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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