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28: Michael Backman: 'Are Antiques Sacred?'
World Art Now
English - January 16, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBBooks Arts material culture decorative arts cultural history art collecting book publishing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this Podcast, Michael Backman, writer and gallerist, asks why are we attracted to items that have antiquity? Do such items have a sacredness, or are we attempting to tap into some version of immortality. Is this why we pay more for items with good patina? He looks at the role of collecting and collectors in the preservation of the world's material culture.
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