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Allyson Healey
@arthistory4all.bsky.social
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They/she; GLAM worker by day and creator of the Art History for All podcast by night; views are my own
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Doing a little research on Caillebotte for work and tbh I just thought this was a great pic of Gustave (right) and his brother Martial, it gives off such “dynamic duo” vibes
Old black and white photo of two bearded white men with short cropped hair wearing suits. The man on the left is slightly taller and has a longer moustache and beard. He has his hand tucked into his waistcoat. The man on the right has a much shorter beard and is standing with his hands in his pockets. Both men look directly at the camera and are not smiling.
July 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I went to Hawai’i for a friend’s wedding last week and while I didn’t get to see all the things I wanted to (in part bc Iolani Palace is closed 2 days a week) I did get over to Capitol Modern to see the Hawai’i Triennial and see some cool new-to-me artists
Front view of Iolani Palace, an ornate two-story 19th century building with palm trees on the driveway leading up to it. Large outdoor bronze sculpture of a bipedal creature with chicken feet and what appear to be a raccoon body and head. A stack of shells balances on top of its head. May Izumi 1964, Honolulu. Mr. Chickenpants bronze, 2018. Mr. Chickenpants began with the Hawaiian trickster tale, Puapualenalena, but like all tricksters soon took on a direction all its own. The hybrid nature of the sculpture symbolizes the idea that all things are related and we are closer to nature than we might realize. May Izumi was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Izumi received a BBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an MBA from University of Hawaii at Manoa. Art in Public Places. State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Gallery view of wood sculptures by Rocky K. Jensen, which are based on traditional Hawaiian depictions of humanoid heads and figures.
July 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Shoutout to my fellow #GLAMSky workers at small-to-medium institutions who are also wearing so many “hats” job-wise that we’re like the guy in Caps for Sale
Illustration of a man sitting against a tree with a stack of 17 caps on his head.
June 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Folks who know Asian languages, especially Japanese: are you able to translate any of the characters in this Shiro Ikegawa print? I’m finding few resources on either the artist or this print specifically and am regrettably only familiar with European languages.
Intaglio print featuring Japanese characters, including one character larger than the rest in red.
April 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Went to see Sci-Fi, Magick, Queer LA at the USC Fisher Museum on Friday and it was so good! Loved how things were displayed and it really felt healing to see how these fringe communities were built and how queer people came together.
Two replicas of the first known cosplays from 1939, one a purple romper with a cape, the other a yellow shirt and brown pants with a green cape adorned with symbols. Collage of black and white images of people in costume. Yellow graphic on a purple wall showing the connections between queer organizations, sci-fi fan groups, and occult groups in mid-century Los Angeles. Black and white drawing of a variety of people standing next to one another in a line and smiling. Above them is written “Gay Pride 1977”.
February 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Got over to UCSB over the weekend to see their wonderful show about text in California art, don’t sleep on university museums and galleries, they do great work
Rainbow banner with black text that says “Public Texts: A Californian Visual Language, Jan 18 - April 27”. Cut paper art that features words and plant forms. Glass artwork with the words “Tropi-Goth” in all caps above two pink bats next to palm trees. It has a pink, blue, and white border. All the colors have a metallic effect.
February 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Trying not to overdo it on political posts but I only found out about this through the r/archivists subreddit; it’s buried in an @abcnetwork.bsky.social live blog about the new administration. #archives #archivesky
Screenshot of a news article announcing that Marco Rubio has been acting Archivist of the United States since January 20.
February 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Today in to-do list titles at my GLAM day job
Photo of a Microsoft To Do list title with a cup of coffee emoji as an icon. The title reads “longer-term/no deadline/oh-if-only-I-had-time”
January 10, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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Reading stats for 2023 from @thestorygraph.com. Doesn’t count the 4+ books I DNFd or the many, many news and opinion articles that were the bulk of my reading. Hoping to add more to this list in 2024.
Graphic summarizing books read in 2023 by StoryGraph user @arthistoryforall, including Alexis Hall’s A Lady for A Duke and Isabel Cañas’s The Hacienda. It notes 7 books read through the whole year.
January 1, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Happy New Year and Happy “Oh Yeah I Haven’t Been to the Norton Simon in Forever” Day
Photo of the Rose Parade broadcast, featuring people on horses passing in front of the Norton Simon Museum.
January 1, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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I WILL finish this book by New Year’s, I WILL
Photo of the cover of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita.
December 29, 2023 at 6:22 PM