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Aug 2022
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Minisode 2: Discovered - An Unknown Self...

Lindsay Sheedy
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This half-hour ‘sode discusses the exciting discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait by Van Gogh, which he painted on the back of his painting known as Head of a Peasant Woman in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland. Come for the knowledge, stay in spite of your hypothetical broken ankle. 
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