Here at the BTC, we enjoy the finer things in life: fancy wine, stinky cheeses, and expensive art. In this episode, Janelle and Vicky look at two of the art world’s biggest trouble-makers.
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Research links here!:
Law360 – “Gallery Owner Seeks $7.5M From Artist Over ‘Assault'”
The Hollywood Reporter – “‘SpongeBob’ Designer Targeted In Class Action Over Art Reproductions (Exclusive)”
Artnet – “Spongebob Artist Todd White Sues Dealer”
OC Weekly – “Todd White, SpongeBob Artist and Renowned Painter, Settles Gallery HB “Ninja” Attack Suit”
Vanity Fair – “Sponge-Fraud!”
Hyperallergic – “This Week In Lawsuits: SpongeBob’s (Not So) Nautical Nonsense”
Deceptology – “SpongBob, giclees, art fraud and ninjas”
Cracked – “6 True Crime Stories That Are Too Stupid Even For Hollywood”
UniCourt – “Margaret Howell Et Al v. Todd White Et Al”
Insider – “‘SpongeBob’ Cartoonist And Art Gallery Owner Embroiled In Bizarre Feud Involving Thugs And Forgery Allegations”
Biography – “Caravaggio: The Italian Painter Was Also a Notorious Criminal and Murderer”
Britannica – “Continued successes and the murder of Tomassoni”
Observer – “Caravaggio: Rogue, Murderer, Brilliant Painter”
The Guardian – “Caravaggio: ‘He lived badly, brutally'”
Italian Art Society
Smithsonian Magazine – “Caravaggio May have Died of Infected Sword Wound, Not Syphilis”
The National Gallery – “Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio”
BBC Culture – “Why Caravaggio was as shocking as his paintings”
BBC News – “Caravaggio’s crimes exposed in Rome’s police files”
MasterClass – “Who Was Caravaggio? 4 Characteristics of Caravaggio’s Work”
