Episode 001: Attacks on Art ft. Van Gogh, Da Vinci, & a village idiot

Here we kick off "The Art of Hating"! Today we discuss some attacks on art through history. The pieces referenced are: Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait of Lord Balfour, 1914 by Philip Alexius de László Pietà (1498) by Michaelangelo Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Blue? III (1967) by Barnett Newman Ivan the Terrible and His Son, Ivan, on November 16 1581 (painted in 1885) by Ilya Repin Bamiyan Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan “Stendhal Syndrome (or Florence syndrome) is a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, confusion, hallucinations, and even fainting, allegedly occurring when individuals become exposed to objects, artworks, or phenomena of great beauty.”