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Deirdra Funcheon on Outsider Artist Purvis Young's Complex Estate
ArtTactic
English - January 22, 2020 16:37 - 24 minutes - 44 MB - ★★★★★ - 81 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this week's episode of the ArtTactic Podcast, we're joined by freelance journalist Deirdra Funcheon, who wrote an article in the Washington Post magazine detailing Purvis Young's career and the conflict surrounding his estate. First, Deirdra introduces us to Purvis' career and explains why he is considered an outsider artist. Then, she identifies some of the key turning points in his career. Also, Deirdra, details the complexity of the artist's estate and reveals how his paintings were allocated following his death.