Diane Tucker
@dianetucker.bsky.social
Writer/producer prev seen on NATGEO, HIST, DISC, MBN, HuffPo.
Now writing about great works of art and the deeply human stories they tell at TheShyMuseumgoer.com
Now writing about great works of art and the deeply human stories they tell at TheShyMuseumgoer.com
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Diane Tucker
@dianetucker.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Like art history? Here’s a starter pack of art historians and arts writers on Bluesky. Lots of fun and engaging stuff for your feed....
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While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
#Epstein
Today there is no avoiding the phrase "the dog who didn't bark."
The phrase originates from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes notes out how odd a certain dog's silence is. In the end, it's key to solving the crime.
Today there is no avoiding the phrase "the dog who didn't bark."
The phrase originates from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes notes out how odd a certain dog's silence is. In the end, it's key to solving the crime.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#Epstein
Today there is no avoiding the phrase "the dog who didn't bark."
The phrase originates from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes notes out how odd a certain dog's silence is. In the end, it's key to solving the crime.
Today there is no avoiding the phrase "the dog who didn't bark."
The phrase originates from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Silver Blaze" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes notes out how odd a certain dog's silence is. In the end, it's key to solving the crime.
Reposted by Diane Tucker
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
Reposted by Diane Tucker
One of the most wonderful places I've ever visited.
A short video of the approach to Multnomah Falls taken in July 2023. The reveal gives you a good sense of the scale and splendor
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
One of the most wonderful places I've ever visited.
Reposted by Diane Tucker
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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Tonight I sat 20 feet from Jimmy Webb as he played his song Wichita Lineman on solo piano to a small group, including his granddaughter.
Bob Dylan calls it the greatest song ever written. If it isn't the most existential piece of music ever written, I don't know what is...
Bob Dylan calls it the greatest song ever written. If it isn't the most existential piece of music ever written, I don't know what is...
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Tonight I sat 20 feet from Jimmy Webb as he played his song Wichita Lineman on solo piano to a small group, including his granddaughter.
Bob Dylan calls it the greatest song ever written. If it isn't the most existential piece of music ever written, I don't know what is...
Bob Dylan calls it the greatest song ever written. If it isn't the most existential piece of music ever written, I don't know what is...
Reposted by Diane Tucker
*This* is NYC, where I commuted to work for #publishers Simon & Schuster and Churchill Livingstone. 💗 For the newest cover of The New Yorker, Edel Rodriguez portrays Zohran #Mamdani, NYC’s incoming mayor, in the subway. Mamdani campaigned out and about in the city. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
*This* is NYC, where I commuted to work for #publishers Simon & Schuster and Churchill Livingstone. 💗 For the newest cover of The New Yorker, Edel Rodriguez portrays Zohran #Mamdani, NYC’s incoming mayor, in the subway. Mamdani campaigned out and about in the city. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
#MusicSky
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#MusicSky
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
#Urbanism
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#Urbanism
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
💎 Whitney Museum social media team 💎
October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
💎 Whitney Museum social media team 💎
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
If you happen to be headed to London, don’t miss Britain’s first-ever exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud’s ravishing paintings. Enjoy the colors…the desserts...the vertiginous San Francisco landscapes…now at the Courtauld Gallery thru Jan 18, 2026
Can't make it? Click here for a taste —
If you happen to be headed to London, don’t miss Britain’s first-ever exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud’s ravishing paintings. Enjoy the colors…the desserts...the vertiginous San Francisco landscapes…now at the Courtauld Gallery thru Jan 18, 2026
Can't make it? Click here for a taste —
Thiebaud's love affair with paint
Wayne Thiebaud paints cakes, a risky subject because the art world takes itself very seriously. "There is room for wit," he says.
theshymuseumgoer.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
If you happen to be headed to London, don’t miss Britain’s first-ever exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud’s ravishing paintings. Enjoy the colors…the desserts...the vertiginous San Francisco landscapes…now at the Courtauld Gallery thru Jan 18, 2026
Can't make it? Click here for a taste —
If you happen to be headed to London, don’t miss Britain’s first-ever exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud’s ravishing paintings. Enjoy the colors…the desserts...the vertiginous San Francisco landscapes…now at the Courtauld Gallery thru Jan 18, 2026
Can't make it? Click here for a taste —
Reposted by Diane Tucker
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
Reposted by Diane Tucker
Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
Reposted by Diane Tucker
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Reposted by Diane Tucker
Steve Martin and Martin Short tribute to Diane Keaton during her AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony. RIP
October 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Steve Martin and Martin Short tribute to Diane Keaton during her AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony. RIP
Reposted by Diane Tucker
Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna posthumously named Press Freedom Hero
The IPI said Roshchyna's death on Sept. 19, 2024 "exposed the brutal treatment suffered by the dozens of Ukrainian journalists unjustly held by Russian authorities, and brought new urgency to the need...
kyivindependent.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...
Reposted by Diane Tucker
An entirely charming Mary Blair concept painting for the 1952 Walt Disney animated short “The Little House”.
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
An entirely charming Mary Blair concept painting for the 1952 Walt Disney animated short “The Little House”.
Reposted by Diane Tucker
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/
October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
Reposted by Diane Tucker
Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god
Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥
Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers
The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.
www.artnews.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
September 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u
September 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u