Andrew Wasserman
@onceatrophic.bsky.social
Art Historian. Etc.
The World Atlas of Public Art (Yale University Press, 2024) now available: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300272581/the-world-atlas-of-public-art/
The World Atlas of Public Art (Yale University Press, 2024) now available: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300272581/the-world-atlas-of-public-art/
The goal is to be done by the end of the week
Introduction ☑️
Chapter 1 ✅
Chapter 2 ☑️
Chapter 3 ✅
Chapter 4 ✅
Chapter 5 ✅
Conclusion ✅
Introduction ☑️
Chapter 1 ✅
Chapter 2 ☑️
Chapter 3 ✅
Chapter 4 ✅
Chapter 5 ✅
Conclusion ✅
The goal is to be done by sometime January
Introduction ☑️
Chapter 1 ✅
Chapter 2 ☑️
Chapter 3 ✅
Chapter 4 ✅
Chapter 5 ✅
Conclusion ☑️
Introduction ☑️
Chapter 1 ✅
Chapter 2 ☑️
Chapter 3 ✅
Chapter 4 ✅
Chapter 5 ✅
Conclusion ☑️
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The goal is to be done by the end of the week
Introduction ☑️
Chapter 1 ✅
Chapter 2 ☑️
Chapter 3 ✅
Chapter 4 ✅
Chapter 5 ✅
Conclusion ✅
Introduction ☑️
Chapter 1 ✅
Chapter 2 ☑️
Chapter 3 ✅
Chapter 4 ✅
Chapter 5 ✅
Conclusion ✅
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Living in the modern world is like being a farmer, but instead of tending animals you’re just tending the battery status of various electronics.
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Living in the modern world is like being a farmer, but instead of tending animals you’re just tending the battery status of various electronics.
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Marcel Duchamp, "In Advance of the Broken Arm," 1915 www.moma.org/collection/w...
January 26, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Marcel Duchamp, "In Advance of the Broken Arm," 1915 www.moma.org/collection/w...
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I get it, babe.
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I get it, babe.
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Strangely affecting to visit the President’s House in Philly, the day after the Park Service vandalized its memorial to Washington’s enslaved workers.
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Strangely affecting to visit the President’s House in Philly, the day after the Park Service vandalized its memorial to Washington’s enslaved workers.
A journal has had an article of mine since August and TODAY let me know they JUST found a second reviewer. I don’t know who to be furious at except myself for being a chump who agrees to peer review requests 90% of the times I’m asked.
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
A journal has had an article of mine since August and TODAY let me know they JUST found a second reviewer. I don’t know who to be furious at except myself for being a chump who agrees to peer review requests 90% of the times I’m asked.
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Manuscript volvelle with animal faces and a little bird cut into one of the dials 📚📜
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Manuscript volvelle with animal faces and a little bird cut into one of the dials 📚📜
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...
search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...
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Ossington Avenue parkette by Forest and Field Landscape Architecture and art panel by Indigenous artist Philip Cote.
January 22, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Ossington Avenue parkette by Forest and Field Landscape Architecture and art panel by Indigenous artist Philip Cote.
I didn’t know it was your…
January 21, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I didn’t know it was your…
Yes, it’s way too long and extremely unwieldy. But it’s also the first time in the years of working on this project that I have an actual finished draft of an introduction chapter.
Time to print and hand edit IntroductionChapterDraft2026JanuaryD
Time to print and hand edit IntroductionChapterDraft2026JanuaryD
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Yes, it’s way too long and extremely unwieldy. But it’s also the first time in the years of working on this project that I have an actual finished draft of an introduction chapter.
Time to print and hand edit IntroductionChapterDraft2026JanuaryD
Time to print and hand edit IntroductionChapterDraft2026JanuaryD
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A Figure of a Servant Woman peeling an Apple, Dutch, c. 1650-1675, Oil on wood, 1187 x 768 mm (West Hall, Dyrham Park, Bath). Dummy boards were illusionistic cut-out figures that often represented the inhabitants of the home, used as chimney boards, fire screens, or just for fun.
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A Figure of a Servant Woman peeling an Apple, Dutch, c. 1650-1675, Oil on wood, 1187 x 768 mm (West Hall, Dyrham Park, Bath). Dummy boards were illusionistic cut-out figures that often represented the inhabitants of the home, used as chimney boards, fire screens, or just for fun.
As I try to make an end of the month deadline, thrilled to announce my document is now saved as IntroductionChapterDraft
2026JanuaryC2
2026JanuaryC2
January 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
As I try to make an end of the month deadline, thrilled to announce my document is now saved as IntroductionChapterDraft
2026JanuaryC2
2026JanuaryC2
“It’s a testament to the fact that public art comes at a cost, and not every city agency has the funding to secure it, even if a billionaire-funded foundation can get it approved. “
But the cost to maintain the massive artwork has far exceeded what Roughgarden anticipated, forcing her to pay thousands out of pocket. “The toll this took on my life was pretty big,” she said.
The biggest art installation in SF's Golden Gate Park came at a massive cost
"The toll this took on my life is pretty big."
www.sfgate.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
“It’s a testament to the fact that public art comes at a cost, and not every city agency has the funding to secure it, even if a billionaire-funded foundation can get it approved. “
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D895,378 - issued in 2020 for a design for a "broccoli shaped puree food mold." #DesignPatents
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
D895,378 - issued in 2020 for a design for a "broccoli shaped puree food mold." #DesignPatents
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Hey! What are you doing? Have you considered getting loose with a surprise WEDNESDAY SCREAM???????????
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January 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Hey! What are you doing? Have you considered getting loose with a surprise WEDNESDAY SCREAM???????????
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Janine Antoni, Chocolate Gnaw, 1992, a 600-lb cube of chocolate gnawed by the artist www.janineantoni.net/gnaw
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Janine Antoni, Chocolate Gnaw, 1992, a 600-lb cube of chocolate gnawed by the artist www.janineantoni.net/gnaw
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Yes, this is a real problem that I deal with every day! Art history students are generally taught ZERO about either copyright issues or about how digital images work, and it quickly becomes a problem the moment they enter the "real world" of publishing, through no fault of their own.
Nobody warned me that I would spend so much sabbatical time on figuring out both technical and legal questions for images in my book. (it's really the technical question that are sending me over the edge)
January 14, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Yes, this is a real problem that I deal with every day! Art history students are generally taught ZERO about either copyright issues or about how digital images work, and it quickly becomes a problem the moment they enter the "real world" of publishing, through no fault of their own.
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hey you -- yes, you! Are you an academic, librarian, or other academia-adject professional? Do you owe someone writing? Are you ever actually going to do the writing? If not, email them and back out! You will feel better, and the people on the other end will finally have some clarity!!
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
hey you -- yes, you! Are you an academic, librarian, or other academia-adject professional? Do you owe someone writing? Are you ever actually going to do the writing? If not, email them and back out! You will feel better, and the people on the other end will finally have some clarity!!
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happy first day of school to semester colleagues please enjoy this jameson syllabus from January 1996
January 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
happy first day of school to semester colleagues please enjoy this jameson syllabus from January 1996
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Public anger at how billionaires destroy common goods ratchets higher and understandably so, but how do we feel when the very wealthy shape public space and public institutions through art choices? Should one couple get to decide what SFMOMA looks like?
At SFMOMA, a Small Show of Big Sculpture Has Even Bigger Implications
Models of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s public art are the first reinstallation of the Fisher Collection.
www.kqed.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Public anger at how billionaires destroy common goods ratchets higher and understandably so, but how do we feel when the very wealthy shape public space and public institutions through art choices? Should one couple get to decide what SFMOMA looks like?
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ces œuvres ne sont pas comestibles
January 10, 2026 at 6:49 PM
ces œuvres ne sont pas comestibles
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Last spring, looking ahead & predicting this would most likely be a difficult time, I decided to create a new class at Hunter College on values & experiences that feel important to me. Hence this semester's class, with the full title "Love, Joy, & Devotion: Towards an Affirmative Art History"
December 11, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Last spring, looking ahead & predicting this would most likely be a difficult time, I decided to create a new class at Hunter College on values & experiences that feel important to me. Hence this semester's class, with the full title "Love, Joy, & Devotion: Towards an Affirmative Art History"
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Everything is a disaster but since this is syllabus writing/revising week:
Semi-annual reminder that if you assign any of my work in your class, I’m always happy to zoom in! Also happy to discuss with your students what public artworks they think are great or dumb!
Semi-annual reminder that if you assign any of my work in your class, I’m always happy to zoom in! Also happy to discuss with your students what public artworks they think are great or dumb!
January 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Everything is a disaster but since this is syllabus writing/revising week:
Semi-annual reminder that if you assign any of my work in your class, I’m always happy to zoom in! Also happy to discuss with your students what public artworks they think are great or dumb!
Semi-annual reminder that if you assign any of my work in your class, I’m always happy to zoom in! Also happy to discuss with your students what public artworks they think are great or dumb!
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William Bradford's jaw wasn't that chiseled
January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
William Bradford's jaw wasn't that chiseled