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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Debbie Hickey joins us for Episode 43 to spill the art tea on everything from romantic AI companions to ancient Egyptian treasures found by toddlers, lawsuits over decaying Ferraris, democracy museums turned casinos, and a full-body scan of the Titanic wreck.

🧠 Are we falling in love with machines?

👶 What would you do if your toddler found a 3,000-year-old artifact?

🎲 And what happens when a museum of democracy gets bumped for blackjack tables?

We’re diving deep with photographer Debbie Hickey and this week’s art and culture stories you don’t want to miss.

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It’s Episode 42 and we’ve got the kettle boiling with returning fave Ben Griffiths joining us to stir the art pot once more! From BASE-jumping off Notre-Dame to a $25 Renoir, and from unearthing forgotten feminist frescoes to landscaping a 25-acre Van Gogh homage — we’re talking about art that’s wild, overdue, or wonderfully accidental.

Plus: What’s the latest with the Sagrada Família’s bold new façade? And can you really plant your way into a painting? All that, and a few unexpected giggles, in this week’s spill. ✨

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Welcome to Episode 41 of Spill the Art Tea – your weekly dose of unfiltered art world commentary.

🎙️ This week, we’re joined by the brilliant Tess Martin, an internationally celebrated animator known for her hand-crafted and experimental storytelling. Tess spills all on her creative process, the fluidity of working across borders, and why animation deserves a permanent seat at the high-art table.

📰 The week’s hottest art stories, including:

✨ E.T. phones Sotheby’s – Spielberg’s iconic animatronic alien is going under the hammer for millions. Is pop culture officially museum-worthy?

⏳ Rome limits your art time – The Galleria Borghese now gives you just 60 minutes to soak up centuries of art. Is this smart preservation or tourist tyranny?

🏛️ Should museums in the US be free? – With some institutions spending over $60 per visitor, new data fuels the debate on making art accessible for all.

🎨 Flannery O’Connor’s hidden art – The famed author turns out to have been a closet painter too. We love a multidisciplinary queen!

🎪 Art market or circus act? – One wine critic draws hilarious (and maybe accurate?) parallels between auction houses and big-top drama.

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