I had never heard of an “art detective” before today, but that’s the coolest job title I’ve ever heard. It sounds very Indiana Jones-ey. (And yes, I understand it’s probably a lot of desk work)
According to his Wikipedia page he actually earns his living as an art historian and art consultant. Recovering lost and stolen art is just a hobby… And that’s definitely pretty Indiana Jones-esque.
The Art Detectives series is good. Not crime related, but interesting investigations of paintings
This kind of headline makes me sick: “Work of art worth X currency” - because of course it’s only the financial speculative aspect that makes art valuable and no one cares about anything else. Disgusting.
Is it though?
Realistically? I think it very much is. If you can’t make money with art either by producing or buying/selling/owning it then pretty much no one cares.
When is the last time you genuinely saw someone care about a work of art breaking new ground, or for it delving into truly novel understanding, or due to it invoking feelings in the recipient?
Like the outrage ober the self-shredding Banksy? Oh noes, so much value destroyed how could he!!1
Graffiti?
The Grenfell tower fire tributes weren’t produced for money, and invoke feelings
Yep, that counts. And honestly, it counts for a lot more to me than speculative art trading and hoarding.
I mean, original Van Gogh gigs will sell for boatloads of money though. It’s not particularly speculative.
Lesser known artists, sure.
I hope he got it laminated before he started handling it.
Art Detective Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau
Honestly I really hope he stole it back but changed the story. Fuck art dealers and thieves.
- I just reat the article… I still hope someone stole it back and presented r compelling story to the cops about making them look quite good with the story. I know that very unlikely to be what happened but I STILL WANT IT TO BE CANON 😭
Thanks.
