Art Viewer
@arthistory.bsky.social
art historian with eclectic interests
early modernist & medievalist, believe it or not
early modernist & medievalist, believe it or not
This curious painting by Diego Velázquez undeniably is embedded in its 17th c. material culture and culture of race, but it leaves us many questions from the artist who would later paint the portrait of the man he enslaved and an all-White Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
February 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
This curious painting by Diego Velázquez undeniably is embedded in its 17th c. material culture and culture of race, but it leaves us many questions from the artist who would later paint the portrait of the man he enslaved and an all-White Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
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Art History will continue to be seen as an elitist discipline if the public apparatuses for communicating it refuse to acknowledge the scholarship that has drawn attention to art's role in serving and subverting power.
Read the righteous review by Sherry Lindqiust here. hnanews.org/hnar/reviews...
Read the righteous review by Sherry Lindqiust here. hnanews.org/hnar/reviews...
Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry - Historians of Netherlandish Art Reviews
The Château de Chantilly justifiably billed its exhibition as a landmark show, and for early modernists and medievalists, it was the most anticipated
hnanews.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Art History will continue to be seen as an elitist discipline if the public apparatuses for communicating it refuse to acknowledge the scholarship that has drawn attention to art's role in serving and subverting power.
Read the righteous review by Sherry Lindqiust here. hnanews.org/hnar/reviews...
Read the righteous review by Sherry Lindqiust here. hnanews.org/hnar/reviews...
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I think turning down a job like this is simple self-preservation. I also think that the editor writing about this fact publicly is the strongest affirmation of the student's decision that could possibly come to light
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I think turning down a job like this is simple self-preservation. I also think that the editor writing about this fact publicly is the strongest affirmation of the student's decision that could possibly come to light
Fwiw, Messina has a particularly fine regional museum that boasts two excellent Caravaggio canvases. It could absolutely take good care of the Antonello da Messina. Also, the local mussels are delicious.
‘Bring it back’: Sicilians say Antonello da Messina’s Ecce Homo belongs with them
Much of Messina’s cultural memory was destroyed in a 1908 earthquake, but the Italian government has secured a masterpiece by the port city’s greatest son
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Fwiw, Messina has a particularly fine regional museum that boasts two excellent Caravaggio canvases. It could absolutely take good care of the Antonello da Messina. Also, the local mussels are delicious.
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
Bolero, trite, cliched, overused music? Or an excuse for JAZZ HANDS
February 13, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Bolero, trite, cliched, overused music? Or an excuse for JAZZ HANDS
Excellent work everybody who made keeping the stolen items embarrassing. It’s about damn time. Yo, British Museum, you ready yet?
February 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Excellent work everybody who made keeping the stolen items embarrassing. It’s about damn time. Yo, British Museum, you ready yet?
Ice dancing is like the Oscars. There’s the official prize and then there’s the real winner everybody can easily identify.
Congratulations to Olympic champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Cizeron should not have even been competing.
Congratulations to Olympic champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Cizeron should not have even been competing.
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Ice dancing is like the Oscars. There’s the official prize and then there’s the real winner everybody can easily identify.
Congratulations to Olympic champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Cizeron should not have even been competing.
Congratulations to Olympic champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates. Cizeron should not have even been competing.
Michelangelo's lesser known Rodanini Pietà, unfinished upon his death in 1564, and one of the quietest expressions of sadness ever carved. Depending on the angle Marry supports Christ or Christ supports Mary.
Marble, 77in. Milan, Castello Sforzesco.
Marble, 77in. Milan, Castello Sforzesco.
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Michelangelo's lesser known Rodanini Pietà, unfinished upon his death in 1564, and one of the quietest expressions of sadness ever carved. Depending on the angle Marry supports Christ or Christ supports Mary.
Marble, 77in. Milan, Castello Sforzesco.
Marble, 77in. Milan, Castello Sforzesco.
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UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
UNC-Chapel Hill Preps Policy on Recording Professors
The school aims to clarify guidelines after a secret recording controversy and growing fear of surveillance.
www.theassemblync.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
UNC is close to finalizing its policy which outlines permissible circumstances to *SECRETLY RECORD FACULTY IN THE CLASSROOM.*
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Good news!
