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    #67: This Painting is Upside Down

    December 1st, 2022 · 31 minutes

    An art historian recently discovered that a Mondrian painting has been hung upside down for decades. How does something like that happen, and what made them realize the mistake? Plus: Quinn tries to guess which way abstract paintings are supposed to be oriented.

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    Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years - The Guardian
    Pictorial #32: Piet Mondrian - Relay FM
    Piet Mondrian's Painting 'New York City I' Has Been Displayed Upside Down for 75 Years
    New York City - Centre Pompidou
    Rothko
    Mitchell
    O'Keeffe
    Frankenthaler
    Kandinsky
    Newman
    Malevich