04-08-2019 07:41 AM
Evidently a sluggish day on the board... so in the meantime, why not solve the mysteries of the missing "Leonardo"?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/30/arts/design/salvator-mundi-louvre-abu-dhabi.html
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04-08-2019 07:59 AM
04-08-2019 07:59 AM
04-08-2019 08:36 AM - edited 04-08-2019 08:39 AM
Could the Islamist be amusing himself with a new dartboard?
04-08-2019 08:44 AM
Leonardo-Shmeonardo. Meh.
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04-08-2019 08:53 AM
04-08-2019 08:57 AM
@argon38 wrote:
@maxine*j wrote:Leonardo-Shmeonardo. Meh.
I'm investing in T.F Chen, an unparalleled fine artist
Lawrence. Jeppson, a respected senior art investment advisor to the Smithsonian Institute, remarked, “There is only one Van Gogh, one Picasso and one Tsing-Fang Chen in this world!”
And, see? He didn't even bother to mention whatshisname, Leonardo
04-08-2019 09:01 AM
@ohnojoey wrote:
Could the Islamist be amusing himself with a new dartboard?
Certainly a strange purchase for a Saudi prince... although Muslims are typically very respectful of the person of Jesus, whom they consider a prophet. If Sonomabarn is right and there was a Banksy auto-shredder hidden in the frame, i guess that'll be the last we ever hear of it.
04-08-2019 03:28 PM
@maxine*j wrote:Leonardo-Shmeonardo. Meh.
I'm investing in T.F Chen...
How I envy you...I tried to invest in T.F. Chen ... but was rejected as unworthy and cast back to the billions strong waiting list with a caution that I was lucky to even gaze upon his brilliance from afar without having my eyes scooped out with rusty utensils for daring to hope for ownership.
04-08-2019 03:36 PM
@argon38 wrote:
@ohnojoey wrote:
Could the Islamist be amusing himself with a new dartboard?
Certainly a strange purchase for a Saudi prince... although Muslims are typically very respectful of the person of Jesus, whom they consider a prophet. If Sonomabarn is right and there was a Banksy auto-shredder hidden in the frame, i guess that'll be the last we ever hear of it.
Yes, many Muslims consider Jesus as a lesser prophet to Mohammed, but a prophet nonetheless.
Depictions, though, like artwork that represents Mohammed or Jesus is considered idolatry by the Saudi Arabian government, and are decreed to be destroyed, to the best of me knowledge.
The Banksy theory is much more intriguing!
04-08-2019 03:45 PM - edited 04-08-2019 03:46 PM
@yankeebob1951 wrote:How I envy you...I tried to invest in T.F. Chen ... but was rejected as unworthy and cast back to the billions strong waiting list with a caution that I was lucky to even gaze upon his brilliance from afar without having my eyes scooped out with rusty utensils for daring to hope for ownership.
"At the distinguished age of 74, Dr. Chen is enjoying a surge of mastery, brilliance and productivity as all the countless seeds he’s sown in the last half-century are coming to bear fruit."
And to think that he is having to put up with so much base ingratitude and sarcasm! Shameful, truly shameful.
04-08-2019 04:06 PM - edited 04-08-2019 04:10 PM
I just find the whole "Salvator Mundi" story completely bizarre. If I understand correctly, these two photos show the same picture before and after "restoration"?!
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/from-pound45-to-dollar100m-leonardo-heads-to-new-york
04-08-2019 05:37 PM
I find the bundle of molded papers and watercolors from under the floorboards in Van Gogh's bedroom more interesting than the Mundi. At $450 million I wonder if that is just the Saudi money talking rather than the actual painting being of that much interest. I mean, can't one buy a presidency for that kind of money?