Paul Brightwell
@brightwell.bsky.social
Actor, claqueur
rep. Curtis Brown
rep. Curtis Brown
A fantastic picture by David Redfern of Nina on stage at Newport Jazz Festival on July 4th 1968
“I tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.”
— Nina Simone
— Nina Simone
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A fantastic picture by David Redfern of Nina on stage at Newport Jazz Festival on July 4th 1968
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Is it ‘My wife and I’ or ‘Me and my wife’? Anyway, we just robbed a liquor store
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Is it ‘My wife and I’ or ‘Me and my wife’? Anyway, we just robbed a liquor store
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Merzz. 53. Red Bonbon. by Kurt Schwitters, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137832
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137832
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Merzz. 53. Red Bonbon. by Kurt Schwitters, 1920
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137832
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137832
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I expect some screenwriter's already working on a Jurassic Park angle to the Hitler DNA story...
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I expect some screenwriter's already working on a Jurassic Park angle to the Hitler DNA story...
“...Oh great natural song of the stomp of beauty!”. And he said, “Stomp upon the terra!” – They hit it. He said “Lift your hands from the body” – The body went up – He said, “Straighten your arms!” – The arms went up. He said “Higher! – They went higher. He said “Dig Infinity” – And they dug it!”
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social - Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger Poppin' Daddies - Remembering the great Lord Buckley - allenginsberg.org/2015/11/buck/
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“...Oh great natural song of the stomp of beauty!”. And he said, “Stomp upon the terra!” – They hit it. He said “Lift your hands from the body” – The body went up – He said, “Straighten your arms!” – The arms went up. He said “Higher! – They went higher. He said “Dig Infinity” – And they dug it!”
Kay Sage
A Little Later
1938
Denver Art Museum
A Little Later
1938
Denver Art Museum
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Kay Sage
A Little Later
1938
Denver Art Museum
A Little Later
1938
Denver Art Museum
Kurt Schwitters
Untitled collage
1929
Untitled collage
1929
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Kurt Schwitters
Untitled collage
1929
Untitled collage
1929
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The late sculptor Jackie Ferrara liked to describe herself as a methodical drone, only beginning to build her geometric structures after meticulously plotting them out on graph paper. She planned her death with the same dispassionate logic.
Jackie Ferrara Lived and Died on Her Own Terms
The sculptor of graceful structures and architectural environments, who died voluntarily last week at age 95, sought to contain life’s chaos in geometric forms.
hyperallergic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The late sculptor Jackie Ferrara liked to describe herself as a methodical drone, only beginning to build her geometric structures after meticulously plotting them out on graph paper. She planned her death with the same dispassionate logic.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Consciousness of Shock by Victor Brauner, 1951
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Consciousness of Shock by Victor Brauner, 1951
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
Victor Vasarely
Kezdi
1966
160 x 160 cm
acrylic on canvas
Kezdi
1966
160 x 160 cm
acrylic on canvas
October 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Victor Vasarely
Kezdi
1966
160 x 160 cm
acrylic on canvas
Kezdi
1966
160 x 160 cm
acrylic on canvas
Hans Bellmer
Portrait de Marcel Duchamp
1959
30.4 x 34.8 cm
a really powerful and effective portrait of Duchamp, I think
Portrait de Marcel Duchamp
1959
30.4 x 34.8 cm
a really powerful and effective portrait of Duchamp, I think
October 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hans Bellmer
Portrait de Marcel Duchamp
1959
30.4 x 34.8 cm
a really powerful and effective portrait of Duchamp, I think
Portrait de Marcel Duchamp
1959
30.4 x 34.8 cm
a really powerful and effective portrait of Duchamp, I think
Kurt Schwitters
Untitled
1937
Prob. made in Norway where in Jan 1937 Kurt followed his son Ernst into exile, the Nazis having begun confiscating his work from German museums. '1920' on the mount was a misattribution by the gallerist to whom Ernst sold several of Schwitters' pictures in the 1950s
Untitled
1937
Prob. made in Norway where in Jan 1937 Kurt followed his son Ernst into exile, the Nazis having begun confiscating his work from German museums. '1920' on the mount was a misattribution by the gallerist to whom Ernst sold several of Schwitters' pictures in the 1950s
October 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Kurt Schwitters
Untitled
1937
Prob. made in Norway where in Jan 1937 Kurt followed his son Ernst into exile, the Nazis having begun confiscating his work from German museums. '1920' on the mount was a misattribution by the gallerist to whom Ernst sold several of Schwitters' pictures in the 1950s
Untitled
1937
Prob. made in Norway where in Jan 1937 Kurt followed his son Ernst into exile, the Nazis having begun confiscating his work from German museums. '1920' on the mount was a misattribution by the gallerist to whom Ernst sold several of Schwitters' pictures in the 1950s
Reposted by Paul Brightwell
Reposted by Paul Brightwell
PRETEND you're a professional footballer by putting your hand over your mouth whenever you talk.
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
PRETEND you're a professional footballer by putting your hand over your mouth whenever you talk.
Kurt Schwitters
Radblumen
1920
This crunchy little assemblage has turned up for auction at Christie's. It's inscribed "für Vordemberge"; Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was an abstract painter and typographer and a friend and colleague of Schwitters, Arp and Van Doesburg.
Radblumen
1920
This crunchy little assemblage has turned up for auction at Christie's. It's inscribed "für Vordemberge"; Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was an abstract painter and typographer and a friend and colleague of Schwitters, Arp and Van Doesburg.
October 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Kurt Schwitters
Radblumen
1920
This crunchy little assemblage has turned up for auction at Christie's. It's inscribed "für Vordemberge"; Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was an abstract painter and typographer and a friend and colleague of Schwitters, Arp and Van Doesburg.
Radblumen
1920
This crunchy little assemblage has turned up for auction at Christie's. It's inscribed "für Vordemberge"; Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart was an abstract painter and typographer and a friend and colleague of Schwitters, Arp and Van Doesburg.
Käthe Kollwitz
Stehende Frau, nach links
1888
charcoal on buff paper
55.3 x 44.1 cm
Stehende Frau, nach links
1888
charcoal on buff paper
55.3 x 44.1 cm
October 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Käthe Kollwitz
Stehende Frau, nach links
1888
charcoal on buff paper
55.3 x 44.1 cm
Stehende Frau, nach links
1888
charcoal on buff paper
55.3 x 44.1 cm
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I’ll leave you with this drawing by my son (aged 12) He used to be scared by the visions his mind conjured up (possibly hyperphantasic) but when he started drawing them he took control and now seems quite happy. So don’t worry about him.
October 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’ll leave you with this drawing by my son (aged 12) He used to be scared by the visions his mind conjured up (possibly hyperphantasic) but when he started drawing them he took control and now seems quite happy. So don’t worry about him.
Frank Auerbach
Study for Tree on Primrose Hill
1986
oil on canvas
40.6 x 45 cm
Study for Tree on Primrose Hill
1986
oil on canvas
40.6 x 45 cm
October 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Frank Auerbach
Study for Tree on Primrose Hill
1986
oil on canvas
40.6 x 45 cm
Study for Tree on Primrose Hill
1986
oil on canvas
40.6 x 45 cm
René Magritte
Torse nu dans les nuages
c. late 1930s
oil on canvas
72.5 x 60.0 cm
Sotheby's at Hamiltons
Torse nu dans les nuages
c. late 1930s
oil on canvas
72.5 x 60.0 cm
Sotheby's at Hamiltons
October 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
René Magritte
Torse nu dans les nuages
c. late 1930s
oil on canvas
72.5 x 60.0 cm
Sotheby's at Hamiltons
Torse nu dans les nuages
c. late 1930s
oil on canvas
72.5 x 60.0 cm
Sotheby's at Hamiltons
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Open Book by Paul Klee, 1930
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137340
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137340
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Open Book by Paul Klee, 1930
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137340
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137340
P.S. by Franz Wright
I close my eyes and see
a seagull in the desert
high, against unbearably blue sky.
There is hope in the past.
I’m writing to you
all the time, I am writing
with both hands,
day and night.
from WALKING TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Knopf 2004
I close my eyes and see
a seagull in the desert
high, against unbearably blue sky.
There is hope in the past.
I’m writing to you
all the time, I am writing
with both hands,
day and night.
from WALKING TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Knopf 2004
September 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
P.S. by Franz Wright
I close my eyes and see
a seagull in the desert
high, against unbearably blue sky.
There is hope in the past.
I’m writing to you
all the time, I am writing
with both hands,
day and night.
from WALKING TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Knopf 2004
I close my eyes and see
a seagull in the desert
high, against unbearably blue sky.
There is hope in the past.
I’m writing to you
all the time, I am writing
with both hands,
day and night.
from WALKING TO MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Knopf 2004