Michelle Young – The Art Spy

2024-08-24

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In the second part of our podcast about the movie ‘The Train’ Brent talks with Michelle Young about the art curator featured in the movie – Rose Valland. Michelle is the author of a forthcoming book from Harper One, an imprint of Harper Collins, about the World War 2 Resistance spy. The book will be issued in May 2025 and will be called ‘The Art Spy’. Michelle is the founder of ‘Untapped New York’ and the author of a number of books about the city. She’s professor of architecture at Columbia University GSAPP and an instructor at CUNY School of Journalism.

In the second part of our podcast about the movie ‘The Train’ Brent talks with Michelle Young about the art curator featured in the movie – Rose Valland.

Michelle is the author of a forthcoming book from Harper One, an imprint of Harper Collins, about the World War 2 Resistance spy. The book will be issued in May 2025 and will be called ‘The Art Spy’.

Michelle is the founder of ‘Untapped New York’ and the author of a number of books about the city. She’s professor of architecture at Columbia University GSAPP and an instructor at CUNY School of Journalism.

(1:05) How Michelle got interested in Rose Valland and World War 2;
(2:00) Why is Rose still so little known;
(4:15) How accurate is the movie ‘The Train’?
(6:15) Why did the Nazi’s want all those art treasures?
(8:15) Why ‘degenerate’ art?
(9:25) How did the Nazi’s use art?
(10:10) The ERR;
(11:55) The Jeu de Paume – Goring’s private gallery?
(12:30) Why Rose decided to save art;
(13:25) How did Rose spy on the Germans?
(14:40) How many works did Rose document?
(15:40) Rose’s interrogation by the Germans;
(16:55) Rose suspected by French partisans;
(18:15) The German plans for Rose;
(18:55) The last art train to Germany. How did Rose and the resistance stop the train from leaving Paris?
(20:50) Rose – a monuments woman?
(22:00) The Nuremberg Trials;
(22:20) Rose’s awards and decorations;
(24:30) Rose’s view of ‘The Train’ adaptation.

Links mentioned in this episode:

michelleyoungwriter.com

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