February 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Good news!
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
Hong Kong
Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years for publishing a newspaper. www.cnn.com/2026/02/08/c...
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial | CNN
Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling...
www.cnn.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Hong Kong
Hieronymus Bosch would have liked this.
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Hieronymus Bosch would have liked this.
A proposal for colleges in the wake of Botstein at Bard et al: clear the decks.
Replace admin with English adjunct faculty. They recognize bs fast and won’t bet the endowment on crypto. At the very least, the emails will have better writing.
Replace admin with English adjunct faculty. They recognize bs fast and won’t bet the endowment on crypto. At the very least, the emails will have better writing.
February 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
A proposal for colleges in the wake of Botstein at Bard et al: clear the decks.
Replace admin with English adjunct faculty. They recognize bs fast and won’t bet the endowment on crypto. At the very least, the emails will have better writing.
Replace admin with English adjunct faculty. They recognize bs fast and won’t bet the endowment on crypto. At the very least, the emails will have better writing.
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A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
A Historically BLACK University cannot say Black.
A HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY cannot say Black.
The Berkeley Non-Historical Plaque Project places unique plaques around town honoring... things that didn't happen.
berkeleyplaques.net
berkeleyplaques.net
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
The Berkeley Non-Historical Plaque Project places unique plaques around town honoring... things that didn't happen.
berkeleyplaques.net
berkeleyplaques.net
If you need free admission, try the Discover & Go program through your local public library
SFMOMA abruptly pauses popular free admission program
The museum has “temporarily paused” its popular program, which waived general admission fee for Bay Area residents for one evening per month.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
If you need free admission, try the Discover & Go program through your local public library
PSA for anyone gluten-free staring down Lunar New Year: this Snixy Kitchen dumpling wrapper recipe really works. #celiac
Gluten-Free Dumpling Wrappers
Making gluten-free dumpling wrappers is easy with this tutorial on rolling, filling, and pleating gluten-free dumplings! Use these pliable wrappers to make gluten-free potstickers or gyoza!
www.snixykitchen.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
PSA for anyone gluten-free staring down Lunar New Year: this Snixy Kitchen dumpling wrapper recipe really works. #celiac
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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"Every [argument], every [theory], every [proposal] about 'parental rights' must be measured against this reality: children are being abused physically and sexually, some are dying, and the systems meant to protect them are already failing."
~ @brucelesley.bsky.social
~ @brucelesley.bsky.social
When "Parental Rights" Become a Shield for Child Abuse
The Texas Supreme Court case every child advocate must watch
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"Every [argument], every [theory], every [proposal] about 'parental rights' must be measured against this reality: children are being abused physically and sexually, some are dying, and the systems meant to protect them are already failing."
~ @brucelesley.bsky.social
~ @brucelesley.bsky.social
If the editorial choices are consistently in favor of power, you're not a news organization.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 PM
If the editorial choices are consistently in favor of power, you're not a news organization.
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🌏 Speaker: Fei Deng (Professor, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University)
📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM CT
📍 Herring Hall 100 — Open to the public, no registration required
💻 Also available via Zoom (🔗: loom.ly/bkM8eCg)
#RiceAsianStudies #RiceHumanitiesAndArts
📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM CT
📍 Herring Hall 100 — Open to the public, no registration required
💻 Also available via Zoom (🔗: loom.ly/bkM8eCg)
#RiceAsianStudies #RiceHumanitiesAndArts
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 AM
🌏 Speaker: Fei Deng (Professor, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University)
📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM CT
📍 Herring Hall 100 — Open to the public, no registration required
💻 Also available via Zoom (🔗: loom.ly/bkM8eCg)
#RiceAsianStudies #RiceHumanitiesAndArts
📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM CT
📍 Herring Hall 100 — Open to the public, no registration required
💻 Also available via Zoom (🔗: loom.ly/bkM8eCg)
#RiceAsianStudies #RiceHumanitiesAndArts