SHOW THEMES - Van Gogh "hidden" portrait
Secret mirrors and Cracker Jack Buddhas
AI image generators
SHOW NOTES - 00:38 - Van Gogh portrait found behind "Head of a Peasant Woman"
01:08 - James makes a case for "peasant-core"
01:35 - Random x-rays, but why?
02:02 - "I thought the painting was depressing"
02:25 - Breaking down curator boredom
03:12 - Impasto faux pas... Rembrandt not Van Gogh!
04:45 - It's simple - canvass is expensive.
06:12 - Van Gogh was "a broke ass painter"
06:30 - Buddha Buddha on the wall. How did you get there?
07:25 - "Mystery purchase" at Tucson Gem Show
08:12 - Cracker Jack enlightenment
10:45 - Are there more mysteries in plain sight? Probable not.
11:56 - All the kids are doing it? (AI image generators)
13:30 - Why AI? It's not art, it's a tool https://www.craiyon.com
14:20 - Joan of Arc eating ice cream
15:43 - Georgia O'Keefe painted cats?
18:10 - Cats in the "style" of Damien Hurst look like Laurel Burch https://www.laurelburch.com
19:08 - James is DALL-E wait-listed
21:00 - Unintended scarcity?
22:28 - Generating "fun spaghetti"
22:50 - "Nefarious" experimentation yielded freakish results!
24:00 - "Hack-a-thon" and curated image database
25:40 - Let's just leave it!