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British artist George Stubbs, best known for his paintings of horses, also did the first known painting of a ‘kongouro’ in Western art (1772). Of course, the very first depictions of kangaroos were done many millennia before (at far R, in Arnhem Land)
December 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
British artist George Stubbs, best known for his paintings of horses, also did the first known painting of a ‘kongouro’ in Western art (1772). Of course, the very first depictions of kangaroos were done many millennia before (at far R, in Arnhem Land)
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Chung Chang-Sup, Return 77-A, 1977
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December 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Chung Chang-Sup, Return 77-A, 1977
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#AshmoleanAdvent Day 15: Bronze Stag
The ancient city of Kish, to the east of the city of Babylon, was revered as the place where the gods had established kingship. In the late 1st millennium BCE, Babylonian kings refurbished the city’s ancient temples and the city flourished.
The ancient city of Kish, to the east of the city of Babylon, was revered as the place where the gods had established kingship. In the late 1st millennium BCE, Babylonian kings refurbished the city’s ancient temples and the city flourished.
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#AshmoleanAdvent Day 15: Bronze Stag
The ancient city of Kish, to the east of the city of Babylon, was revered as the place where the gods had established kingship. In the late 1st millennium BCE, Babylonian kings refurbished the city’s ancient temples and the city flourished.
The ancient city of Kish, to the east of the city of Babylon, was revered as the place where the gods had established kingship. In the late 1st millennium BCE, Babylonian kings refurbished the city’s ancient temples and the city flourished.
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 15
‘Christmas Time’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Christmas Time’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 15
‘Christmas Time’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘Christmas Time’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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Matthew Monahan, Twilight of the Idiots, 1994/2005
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December 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Matthew Monahan, Twilight of the Idiots, 1994/2005
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Julius Shulman
Charles and Ray Eames in their living room, Pacific Palisades, 1968
I want that chair more than Frasier does!
Charles and Ray Eames in their living room, Pacific Palisades, 1968
I want that chair more than Frasier does!
December 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Julius Shulman
Charles and Ray Eames in their living room, Pacific Palisades, 1968
I want that chair more than Frasier does!
Charles and Ray Eames in their living room, Pacific Palisades, 1968
I want that chair more than Frasier does!
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Childe Hassam, "Late Afternoon, New York Winter," 1900, from collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/1202
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Childe Hassam, "Late Afternoon, New York Winter," 1900, from collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/1202
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"As for safety concerns around alcohol, the reindeer operate the sleigh, not me. And they’re teetotal."
Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Cancelling Scrooge
by Damhnait Monaghan To: s.claus@northpole.comFrom: d.downer@grinchconsulting.com Re: Santa Claus® Review of Global Enterprises (“SCROOGE”) Sir, Attached is our preliminary report, with highlights …
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December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"As for safety concerns around alcohol, the reindeer operate the sleigh, not me. And they’re teetotal."
Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Big love for this story by @downith.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 13
‘Winter Lane’
Artist: SR Badmin
Window 13
‘Winter Lane’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 13
‘Winter Lane’
Artist: SR Badmin
Window 13
‘Winter Lane’
Artist: SR Badmin
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Hendrik Mesdag's sunset (1887) looks simple: sea and the sky, which a low horizon divides into unequal parts, a few sails in the distance, on the left, enliven the rather severe construction. But look at the multiplicity of tones and the complexity of this work sinks in.
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hendrik Mesdag's sunset (1887) looks simple: sea and the sky, which a low horizon divides into unequal parts, a few sails in the distance, on the left, enliven the rather severe construction. But look at the multiplicity of tones and the complexity of this work sinks in.
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Ancient Sound. Abstract on Black Background https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/ancient-sound-abstract-on-black-background-1925
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ancient Sound. Abstract on Black Background https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/ancient-sound-abstract-on-black-background-1925
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Susan Brabeau, Orchids, 2016
December 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Susan Brabeau, Orchids, 2016
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Vincent van Gogh turned to still-life painting in the summer of 1886 as a vehicle to learn about colour and form. He painted this simple still-life of a pot of chives in the winter of the following year when taking painting lessons with Fernand Cormon in Paris.
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Vincent van Gogh turned to still-life painting in the summer of 1886 as a vehicle to learn about colour and form. He painted this simple still-life of a pot of chives in the winter of the following year when taking painting lessons with Fernand Cormon in Paris.
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Lonely postbox, Isle of Yell, Shetland, 2004, photo by Martin Parr (Magnum).
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Lonely postbox, Isle of Yell, Shetland, 2004, photo by Martin Parr (Magnum).
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Agricultural Czechoslovakian Matchbox Labels, 1971
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#matchboxlabels #illustration #graphicdesign
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#matchboxlabels #illustration #graphicdesign
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Agricultural Czechoslovakian Matchbox Labels, 1971
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'Christmas Rose.' (1923) Piet Mondrian pioneered abstract painting. But he kept painting flowers, endless, boundless. timeless pictures. 'I find flowers beautiful in their exterior beauty, yet there is hidden within a deeper beauty,' he once wrote.
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
'Christmas Rose.' (1923) Piet Mondrian pioneered abstract painting. But he kept painting flowers, endless, boundless. timeless pictures. 'I find flowers beautiful in their exterior beauty, yet there is hidden within a deeper beauty,' he once wrote.
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'Wish I had a river' by contemporary printmaker Fiona Watson #WomensArt
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
'Wish I had a river' by contemporary printmaker Fiona Watson #WomensArt
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Snow Removal, Dorchester Street, Montreal
Nora Collyer
c. 1930
Nora Collyer
c. 1930
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Snow Removal, Dorchester Street, Montreal
Nora Collyer
c. 1930
Nora Collyer
c. 1930
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December 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 12
‘December’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘December’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 12
‘December’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
‘December’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 11
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 11
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin
If this Rothko lived in my house I would give it a whole room all to itself.
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled (Orange and Tan), 1954
pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas In the home or Mrs. Enid Annenberg Haupt in her home, with a baroque Louis XV console, a pottery urn, a Marino Marini bronze and various orchids (Photo by Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast)
pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas In the home or Mrs. Enid Annenberg Haupt in her home, with a baroque Louis XV console, a pottery urn, a Marino Marini bronze and various orchids (Photo by Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast)
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If this Rothko lived in my house I would give it a whole room all to itself.
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𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled (Orange and Tan), 1954
pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas overall: 206.4 x 160.6 cm (81 1/4 x 63 1/4
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas overall: 206.4 x 160.6 cm (81 1/4 x 63 1/4
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
December 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled (Orange and Tan), 1954
pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas overall: 206.4 x 160.6 cm (81 1/4 x 63 1/4
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
pigmented hide glue and oil on canvas overall: 206.4 x 160.6 cm (81 1/4 x 63 1/4
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
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'Kitchen Range.' (1984) As artists grow older, they can fall from fashion, but age also brings gravitas if we have the imagination to see it. Anthony Eyton turned 102 earlier this year, and still, he paints compositions, which flood scenes with light and atmosphere.
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
'Kitchen Range.' (1984) As artists grow older, they can fall from fashion, but age also brings gravitas if we have the imagination to see it. Anthony Eyton turned 102 earlier this year, and still, he paints compositions, which flood scenes with light and atmosphere.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM