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Big Art Thread @bigartthread.bsky.social · Nov 19
hey hey everyone just wanted to say hello and thank you to new followers! I started doing this on the other place after the 2016 election as a way to fill my mornings with art and hopefully give a little break or creative inspiration to others in the process. Now here we are again.
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Oil paintings by South Korean artist Guimi You, 2020s, whose work captures mundane scenes in her daily life.
Painting in a soft style with a blue-green palette, depicting a woman in overalls and floppy hat standing in the center of a garden path surrounded by succulents, flowers, and trees, with a beige house in the background. Painting in a soft style with a yellow, mint, and rust-colored palette, depicting a figure sitting on a bench in a backyard garden, surrounded by trees and potted plants, against a yellow sky. Painting in a soft style with a blue and grey palette, depicting a cafe with flowers and a big window showing the street outside. A small round table holding a pastry and latte is in the lower foreground, and we see a figure's hand coming up from the bottom drawing in a notebook. Painting in a soft style with a blue-green, orange, and light pink palette, depicting a park with a large curving pond in the center, with various figures standing and sitting around its edges, surrounded by flowering pink trees and green forest, and an orange mountain in the background.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Oil paintings by South Korean artist Guimi You, 2020s, whose work captures mundane scenes in her daily life.
Painting in a soft style with a blue-green palette, depicting a woman in overalls and floppy hat standing in the center of a garden path surrounded by succulents, flowers, and trees, with a beige house in the background. Painting in a soft style with a yellow, mint, and rust-colored palette, depicting a figure sitting on a bench in a backyard garden, surrounded by trees and potted plants, against a yellow sky. Painting in a soft style with a blue and grey palette, depicting a cafe with flowers and a big window showing the street outside. A small round table holding a pastry and latte is in the lower foreground, and we see a figure's hand coming up from the bottom drawing in a notebook. Painting in a soft style with a blue-green, orange, and light pink palette, depicting a park with a large curving pond in the center, with various figures standing and sitting around its edges, surrounded by flowering pink trees and green forest, and an orange mountain in the background.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Paintings by Moroccan artist Mohamed Hamidi, 1970s, whose abstract works used "line and the 'unseen' body to bypass representational taboos", over time striving for modern art forms rooted in Moroccan traditions.
Abstract composition with rounded heart-shaped forms in yellow and pink over a red background, one with a rounded diamond shape in the center. Abstract composition with two rounded pink forms dominating the upper two-thirds, over a loose diamond shape with inset layers in black, red, and yellow. Abstract composition with a symmetrical rounded diamond form in the center with red, pink, and blue inset layers, over a background split into blue and black halves. Abstract composition with a tall, slender white outline with a rounded top and blue center, springing from the bottom to overlay a loose diagonal rectangle in pink, purple, and yellow, over a bright yellow background.
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Photos by Shinnecock Nation artist Jeremy Dennis, 2010s-20s, whose practice explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.
Photo showing two Native men standing watch in a forest environment, looking down to a stone building in the background where a third Native man is crouching against a green door. Photo of a Native man standing in a backyard pool with water to his waist, looking up at a white woman wearing a white robe and holding a mug, standing along the edge and looking down at him. Photo of a Native woman wearing a rust-colored dress, running towards the viewer and smiling up at the sky, in a field with a pond in the background and cloudy blue sky. Blue-white mist moves over the ground and partly obscures her feet and legs. Photo showing three Native men standing in a row looking down, in front of a concrete building on brown leafy ground. They are holding a woman wearing a white dress, lying supine but raising her head to look at the viewer.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Lithographs in the Art Nouveau style by British artist Mary Golay, c 1900s.
Print with a sepia, gold, and pink palette depicting a young white woman wearing pleated drapery with gold embellishments, and large red-pink flowers covering her hair, holding a white harp. Several red-pink flowers spring up behind and in front of her, and an ornate patterned background hangs behind her. Print depicting bright red-pink flowers with pointed petals and green jagged leaves, with some petals falling downward. The background is a detailed floral and geometric pattern in green and cream tones. Print depicting a green peacock with ornately decorated feathers fanning across much of the composition, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and twigs in the background. Print with a pale green, gold, and pink palette depicting a young white woman a flowing gown with a gold sash, and large red-pink flowers over her dark hair. Several red-pink flowers spring up in front of her, and a subtle gold pattern hangs behind her within a curving frame.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Installations by Pakistani American artist Anila Quayyum Agha, 2010s-20s, whose motifs are inspired by Islamic patterns and the architecture of the Alhambra.
Site-specific installation with a large floating cube hanging in the center if a gallery, its sides made up of ornate lasercut patterns. A light in the center of the cube shines out and emits patterned shadows along the floor, ceiling, and walls. Site-specific installation with a large floating cube hanging in the center if a gallery, its sides made up of ornate lasercut patterns. A blue light in the center of the cube shines out and emits patterned shadows along the floor, ceiling, and yellow walls. Site-specific installation with a large floating cube hanging in the center if a gallery, its sides made up of ornate lasercut patterns. A blue light in the center of the cube shines out and emits patterned shadows along the floor, ceiling, and red walls. Site-specific installation with a standing house-shaped sculpture in the center if a gallery, its sides made up of ornate lasercut patterns. A white light in the center of the cube shines out and emits patterned shadows along the floor, ceiling, and purple walls.
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Paintings by Mexico City-based Spanish artist Kora Moya Rojo, 2020s.
Painting of a large organic form, with hybrid plant and animal characteristics, in a brightly colored palette. It sits in the center of a blue pond surrounded by pink and green flora, with mountains in the background. Painting of a large organic form, with hybrid plant and animal characteristics, in a brightly colored palette. It sits on a purple ground with a hazy green landscape behind it. Painting of a large organic form, with hybrid plant and animal characteristics, in a brightly colored palette. It stands in blue water along a brown beach, with a sunset in the background. Painting of three large floral forms sitting over a sliced open melon, with leaves in the background, over a blue ground.
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Sculpture by Polish-American artist Elie Nadelman, 1910s-20s, who along with his wife Viola Spiess Flannery, an heiress, assembled the first major collection of American Folk Art.
Carved wooden sculpture depicting a man and a woman dancing, their faces and hands painted white. Carved wooden sculpture depicting a woman in a short dress kicking up her right leg and twisting her torso, with her face painted white and her hair up in a painted red bun. Bronze sculpture depicting a male figure standing on his hands on a cube pedestal, his torso and arms curving around so his feet are above his head. Carved wooden sculpture depicting a woman in a long dress crouching at a small piano, turning to smile over her shoulder as she plays.
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Paintings by American artist Ann Marie Auricchio, 2020s.
Abstract composition with layers of yellow, green, and pink, a mix of gestural paint strokes and forest textures. The piece has jagged, complex edges instead of a standard geometric shape. Abstract composition with layers of white and blue, a mix of gestural paint strokes and various textures. The piece has jagged, complex edges instead of a standard geometric shape. Abstract composition with layers of green, yellow, and pink, a mix of gestural paint strokes and various textures. The piece has jagged, complex edges instead of a standard geometric shape. Abstract composition with layers of blue, white, and pink, a mix of gestural paint strokes and various textures. The piece has jagged, complex edges instead of a standard geometric shape.
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Paintings by Ghanaian artist Kwaku Osei Owusu Achim, 2020s, whose works "serve as repositories of reflections on sign language and the invisible ties that bind people together."
Painting in a simple, painterly style depicting a black silhouette figure floating over a green background, one hand gesturing towards a pink circle. A third arm grows out of their head, palm out over the circle. Painting in a simple, painterly style depicting three orange figures squatting in a group facing each other. A third arm grows out of each of their heads, reaching upward. The background is a deep maroon in loose brushstrokes. Painting in a simple, painterly style depicting four black silhouette figures gathered closely with the backs together, all wearing patterned bottoms. A third arm grows out of each of their heads, two with palms out, two pointing towards the other palm. The background is a light blue-white wash. Painting in a simple, painterly style depicting a purple figure standing with arms out, surrounded by orange and brown figures in a cave-like setting. A third arm grows out of some of their heads, squiggly like smoke and reaching out to the edges of the canvas.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Cards from the Fantod Pack by Edward Gorey (attributed to "Madame Groeda Weyrd"), 1969, inspired by traditional tarot but with his own darkly whimsical imagery and interpretations.
Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a dog looking out from behind a wooden door, with the text "THE BLUE DOG." Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a woman in a long dark dress holding a long feather, standing under a chandelier, with the text "THE FEATHER." Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a standing man in a big fur coat, with a beard but no facial features, with the text "THE ANCESTOR." Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a small smiling skeleton standing next to a wheeled dog toy, with floral wallpaper behind them, with the text "THE CHILD."
October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Paintings by Matthew Hansel, 2020s, whose practice combines classical techniques with various historical and contemporary motifs.
Painting in a realistic style depicting a scene with a young white woman wearing a sparkly outfit and elaborate up-do, sitting at a table laden with various foods, drinks, and strange animal and demonic creatures. The background is a lake near a forest. Painting depicting a circle of floating skulls and other sill life objects, distorted by a central ripple effect. The background is a grey architectural space that is also distorted. Painting in a realist style depicting a young blonde woman holding two wine glasses whose torso is open revealing various colorful organs and fantasy creatures. She smiles and turns her head to a man behind her leans in for a kiss. They are surrounded by roses, fruits, and textiles, with a river landscape in the distance. Painting in a realistic style depicting a group of figures, some human and some fantasy (scaley, beaked, possibly demonic), all relaxing in still water near a rocky outcropping. A motor home and tent are seen in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Self-portraits by American artist Lauren E Peters, 2020s, whose paintings explore costume and performance.
Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman wearing a big curly red wig, heart-shaped sunglasses, and red plaid coat, posing with attitude in front of a green and pink diamond wall. Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman wearing a layered blue wig and big white and maroon fur coat, posing looking over her shoulder at the viewer, with a desert landscape in the background. Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman wearing a pink wig that covers her eyes, a headband with bronze horns, and a pink and blue patterned outfit, posing with her head down in front of wallpaper with birds and floral designs. Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman with long red-brown hair wearing a lacey purple top and a gold headdress, posing with attitude in front of a green feathered wall.
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Ceramic vessels by Japanese artist Kitamura Junko, c 1990s-2010s.
Rounded black circle vase with a small top opening, decorated with white dots creating swirling, curving patterns. Tall black circle vase with a wide top opening, decorated with white dots creating swirling, curving patterns. Rounded black, flat circular vase with a small top opening, decorated with white dots creating swirling, curving patterns. Rounded black bowl with a wide brim, decorated with white dots creating swirling, curving patterns.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Mixed media paintings by American artist Kim Benson, 2020s, whose abstract compositions incorporate imagery and materials related to Renaissance portraits and still lifes.
Painting in an orange and red palette with netting and grid effects overlaying large folds of fabric. A human hand is visible reaching forward. Painting in a cream and black palette of rounded forms, overlaid with a diagonal grid pattern partly filled in with blue and red triangles. Painting with various arrangements of vertical lines overlaying circular shapes in a grey, yellow, and purple palette. Painting with layered, textured abstract forms in green, yellow, and pink along with bold blocks of blue and red.
October 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Photographs by American actor, filmmaker, and artist Diane Keaton, 1970s, published in her 1980 photobook "Reservations."
Black and white square photo showing a room with long padded couches along a wall covered by heavy curtains. A floral-patterned padded chair sits in the foreground, over a worn carpet. Black and white square photo showing a room with a velvet padded armchair placed next to a low end table holding a phone and Art Deco-style lamp. The wall is covered in silky wallpaper with a framed landscape painting off to the side of the frame. The floor is a dark carpet. Black and white square photo showing a room with two padded velvet chairs placed beside a round wooden table holding ashtrays, atop an abstract patterned carpet. The wall behind them is painted with a realistic landscape showing a classical sculpture on a pedestal, a large dark tree, and structured gardens in the distance. Black and white square photo showing a room with a dark patterned carpet and a large circular stepped platform covered in light carpet with a playful geometric shape pattern. The walls are dark with orderly rows of metal circles extending in all directions, and a shadowy doorway leads out.
October 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Paintings by British artist Sahara Longe, 2020s.
Painting in a flat, strong style depicting two Black women standing side by side and looking at the viewer, one wearing a mint green turtleneck and the other a purple top with a red-orange collar. The background is green, red, and purple. Painting in a flat, strong style depicting a Black woman in a dark long-sleeved dress standing on a sidewalk rendered in green shadows, with a bright yellow wall or window behind her. A pale figure wearing all green walks by near the edge of the frame. Painting in a flat, strong style depicting a Black woman wearing a purple dress and yellow boot standing off to the side in a peach-colored room with cement floor. Two men in green suits stand nearby, chatting with one another. Painting in a flat, strong style depicting a woman with dark hair and skin tinted grey by water, her face in profile as she stares down a black and white fish swimming with two other tropical fishes, within green-grey water.
October 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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No art post today as I’m heading out early to see a small Edward Gorey exhibit, so here’s a throwback
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Works by American artist Marian Spore Bush, 1930s, who was a pioneering dentist but gave up her practice after her mother died, taking up painting and becoming involved in the Spiritualist movement. She was also a philanthropist and society hostess in NYC.
Painting depicting a woman with dark skin wearing a long-sleeved red dress, her hand outstretched to touch a long yellow and red snake curling around her, against a green background. Painting depicting two black birds descending over a pale man with a chain around his neck partly submerged in black water, against a swirly white sky. Painting depicting a slender black and blue peacock-like bird with huge blue plumage curving above and below its body, leaning over to observe a red and black snake on the ground, beside a grey tree trunk. Painting in black and white depicting a large bird creature with big white sings and a slim neck and curling white beak, flying over a grayscale city against a black background.
October 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Illustrations by American artist Virginia Frances Sterrett, 1910s-20s, who illustrated three books of fairy tales before dying of tuberculosis at the age of thirty.
Illustration in a delicate, decorative style depicting a blonde white woman with a long braid and long white dress, looking at a twisted, slender red tree bearing various fruits from its thin branches, set within a glass dome structure with a tiled stone floor. Illustration in a delicate, decorative style depicting a blonde white woman wearing a long blue dress, kneeling and hugging a white deer, set within a room with patterned tiled floor and a deep black wall with a blue stained glass window, and a red door painted with black and white decoration. Illustration in a delicate, decorative style depicting an underwater scene with two white women with long green hair wrapped around their bodies, sitting on a red coral tree with fish, bubbles, and other pieces of coral along the bottom. Illustration in a delicate, decorative style depicting a white woman with long blonde hair wearing a coral dress, sitting on a large turtle, within a forest of grey-green trees and a black floor.
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Paintings by American artist Kenny Harris, 2020s, from his Moka still life series.
Painting in an assured but slightly loose style depicting a Moka coffee pot sitting against a blue wall, upon a table cloth with an ornate blue, yellow, black, and white pattern. Painting in an assured but slightly loose style depicting a Moka coffee pot sitting against a pale pink wall, its metal sides reflecting blue and teal stripes on the table upon which it rests. Painting in an assured but slightly loose style depicting a Moka coffee pot sitting against a yellow wall, its metal sides reflecting pink and teal stripes on the table upon which it rests. Painting in an assured but slightly loose style depicting a Moka coffee pot sitting against a blue wall, its metal sides reflecting thin red and white stripes on the table upon which it rests.
