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quality writing on : art : design : media
also The Signifier : six : shot : gallery

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Editor & Curator: @remydean.bsky.social‬
'The Nymphs & Satyrs of Bouguereau'

"Local moralists protested, scared about the effect such a lude pagan image was having on the ladies it attracted & perhaps the fact it had been bought & hung by a convicted murderer"

@remydean.bsky.social uncovers an #art mystery

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January 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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'It’s Still Moving' - before #film could become an #art medium, technology had to be invented & the conventions of #cinema set-out

@remydean.bsky.social looks back to the first 'motion pictures'

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#movies #ArtHistory #design #history #photography
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#InternationalChoreographersDay

🕺 "So, how does one know if it’s #HomeDance? As styles are so varied & there are no rules... @remydean.bsky.social gives us a few pointers of what to look for in a performance..."

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🧸 #咬人猫 😸 #Dance 🩰 #Music 🎶 #Yaorenmao 💝 #宅舞
Home Dance & the Biting Cat
Celebrating the energising art of Yaorenmao and a joyous Chinese subculture that knows no bounds
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January 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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love the poster 🐩 betting the #exhibition is well worth a visit for those in the #Tokyo area 🎀 #illustration #イラスト #animals #music #dogs #art
🌟EXHIBITION🌟
河原奈苗 個展「The PARK」
2026年1月15日(木)〜1月27日(火)
📍にじ画廊
🕰️12:00〜20:00
⚠️21日(水)休み/最終日〜18時

今回はポジティブだったりネガティブだったりそんなみんなが集うPARKの絵を展示します。ぜひお越し下さい🙏
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My solo show "The Park" in Tokyo in Jan. Exhibiting illustration arts of gathering positive&negative things✨
January 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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'Visualising #Vampires The Undead in Art & Culture'

OliviA considers some ancient & modern representations that influenced our perception of these bloodthirsty fiends

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#art #ArtHistory #horror #history #illustration #movies
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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'David Hockney’s Photographic Art'

Rodrigo S-C explores how Britain's favourite #artist, often cited as “the greatest living painter,” changed photography & influenced his own work...

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#photography #art #ArtHistory
January 5, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The Bread is the Life: Many artists have used the humble loaf of bread to speak of survival, cultural identity, transcendent spirit

@kimvertue.bsky.social considers this staple source of sustenance with a particular focus on Salvador Dali's bread-based obsession

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January 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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'First Photographer of the American West'

@remydean.bsky.social celebrates Carlton Watkins & the pioneering photographers of the virgin territories who nurtured a desire to conserve the natural beauty of America’s majestic West

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#landscape #photography #art #History
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
'First Photographer of the American West'

@remydean.bsky.social celebrates Carlton Watkins & the pioneering photographers of the virgin territories who nurtured a desire to conserve the natural beauty of America’s majestic West

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#landscape #photography #art #History
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Happy New Year 🥂
Best Wishes for 2026! 🚀

#landscape #photography from #Eryri
January 1, 2026 at 5:28 AM
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'Beowulf versus Grendel, the Rematch!'

@remydean.bsky.social traces the long legacy of our earliest novel & asks, “Was Grendel wrongly vilified?”

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#literature #folklore #fantasy #illustration #comics
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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"Suddenly #Christmas was a tradition & the 1st British Christmas card was sent in 1843 by Henry Cole..."

'Tis the Season to be Surreal - Surrealists will celebrate all around the world & you could be one of them, explains @remydean.bsky.social

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#illustration
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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'A Horse for Andrei Tarkovsky'
(photograph ©2015)

#art #landscape #photography #snow #horse
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Selected #art writing from the Signifier team: transgressive stained glass, mothers' love, still life, living life long, ghosts, #illustration, collage, #kawaii culture & Remy on Remy + more!

Our Winter #Solstice 2025 🎄 Newsletter has dispatched!

Are you Signified?

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A Yuletide Writer Round-up
Welcome to Your Winter Solstice Special Edition of Signified
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December 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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'Seasonal Sentimentality' A quick look at the visual culture of commercial #Christmas in search of the most reproduced popular image… not an easy answer. What's your best guess?

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#art #design #illustration
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
our editor & curator suggests some readings of his writings
mainly on #art #movies & #culture 🎨 🎬🌸
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'Get to Know Remy by Reading Remy'
the art, films & oshi that have made me what I am today

over 8 years, I've written 555+ articles on Medium which tend to be in-depth pieces about #media #music & #movies, classic & contemporary

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#cinema #JPop #咬人猫 #宅舞 #art
December 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
this is a wonderful thread for those who love #cats & #art
THREAD.

My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.

I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Creatures”

#art by Zel Cariad was our December 2023
#exhibition in The Signifier : six : shot : gallery :

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#ContemporaryArt #animals #folklore #illustration #イラスト
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I learnt a few new words from this excellent article by @mitsukinonaka.bsky.social about artist-illustrator Edward Gorey. One of them was 'ailurophilia'.

an ideal read for #Caturday via @signifier.bsky.social
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#illustration #イラスト #art #ArtHistory #BookSky
December 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
...especially relevant this time of year🤶

'Mother & Child in Devotional Art'

Our most ancient art celebrates motherhood & birth @remydean.bsky.social ponders some iconic visual representations of parenting

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#art #ArtHistory #history #Christmas
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'Mirth & Misfortune, the Art of Edward Gorey' — Of Ailurophilia, Absonant Alphabets & Noegenetic Numbers

@mitsukinonaka.bsky.social explores a world filled with cruel tales but finds many are filled with compassion & a sense of kindly concern

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#イラスト #art #illustration
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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"Suddenly #Christmas was a tradition & the 1st British Christmas card was sent in 1843 by Henry Cole..."

'Tis the Season to be Surreal - Surrealists will celebrate all around the world & you could be one of them, explains @remydean.bsky.social

medium.com/signifier/ti...

#illustration
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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'Princess of Polka Dots, Yayoi Kusama'

@kimvertue.bsky.social explores the relationship between the individual & the infinite through the work of one of Japan's globally renowned artists…

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⬇️ #art & #ArtHistory that looks kinda Christmassy🎄
December 11, 2024 at 12:12 PM
"mixed media on antique ledger paper" - maybe more info on the artist's website: www.tanyapjohnson.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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‘Starry Night — Vincent’s Key-work?'

@remydean.bsky.social reads this poetic rendering of the relationship between the inner soul and the vast heavens as another of Van Gogh's self-portraits.

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#art #ArtHistory #painting
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM