ruth mackenzie
@ruthmackenzie.bsky.social
Loves art, culture, creative industries, politics, climate-action, equity, feminism, sunsets, London, Paris, Adelaide, Director Arts (Global) @BritishCouncil
Le Chant des morts / Song of the Dead @pablopicasso.bsky.social to mark the start of an illegal war #Venezuala
Title page from Le Chant des morts
https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/1142189
https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/1142189
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Le Chant des morts / Song of the Dead @pablopicasso.bsky.social to mark the start of an illegal war #Venezuala
Start 2026 with this inspiring interview with @justinesimons.bsky.social in @marieclaire.com.web.brid.gy
Deputy Mayor @justinesimons.bsky.social tells @marieclaire.com.web.brid.gy about the crucial role culture plays in London and the contribution it makes to all aspects of society. You can read more in #Intheframe www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainmen...
In The Frame: Justine Simons
London's Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries on her role in turning the city into one of the great international capitals of culture
www.marieclaire.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Start 2026 with this inspiring interview with @justinesimons.bsky.social in @marieclaire.com.web.brid.gy
Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the...
news.mongabay.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Great photo of the great #BridgetRiley @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Bridget Riley.(1931), Influential English painter known for her mesmerising Op art paintings #Womensart
December 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Great photo of the great #BridgetRiley @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Great photo of the great #BridgetRiley @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Bridget Riley.(1931), Influential English painter known for her mesmerising Op art paintings #Womensart
December 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Great photo of the great #BridgetRiley @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
29 December 1928 | A French Jewish boy, Isaac Blumberg, was born in Paris.
On 19 August 1942 he was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,000 Jews. Murdered in a gas chamber after selection on 21 August 1942.
On 19 August 1942 he was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz in a transport of 1,000 Jews. Murdered in a gas chamber after selection on 21 August 1942.
December 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
December 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
joyous @henrimatisse.bsky.social
Polynesia, the sky, 1946
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/17176
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/17176
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
joyous @henrimatisse.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
December 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Most depressing news of the day #Melbourne
📢 A car with a "Happy Chanukkah" sign has been firebombed in Melbourne on Christmas morning.
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
Car with Hanukkah sign firebombed on Christmas morning
www.smh.com.au
December 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Most depressing news of the day #Melbourne
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
12.21.25 Yuan Meng (Zoo Beauval) update - found apples in the bamboo feeder, ate them, and then ate the bamboo feeder too💚
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
OH BEATA feeling festive @guggenheim.bsky.social
CH BEATA I by László Moholy-Nagy, 1939
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137399
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137399
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
OH BEATA feeling festive @guggenheim.bsky.social
Wake up #Demoncrats
Could there be a better rallying cry to get the Democratic vote out?
Johnson: If we lose the House majority, the radical left will impeach President Trump.
December 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wake up #Demoncrats
Your reminder: In 1995 Labor introduced Sect 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, making it unlawful to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate due to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin.
Those who opposed this are now attacking Albanese for ‘allowing’ antisemitism.
Those who opposed this are now attacking Albanese for ‘allowing’ antisemitism.
December 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Festive #pandas @touhin.bsky.social
A field of snow and baby pandas~wishing everyone a happy holiday season~☃️
December 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Festive #pandas @touhin.bsky.social
Heading towards Christmas #TerryFrost @tate.bsky.social
Terry Frost, Stacked on the Side, 1970
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114890
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114890
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Heading towards Christmas #TerryFrost @tate.bsky.social
lovely line from #PaulKlee @centrepompidou.bsky.social
« L'art ne reproduit pas le visible. Il rend visible » – Paul Klee
Parcourez les œuvres de l'artiste dans notre collection 👉 bit.ly/CP_Klee
Parcourez les œuvres de l'artiste dans notre collection 👉 bit.ly/CP_Klee
December 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
lovely line from #PaulKlee @centrepompidou.bsky.social
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He was just joking about prosecuting his enemies – until he did it. He was just joking about renaming the Kennedy Centre – until he did it. When he muses about attempting to stay for a third term – believe him. Killing democracy by a 1000 small cuts.
Breaking news: The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has voted to rename the storied arts institution the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Kennedy Center board votes to rename ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Kennedy Center trustees, installed earlier this year by President Trump, have voted to rename the center after him, said Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
He was just joking about prosecuting his enemies – until he did it. He was just joking about renaming the Kennedy Centre – until he did it. When he muses about attempting to stay for a third term – believe him. Killing democracy by a 1000 small cuts.
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Remember the Pont Neuf wrapped? It was 40 years ago, made by iconic couple Christo and Jeanne Claude. Stay tuned! The bridge will be dressed-up again, this time by JR, who will create an amazing art work in June 2026!
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Remember the Pont Neuf wrapped? It was 40 years ago, made by iconic couple Christo and Jeanne Claude. Stay tuned! The bridge will be dressed-up again, this time by JR, who will create an amazing art work in June 2026!
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Beyond sunset #Rothko
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1954.
📸 decencybedamned submitted to me on Tumblr
Mixed media on canvas. 235,5 x 142,9 cm. The Katharine Ordway Collection. Yale University Art Gallery
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
📸 decencybedamned submitted to me on Tumblr
Mixed media on canvas. 235,5 x 142,9 cm. The Katharine Ordway Collection. Yale University Art Gallery
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
December 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Beyond sunset #Rothko