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Cold Take Ep. 7: A Jailed Artist, a Nude Portrait, and a Guide to Art Theft
Happy Father's Day. Colton surprises Adam with a relic from a past life — the faded Brainbat skull shirt from back when Adam went by "Brainbat" and made art instead of reporting on it.They open in China, where a court delays the verdict for jailed artist Gao Zhen by three more months. Adam breaks down how the 70-year-old, a U.S. permanent resident, was detained on a visit home and charged under a 2021 law for art critical of Mao — work he made, sold, and kept in the United States — raising questions about reach, retroactivity, and whether he ever comes home.From there, Adam recaps the Work in…
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