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Works by Iranian artist Hiva Alizadeh, 2010s-20s, who uses synthetic hair in works inspired by traditional Persian carpet weaving.
Rectangle-shaped canvas covered in long strands of brightly colored synthetic hair, draping downward to create gradient effects in purple, pink, blue, and green. Four rectangle-shaped canvases placed along side each other, covered in long strands of brightly colored synthetic hair, draping downward to create gradient and speckled effects in purple, orange, and blue. Grouping of circle canvases covered in brightly-colored synthetic hair draping downward to form circles in blue and purple over lines of orange, yellow, blue, and pink. A diamond-shaped canvas covered in long strands of brightly colored synthetic hair, draping downward in blue, orange, white, and yellow strands.
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Paintings by Hopi and Choctaw artist Linda Lomahaftewa, 1960s-70s, known for her blending of modernist and indigenous motifs in colorful, semi-abstract compositions.
Abstract painting with bold, colorful shapes including curving pink, yellow, and blue lines, and green leaves and pods. Painting in bold, deep colors with abstract circles, a horizon, and cloud shapes forming a loose landscape. Over this is a semi-abstract face with a frowning expression, alongside a reclining face in profile with long white hair falling in a curve to the bottom of the canvas. Abstract painting in bright colors, with a half-circle emitting rays of curving lines at the bottom, and a large triangle above filled with outlined oval shapes in a horizontal line pattern. Squiggles in green and orange fill up the four corners. Abstract painting with bold, colorful shapes in loose horizontal registers, including yellow mounds, purple and green tubes, and pink and orange blobs.
October 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Portraits by American photographer David Armstrong, 1970s-80s, who was associated with the Boston School of photography and known for his portraits of queer subjects as well as fashion campaigns.
Black and white photo of Cookie Mueller wearing a loose button down and big earrings, arching her brow and looking at the camera. Black and white photo of a young man standing in a room with canvases leaning against the wall and a decorative lamp in the corner. He holds up a blanket around his front, draping over his legs and revealing his bare back and arm. He looks over his shoulder at the viewer, with a slight smile. Black and white photo of a young man or teen wearing a brimmed hat, patterned blazer, and shorts, sitting on a beach with seagulls flying behind him as well as a hotel with a curved exterior. Black and white photo of young Nan Goldin standing with her back to misty water and looking at the camera, her hands in jean jacket pockets.
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Paintings on vellum by American artist Sage Vaughn, 2010s-20s.
Painting of an oval-shaped ring of flowers, mushrooms, and butterflies over a glowing yellow center. Painting of a human head shape made up of yellow and white flowers, with pink flowers around the face area and some mushrooms over the shoulders, set against a deep green background. Painting of intersecting columns of brightly colored flowers and mushrooms, over a green wreath set against a background with dark colored rays. Painting of a field of vibrantly colorful flowers and mushrooms against a glowing white-green background.
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Collage works by multidisciplinary American artist Kandis Williams, 2010s-20s, whose practice explores race, nationalism, authority, and eroticism through found imagery from magazines and archival texts.
Grey and sepia collage with images of classical sculptures arranged in a central cluster and two sculptures with human heads on either side, a white woman and a young Black man. Collage with grayscale images of two Black dancers placed over larger cut-out images of Black legs in different poses. The background is a a large red and maroon inky splotch over white. Collage with brown and grayscale images of Black figures, including soldiers, dancers, and nude bodies clustered together, overlaid and surrounded by colorful ink splotches. Collage with mostly grayscale images of Godzilla and various actors from monster movies, all bordered by a frame of red, yellow, green, and blue squares.
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM