’s stories:

🟡 Wrap it before you Rijks it – The Rijksmuseum’s 200yo erotic condom giveaway

🟡 Dead, Ignored, and Now Profitable – Inside the “Rediscovery Industrial Complex”

🟡 The World's Smallest Violin

🟡 Mother Earth’s USB Stick – Crystals as nature’s data visualisation

🟡 Paintings from the Beyond – Hilma af Klint, mysticism, and supernatural geometry

👤 Featured Artist: Katrina Tracuma

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This week on Spill The Art Tea, we’re joined by Christian May, Director of Channel Islands Pride in Jersey 🇯🇪, to chat queer visibility, cultural leadership, and why the arts matter more than ever. We also break down a whirlwind of art stories: Olympic ice dancers call out gender rules ⛸️, the new Pope stans Van Gogh ✝️🎨, Damien Hirst reflects on therapy and wealth 💰🦈, and the ancient pigment Egyptian Blue makes a 21st-century comeback 🔵⚡

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Actor and multi-instrumentalist Brian Raftery joins us for a jam-packed episode as we dive into the week’s wildest art stories—from AI agents threatening blackmail to a photographer arrested at his own opening. Plus: a Sotheby’s sale that didn’t exactly break records, an Irish hotel mystery note, and a Dumas auction flip that paid off big time.

🪙 Sotheby’s Spring Sale – Giacometti tops the night, but the market stays cautious

🏨 The Hotel Wall Note Mystery – A wartime time capsule from 1943 Cork

🖼️ Dumas Sells Big – Miss January hits $5.1M, from a $22K buy

🤖 Anthropic’s AI Blackmail Drama – When simulated agents go full villain

🚔 Isaac Wright Arrested – NYPD shows up at a photographer’s own show

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t’s Episode 47 and we’re celebrating in style with super special guest Stuart Semple (@stuartsemple / @culturehustle) — artist, activist, and all-round icon. We chat first-hand about his ongoing legal battle with the Klein estate, his upcoming immersive installation in Jersey Zoo, and why creative freedom still matters.

PLUS, we serve up this week’s art stories with a side of sass:

– 🎂 Tate Modern turns 25… but has it swapped depth for dopamine?

– 🖼️ Art fairs reveal a widening price gap — is blue-chip dominance slipping?

– 🥔 A €1 million photo of a potato… and yes, it’s kind of amazing

– 🗽 A Black woman superhero lands in Times Square, and trolls can’t cope

– 🧫 Mould invades museums — it’s bad for art and worse for people

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It’s our first birthday! 🎂 We’re spilling extra tea this week with painter Robert Jackson (@robertjacksonart) as we revisit some of the wildest, weirdest, and most wonderful art stories of the week — from trademark tantrums over Yves Klein Blue to a Met Gala controversy involving Rosa Parks, Henry Taylor, and… fake underwear?

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👇 Episode 46 Story List:

🎨 Easy Klein vs Yves Klein Estate – A legal battle over the colour blue

🗑️ Warhol in the Waste – Dutch municipality accidentally trashes an Andy Warhol

🌌 Before the Light Pollution – A viral look at simulated pre-industrial skies

🕉️ Buddha’s Relics for Sale? – A spiritual ethical debate on auctioning sacred items

👗 Met Gala Mayhem – Black style, Henry Taylor, and the Rosa Parks print mix-up

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🎤✨ This week on Spill the Art Tea, we’re joined by the dazzling Derby Browne @derbybrownesinger for a singer-soaked art round-up! 🎶

💰 $7M Kobe jersey?!

🖍️ Rothko gets scratched by a toddler?!

🍆 Medieval penis debate?!

🦁 Gladiators vs lions in York?!

Yep, we’ve got the full gallery of weird, wild, and wonderful. Catch the episode now on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week on Spill The Art Tea, performer and producer Jade Johnson joins us for a whirlwind tour through the latest art world headlines.

We talk:

🎨 Tate’s audience crisis – is “woke” curation to blame or is the art world just out of touch?

📜 A 700-year-old Chinese scroll that just sold for $32 million (and it’s not even AI-generated).

🌌 Light pollution from satellites — are we photobombing the cosmos?

👶 Tokyo’s 21-month-old abstract art prodigy — baby’s first solo show?

🏛️ Trump’s executive order for granite statues in a sculpture park of American “heroes” – yes, this is real.

💬 We spill the tea — from gallery elitism to paint-splattered toddlers.

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