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@arthistory.bsky.social
art historian with eclectic interests
early modernist & medievalist, believe it or not
early modernist & medievalist, believe it or not
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.
I was really good at remote learning (college level). My colleagues weren’t. So they just trashed it as the medium’s fault, not their failure to exploit its strengths and accommodate its weaknesses.
February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I was really good at remote learning (college level). My colleagues weren’t. So they just trashed it as the medium’s fault, not their failure to exploit its strengths and accommodate its weaknesses.
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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
HE NEARLY BLOCKED ALYSA LIU!?
February 7, 2026 at 4:19 AM
HE NEARLY BLOCKED ALYSA LIU!?
I've heard the Eye of Sauron people, but I'm actually seeing a cross between a Crown of Thorns and a cathedral's rose window in this year's Olympic Flame.
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I've heard the Eye of Sauron people, but I'm actually seeing a cross between a Crown of Thorns and a cathedral's rose window in this year's Olympic Flame.
Gaaaaah. Richly deserved.
February 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Gaaaaah. Richly deserved.
The Olympic committee told the crowd not to boo?
February 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The Olympic committee told the crowd not to boo?