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Who needs an #ArtBreak?
This painting by Criselda Vásquez has rightfully resurfaced in recent days: art as social dialogue, & all that.
"The New American Gothic" (2017, Oil on Canvas) reframes Wood's 1930 classic around the reality of work at the heart of US society. (@crisssvasquez on Instagram)
This painting by Criselda Vásquez has rightfully resurfaced in recent days: art as social dialogue, & all that.
"The New American Gothic" (2017, Oil on Canvas) reframes Wood's 1930 classic around the reality of work at the heart of US society. (@crisssvasquez on Instagram)
June 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Who needs an #ArtBreak?
This painting by Criselda Vásquez has rightfully resurfaced in recent days: art as social dialogue, & all that.
"The New American Gothic" (2017, Oil on Canvas) reframes Wood's 1930 classic around the reality of work at the heart of US society. (@crisssvasquez on Instagram)
This painting by Criselda Vásquez has rightfully resurfaced in recent days: art as social dialogue, & all that.
"The New American Gothic" (2017, Oil on Canvas) reframes Wood's 1930 classic around the reality of work at the heart of US society. (@crisssvasquez on Instagram)
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October 27, 2023 at 3:10 AM
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Albrecht Dürer, German (1471-1528), Primula, 1526, gouache on vellum, 19.3 x 16.8 cm, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
June 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Albrecht Dürer, German (1471-1528), Primula, 1526, gouache on vellum, 19.3 x 16.8 cm, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
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Self-Portrait on the Border Line between Mexico and the United States, 1932, Frida Kahlo #womensart
June 11, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Self-Portrait on the Border Line between Mexico and the United States, 1932, Frida Kahlo #womensart
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A picture by one person, for one person: Las Meninas, 1656. It doesn't get any better than this. Some paintings by me on the back wall (thank you Diego), but they are not the stars of this show! Diego Velazquez, born OTD 1599.
June 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A picture by one person, for one person: Las Meninas, 1656. It doesn't get any better than this. Some paintings by me on the back wall (thank you Diego), but they are not the stars of this show! Diego Velazquez, born OTD 1599.
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Harry Smith, visual artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, anthropologist, mystic and archivist.
Manteca (Jazz Painting) (c. 1948–49)
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords in jazz recordings.
Manteca (Jazz Painting) (c. 1948–49)
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords in jazz recordings.
November 30, 2023 at 3:27 AM
Harry Smith, visual artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, anthropologist, mystic and archivist.
Manteca (Jazz Painting) (c. 1948–49)
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords in jazz recordings.
Manteca (Jazz Painting) (c. 1948–49)
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords in jazz recordings.
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John Coltrane Quartet, Milano, 1962, photographed by the incredible Italian photographer Roberto Polillo.
#JohnColtrane #RobertoPolillo #Photography
#JohnColtrane #RobertoPolillo #Photography
June 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
John Coltrane Quartet, Milano, 1962, photographed by the incredible Italian photographer Roberto Polillo.
#JohnColtrane #RobertoPolillo #Photography
#JohnColtrane #RobertoPolillo #Photography
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Harry Smith ~ Algo Bueno [Jazz Painting], circa 1948–49
#HarrySmith
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords of Thelonious Monk and jazz recordings.
(Estate of Jordan Belson)
#HarrySmith
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords of Thelonious Monk and jazz recordings.
(Estate of Jordan Belson)
November 28, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Harry Smith ~ Algo Bueno [Jazz Painting], circa 1948–49
#HarrySmith
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords of Thelonious Monk and jazz recordings.
(Estate of Jordan Belson)
#HarrySmith
A lightbox projection from a 35-millimeter slide of the lost original painting. The individual strokes were synced to the notes and chords of Thelonious Monk and jazz recordings.
(Estate of Jordan Belson)
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Warlpiri artist Alma Nungarrayi Granites lived near the Tanami Desert in Australia’s Northern Territory. Her ‘Seven Sisters Dreaming’ paintings depict the stories of the ancestral sisters who can be found in the night sky in the Pleiades star cluster artsandculture.google.com/story/zoom-i...
June 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Warlpiri artist Alma Nungarrayi Granites lived near the Tanami Desert in Australia’s Northern Territory. Her ‘Seven Sisters Dreaming’ paintings depict the stories of the ancestral sisters who can be found in the night sky in the Pleiades star cluster artsandculture.google.com/story/zoom-i...
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Yashima Gakutei, (Japanese (c. 1786-1868), Crabs Near a Tide Line, 1827, woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper, 20.3 x 18.6 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, USA
May 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yashima Gakutei, (Japanese (c. 1786-1868), Crabs Near a Tide Line, 1827, woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper, 20.3 x 18.6 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, USA
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May 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Lacerta by Victor Vasarely, 1955 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137325
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137325
May 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Lacerta by Victor Vasarely, 1955 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137325
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137325
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Charley Harper, The Sierra Range (commissioned by The United States Park Service, 1990)
May 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Charley Harper, The Sierra Range (commissioned by The United States Park Service, 1990)
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Lüneburg II by Lyonel Feininger, 1933 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137444
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137444
April 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Lüneburg II by Lyonel Feininger, 1933 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137444
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137444
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Dahlias (1883) by Claude Monet
April 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Dahlias (1883) by Claude Monet
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Kagayama Hakuho (1880-? )
aka Kagayama Rinjiro aka Hakugai
Japanese painter on silk, usually with gold leaf borders
aka Kagayama Rinjiro aka Hakugai
Japanese painter on silk, usually with gold leaf borders
April 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Kagayama Hakuho (1880-? )
aka Kagayama Rinjiro aka Hakugai
Japanese painter on silk, usually with gold leaf borders
aka Kagayama Rinjiro aka Hakugai
Japanese painter on silk, usually with gold leaf borders
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Sil 2 by László Moholy-Nagy, 1933 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137732
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137732
April 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sil 2 by László Moholy-Nagy, 1933 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137732
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137732
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Several Circles, Wassily Kandinsky 1926
April 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Several Circles, Wassily Kandinsky 1926
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Max Ernst, German (1891-1976), Untitled, c. 1960, oil on canvas, with Spritztechnik, 73 x 60 cm, private collection
April 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Max Ernst, German (1891-1976), Untitled, c. 1960, oil on canvas, with Spritztechnik, 73 x 60 cm, private collection
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[Cat Watching a Spider, by Ōide Tōkō]
April 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
[Cat Watching a Spider, by Ōide Tōkō]
Honoring a life of creative unconformity – Live on in song and wit, Michael Hurley (1941-2025): youtu.be/FnxQ1uh354Q?...
Michael Hurley, Rhinefarm Session in the Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu
YouTube video by Gundlach Bundschu
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April 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Honoring a life of creative unconformity – Live on in song and wit, Michael Hurley (1941-2025): youtu.be/FnxQ1uh354Q?...
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Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Abstraction (1927)
April 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Abstraction (1927)
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Outsider folk legend Michael Hurley has died at age 83
Michael Hurley Dead At 83
Michael Hurley, the singer-songwriter who emerged from the ’60s Greenwich Village scene to become a legend of outsider folk music, has died. His family issued a statement confirming the death to Rolli...
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April 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Outsider folk legend Michael Hurley has died at age 83
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Summer, Dune in Zeeland by Piet Mondrian, 1905 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137926
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137926
April 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Summer, Dune in Zeeland by Piet Mondrian, 1905 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137926
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137926