Nikita Andester
@andester.bsky.social
Author / oil painter / community goblin / assistant competition director @ NYC Midnight / US born, French livin'
Get oil painting commissions, peep my work @ www.nikitaandester.com
(I am hardly ever on here)
Get oil painting commissions, peep my work @ www.nikitaandester.com
(I am hardly ever on here)
Pinned
Recovery Window / oil on canvas / 2025
(let's get weird with art, cool)
(let's get weird with art, cool)
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Recovery Window / oil on canvas / 2025
(let's get weird with art, cool)
(let's get weird with art, cool)
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Recovery Window / oil on canvas / 2025
(let's get weird with art, cool)
(let's get weird with art, cool)
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All these southern states sending their NG troops to DC during hurricane season?
a close up of a woman 's face with the words you 're in danger girl written on the bottom
Alt: a close up of a Whoopie's face with the words “you're in danger girl” written on the bottom
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August 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
All these southern states sending their NG troops to DC during hurricane season?
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While watching dumb movies and riding amusement park rides this summer, I had some revelations about writing, reading, and trust. Come, let me show you:
www.agentsandbooks.com/p/on-trust-d...
www.agentsandbooks.com/p/on-trust-d...
On Trust, Dumb Jokes, and Amusement Park Rides
What I learned on my summer vacation
www.agentsandbooks.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
While watching dumb movies and riding amusement park rides this summer, I had some revelations about writing, reading, and trust. Come, let me show you:
www.agentsandbooks.com/p/on-trust-d...
www.agentsandbooks.com/p/on-trust-d...
"..I recall the impression of having traveled with you to another world, without trace or itinerary. The village where we ate didn’t have a name, the road had no end, and the rain fell from an obscured sky, created only to shelter our slow walk onward."
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/78-if-the-...
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/78-if-the-...
#78: If the sun smiles on us both: the secret affair of French President François Mitterrand and Anne Pingeot
Three decades of love, a secret child, and 1200 letters
nikitaandester.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"..I recall the impression of having traveled with you to another world, without trace or itinerary. The village where we ate didn’t have a name, the road had no end, and the rain fell from an obscured sky, created only to shelter our slow walk onward."
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/78-if-the-...
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/78-if-the-...
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ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
July 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻
Jane Goodall's letters home from her first expedition studying chimps show us something valuable: fuck waiting for a proper education, go get your hands dirty, and nothing beats dogged hyperfixation in achieving your dreams.
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/75-ah-we-m...
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/75-ah-we-m...
#75: "Ah, we must now redefine man, redefine tool, or accept chimpanzees as humans."
Jane Goodall's letters home as she researched chimpanzees and changed science forever
nikitaandester.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Jane Goodall's letters home from her first expedition studying chimps show us something valuable: fuck waiting for a proper education, go get your hands dirty, and nothing beats dogged hyperfixation in achieving your dreams.
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/75-ah-we-m...
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/75-ah-we-m...
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Just missed out on this year’s John Moores Painting Prize with ‘Fracture’. Although I was amazed to get to Stage 2. Congratulations to those who got through!
June 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Just missed out on this year’s John Moores Painting Prize with ‘Fracture’. Although I was amazed to get to Stage 2. Congratulations to those who got through!
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/39-and-as-...
What's happening isn't new - and we can't let it happen again.
What's happening isn't new - and we can't let it happen again.
June 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/39-and-as-...
What's happening isn't new - and we can't let it happen again.
What's happening isn't new - and we can't let it happen again.
For May, I translated ten WWI-era letters I found at a Toulouse flea market - if you love to hate petty French bureaucracy and office drama, you'll love giving these a read.
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/72-cher-mo...
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/72-cher-mo...
#72: Cher Monsieur Caubet
France and the First World War
nikitaandester.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
For May, I translated ten WWI-era letters I found at a Toulouse flea market - if you love to hate petty French bureaucracy and office drama, you'll love giving these a read.
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/72-cher-mo...
nikitaandester.substack.com/p/72-cher-mo...
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All the hidden emotion. 'The color within' by Isa Guadalupe Medina is perfection.
Photo by Socrates Mdn
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #photogrpahy #artmagazine #artinspo #isaguadalupedesigns #falseface #mask #allminimal #beadart #textileart #art
Photo by Socrates Mdn
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #photogrpahy #artmagazine #artinspo #isaguadalupedesigns #falseface #mask #allminimal #beadart #textileart #art
June 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
All the hidden emotion. 'The color within' by Isa Guadalupe Medina is perfection.
Photo by Socrates Mdn
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #photogrpahy #artmagazine #artinspo #isaguadalupedesigns #falseface #mask #allminimal #beadart #textileart #art
Photo by Socrates Mdn
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #photogrpahy #artmagazine #artinspo #isaguadalupedesigns #falseface #mask #allminimal #beadart #textileart #art
Since March, my CPTSD's been the worst of my life. I used to be a masking pro, but I’m weeks behind on my newsletter, on art projects, on calling friends.
To folks waiting on me: I’m coming. I promise.
To folks rooting for me: I got this. I promise.
& to folks in crisis: We'll be OK. I promise.
To folks waiting on me: I’m coming. I promise.
To folks rooting for me: I got this. I promise.
& to folks in crisis: We'll be OK. I promise.
May 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Since March, my CPTSD's been the worst of my life. I used to be a masking pro, but I’m weeks behind on my newsletter, on art projects, on calling friends.
To folks waiting on me: I’m coming. I promise.
To folks rooting for me: I got this. I promise.
& to folks in crisis: We'll be OK. I promise.
To folks waiting on me: I’m coming. I promise.
To folks rooting for me: I got this. I promise.
& to folks in crisis: We'll be OK. I promise.
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Using 11 cameras and 11 photographs, "Two Ways" by fine art photographer js.dykstra really brings 2d photography into a new realm!
Model: abstract painter Gregory R Deady
#beautifulbizarre #jsdykstra #experimentalphotography #fineartphotography #art#experimentalart #blackandwhitephotography
Model: abstract painter Gregory R Deady
#beautifulbizarre #jsdykstra #experimentalphotography #fineartphotography #art#experimentalart #blackandwhitephotography
May 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Using 11 cameras and 11 photographs, "Two Ways" by fine art photographer js.dykstra really brings 2d photography into a new realm!
Model: abstract painter Gregory R Deady
#beautifulbizarre #jsdykstra #experimentalphotography #fineartphotography #art#experimentalart #blackandwhitephotography
Model: abstract painter Gregory R Deady
#beautifulbizarre #jsdykstra #experimentalphotography #fineartphotography #art#experimentalart #blackandwhitephotography
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Happy Lorraine Hansberry's birthday!
❤️
❤️
May 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Happy Lorraine Hansberry's birthday!
❤️
❤️
I'm looking for a home for my near-future short story about a throuple trying to make rent in Denver after the city puts up billboards to block the sun. Tell me if your magazine's open so I can send it over!
May 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm looking for a home for my near-future short story about a throuple trying to make rent in Denver after the city puts up billboards to block the sun. Tell me if your magazine's open so I can send it over!
I just finished draft one of my latest novel! Can I get a woop woop???
May 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I just finished draft one of my latest novel! Can I get a woop woop???
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This is 100% why @adapalmer.bsky.social is my idol. Among many reasons.
I went to Chicago to cover a papal conclave. No, not that one. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is 100% why @adapalmer.bsky.social is my idol. Among many reasons.
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This is one of my favorite pieces I've ever done - and it's up for auction for charity to support trans rights! If you've ever wanted spooky art in your home, now's the time <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
April 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is one of my favorite pieces I've ever done - and it's up for auction for charity to support trans rights! If you've ever wanted spooky art in your home, now's the time <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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The 2nd Round of the Screenwriting Challenge 2025 is underway! View the new genre/subject/character assignments and a countdown to the deadline at nycmidnight.co/42G8W2P. Best of luck to the 300 participating writers with their 8-page screenplays over the next three days!
nycmidnight.co
April 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The 2nd Round of the Screenwriting Challenge 2025 is underway! View the new genre/subject/character assignments and a countdown to the deadline at nycmidnight.co/42G8W2P. Best of luck to the 300 participating writers with their 8-page screenplays over the next three days!
This is one of my favorite pieces I've ever done - and it's up for auction for charity to support trans rights! If you've ever wanted spooky art in your home, now's the time <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
April 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is one of my favorite pieces I've ever done - and it's up for auction for charity to support trans rights! If you've ever wanted spooky art in your home, now's the time <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
A year of my newsletter - which includes snail mail artwork sent to your door - is up for auction! It's going for a song right now, so if you've ever been curious, now's the time to go for it!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
April 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A year of my newsletter - which includes snail mail artwork sent to your door - is up for auction! It's going for a song right now, so if you've ever been curious, now's the time to go for it!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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If you've ever been curious about my newsletter, now's the time to bid on a year-long subscription to it to support trans rights! You'll get postcard prints of dope artwork and monthly voting rights to shape Snail Mail Sweethearts however you see fit <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Subscription to Nikita Andester's Newsletter
Auction item 'Subscription to Nikita Andester's Newsletter' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you've ever been curious about my newsletter, now's the time to bid on a year-long subscription to it to support trans rights! You'll get postcard prints of dope artwork and monthly voting rights to shape Snail Mail Sweethearts however you see fit <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Oh, hey! Like my postcards and wanted your own to mail to folks? Hot dang, you're in luck - bid on this auction for trans rights to get your hands on some while supporting a good cause ASAP!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
8-pack postcard pack of photo embroidery originals
Auction item '8-pack postcard pack of photo embroidery originals' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Oh, hey! Like my postcards and wanted your own to mail to folks? Hot dang, you're in luck - bid on this auction for trans rights to get your hands on some while supporting a good cause ASAP!
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
If you've ever been curious about my newsletter, now's the time to bid on a year-long subscription to it to support trans rights! You'll get postcard prints of dope artwork and monthly voting rights to shape Snail Mail Sweethearts however you see fit <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Subscription to Nikita Andester's Newsletter
Auction item 'Subscription to Nikita Andester's Newsletter' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If you've ever been curious about my newsletter, now's the time to bid on a year-long subscription to it to support trans rights! You'll get postcard prints of dope artwork and monthly voting rights to shape Snail Mail Sweethearts however you see fit <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Hey, have you ever wanted some of my art? Bid on it now to support trans rights! This is one of my favorite pieces and it deserves a good home <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Photo embroidery - The Boys are Alright
Auction item 'Photo embroidery - The Boys are Alright' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hey, have you ever wanted some of my art? Bid on it now to support trans rights! This is one of my favorite pieces and it deserves a good home <3
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...