Vanishing Point
Claim This Podcastby Olivia Huntley & Emma Kimbrough
Podcast Overview
<p><b> The art & philosophy of art thefts & forgery</b></p>
Language
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Publishing Since
6/2/2025
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Recent Episodes
April 22, 2026
The Accidental Picasso Thief
In this episode, Olivia tells Emma the story of The Accidental Picasso Thief - a story about family, fate, coincidence, and adventure - all orbiting around a stolen Picasso painting. Special thanks to Whit Rummel for reaching out to us and letting us tell his family story. "Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it...
February 1, 2026
My Kid Could Paint That
In this episode, Emma tells Olivia the story of toddler painter extraordinaire Marla Olmstead in the early aughts. This story is intertwined with an examination of the documentary about Marla and her family, My Kid Could Paint That, directed by Amir Bar-Lev and released in 2007. We discuss the question of whether four year old Marla or her father Mark were completing her prolific abstract paintings, as well as the question of whether or not a documentary can ever tell us the truth. We explore...
January 12, 2026
The Knoedler Gallery Fraud Part III: A Trial of Prestige
In our Knoedler Gallery Fraud series finale, we discuss the end of the Knoedler Gallery, the arrest of one of the fraudsters, and explore the De Sole lawsuit extravaganza. We ask the question of what authenticity means within the art world and how important it truly is, from the walls of a prestigious gallery in New York to the Chinese village of Dafen where art reproductions were famously made by the hundreds. And of course, we armchair analyze the notorious Ann Freedman. “And so art i...
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