Little Roadside Museum
@ltlroadsidemuseum.bsky.social
A miniature roadside attraction; a radically democratic experimental museum...a temporary home for small yet beloved works of art. I'll update this feed as it evolves, and will also be sharing it here: https://www.rickhardenworks.com/littleroadsidemuseum
Love this. Grateful to all the folks who “refuse to believe that what exists defines what is possible” and specifically to the artist who help us in instantiate our dreams for a better world.
"Artists know that you only have to do something once to prove to others that the unimaginable is actually very much possible." Read @hrag.bsky.social's powerful essay on artistic creative imagination and Mamdani's election. hyperallergic.com/1055167/the-...
The Creative Essence of Zohran Mamdani's Ascent
The sentiments that drove his inspiring campaign should be familiar to any artistic soul.
hyperallergic.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Love this. Grateful to all the folks who “refuse to believe that what exists defines what is possible” and specifically to the artist who help us in instantiate our dreams for a better world.
Seen in the wild.
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Seen in the wild.
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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This is what No Kings Day felt like 🐸🐔🦄🐿️✨
“Tʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ʟᴏᴏᴋs ʟɪᴋᴇ!“ 🗣️✨
This country belongs to the people.
#StandTALL 🚀🗣️
(Prints at www.Nikkolas.Art)
“Tʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ʟᴏᴏᴋs ʟɪᴋᴇ!“ 🗣️✨
This country belongs to the people.
#StandTALL 🚀🗣️
(Prints at www.Nikkolas.Art)
October 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is what No Kings Day felt like 🐸🐔🦄🐿️✨
“Tʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ʟᴏᴏᴋs ʟɪᴋᴇ!“ 🗣️✨
This country belongs to the people.
#StandTALL 🚀🗣️
(Prints at www.Nikkolas.Art)
“Tʜɪs ɪs ᴡʜᴀᴛ Dᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏ ʟᴏᴏᴋs ʟɪᴋᴇ!“ 🗣️✨
This country belongs to the people.
#StandTALL 🚀🗣️
(Prints at www.Nikkolas.Art)
Great thread. This part may be the most directly relevant for artists:“This is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.” #HOP, #NoKings
And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
October 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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A new initiative uniting artists and cultural institutions across the country has emerged to address a shared question: In the wake of the Trump administration’s tightening grip on the arts, what could and should be their role?
Artists Nationwide Unite Against the Trump Administration
Fall of Freedom is a new initiative mobilizing the cultural community to lead acts of “creative resistance” against authoritarian forces.
hyperallergic.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A new initiative uniting artists and cultural institutions across the country has emerged to address a shared question: In the wake of the Trump administration’s tightening grip on the arts, what could and should be their role?
This story reminded me how much I adore Edward Gorey, and
A friend of Edward Gorey said the artist “journeyed vastly between his ears.” It’s this mysterious depth that caught the imagination of subsequent generations of goths, steampunks, and artists like Tim Burton.
Edward Gorey Killed His Darlings
A show at the Society of Illustrators demonstrates his mastery at turning ghastly scenarios deadpan and winkingly absurd.
hyperallergic.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This story reminded me how much I adore Edward Gorey, and
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Native artists are staging an unsanctioned exhibition at the Met’s American Wing, using digital tools to layer Indigenous writing and imagery over artworks that erase their existence from the American landscape.
Indigenous Artists Reclaim The Met’s American Wing
An unsanctioned exhibition uses AR to insert works by Native artists, like Cannupa Hanska Luger and Jeremy Dennis, into the museum’s 19th-century landscapes.
hyperallergic.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Native artists are staging an unsanctioned exhibition at the Met’s American Wing, using digital tools to layer Indigenous writing and imagery over artworks that erase their existence from the American landscape.
This is amazing
Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument
The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is amazing
This morning the universe has me thinking about the importance of investing in art as a policy choice. And also, the sort of radical role of art and creativity in moments of fascist slide…
October 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This morning the universe has me thinking about the importance of investing in art as a policy choice. And also, the sort of radical role of art and creativity in moments of fascist slide…
New exhibit.
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New exhibit.
Love this.
THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/ crafts and I will repost! From now until 5:00 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Love this.
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You NEED to listen to pre-eminent conductor and musician Leonard Slatkin tell us what we MUST do, right now, to protect the arts and to stand up for what is right.
It was an emotional, inspiring moment last evening, 9/28/25.
Elliott Forrest begins the closing remarks:
#music #arts #standfirm #resist
It was an emotional, inspiring moment last evening, 9/28/25.
Elliott Forrest begins the closing remarks:
#music #arts #standfirm #resist
September 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
You NEED to listen to pre-eminent conductor and musician Leonard Slatkin tell us what we MUST do, right now, to protect the arts and to stand up for what is right.
It was an emotional, inspiring moment last evening, 9/28/25.
Elliott Forrest begins the closing remarks:
#music #arts #standfirm #resist
It was an emotional, inspiring moment last evening, 9/28/25.
Elliott Forrest begins the closing remarks:
#music #arts #standfirm #resist
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Gutted at the news that Kaleb Horton is gone. Kaleb was a brilliant writer, of course, but he was also a gifted photographer. Years ago I encouraged him to sell his pieces. His work was so good, I told him, and people should see it.
Here are some of his beautiful shots.
Here are some of his beautiful shots.
September 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Gutted at the news that Kaleb Horton is gone. Kaleb was a brilliant writer, of course, but he was also a gifted photographer. Years ago I encouraged him to sell his pieces. His work was so good, I told him, and people should see it.
Here are some of his beautiful shots.
Here are some of his beautiful shots.
One of my loves. This guy keeps us sane.
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
One of my loves. This guy keeps us sane.
Amazing.
“Water Woman” by Wangechi Mutu (2017), seen at the Des Moines Art Center earlier this month.
September 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Amazing.
Happened upon this by accident, but much needed in this moment. Loved this by @inspiredtowrite.bsky.social . Art is a necessity.
The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxManchester
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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September 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Happened upon this by accident, but much needed in this moment. Loved this by @inspiredtowrite.bsky.social . Art is a necessity.
Working on an exhibit for the end of October.
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Working on an exhibit for the end of October.
Transforming walls. "The mural Abrazo Mutuo...was painted in 2025 on the Mexican side of the border...by artist Alfredo “Libre” Gutiérrez...and shows an eagle and a condor flying together, symbolizing North and South America...the mural represents unity and balance between cultures."
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August 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Transforming walls. "The mural Abrazo Mutuo...was painted in 2025 on the Mexican side of the border...by artist Alfredo “Libre” Gutiérrez...and shows an eagle and a condor flying together, symbolizing North and South America...the mural represents unity and balance between cultures."
Functional and beautiful. Also makes one wonder who would have purchased these in the late 1800s, and at what scale…
Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum.
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IG tatterbluelibrary
August 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Functional and beautiful. Also makes one wonder who would have purchased these in the late 1800s, and at what scale…
Love this so much. One of my favorite forms of art: murals. So much of art is about transforming one thing into another (which is so powerful and hopeful), but for some reason with murals it always hits me harder.
This is the 11th #BikeTO partnership with StART since 2018:
Lake Shore Blvd W
Scarlett Rd
Shoreham Drive
Evelyn Wiggins Drive
Conlins Rd
Richmond St
Wilby Rd
Ferrand Dr
Steeprock Dr
Bloor St E
Safer infra can also be more beautiful
You can learn more & apply here:
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
Lake Shore Blvd W
Scarlett Rd
Shoreham Drive
Evelyn Wiggins Drive
Conlins Rd
Richmond St
Wilby Rd
Ferrand Dr
Steeprock Dr
Bloor St E
Safer infra can also be more beautiful
You can learn more & apply here:
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
August 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Love this so much. One of my favorite forms of art: murals. So much of art is about transforming one thing into another (which is so powerful and hopeful), but for some reason with murals it always hits me harder.
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Love this photo of Monarch Butterflies in Ontario Canada probably Point Peel National that i went to yearly in Sept in my twenties as they gathered to cross Lake erie migrating south waited for the wind to change
August 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Love this photo of Monarch Butterflies in Ontario Canada probably Point Peel National that i went to yearly in Sept in my twenties as they gathered to cross Lake erie migrating south waited for the wind to change
These are amazing
August 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
These are amazing
Do you have a small piece of #woke #art that you need a temporary home for? Have you created something new inspired by this shit show?… we’re open for exhibitions…
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
n.pr
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM