Catriona Whiteside
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Catriona Whiteside
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British/American paper conservator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catriona-whiteside/
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I saw this amazing singer’s rendition of Good Riddance from Hades on TikTok.

As he was singing Orpheus, it felt right to join as Eurydice. 🎶❤️
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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🎉Come to A Happy Mew Year Celebration virtual drawing LIVE w/ @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social on Dec 27, 2pm EST! Presented by the Cat Museum of NYC, via @community-cats.bsky.social.
✏️No experience needed
🐱Supports cat rescue and TNR education
🎟️Register on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-happy-me...
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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A warning from the past: if there is anything you would like to preserve long-term in good condition, please don't stick tape on it!

As tape deteriorates, it can discolour, become brittle, lose its adhesive strength, and leave a residue stain.

Enough to give an archivist nightmares! 👻
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Tonight I’ll be at The Strand Bookstore in New York, with Meg Elison!@megelison.bsky.social

www.strandbooks.com/event18225-2...
Purchase a Ticket for Event Martha Wells + Meg Elison: Queen Demon | Strand Books
Join us at Strand Books for Martha Wells + Meg Elison: Queen Demon event. Discover author talks, book signings, and unique literary experiences.
www.strandbooks.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Such a loveable face ❤️ #cats #catsofbsky
August 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I'm envious of her ability to be comfy in whatever position #cats #catsofbsky
August 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Persephone's in her favorite spot to watch the world go by. Magically makes me calmer just looking at her. #cats #catsky
August 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
She hasn't quite got the hang of this harness thing #cats #catsofbsky
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Exhausted after her trip to the vet. She did so well!
#cats #catsofbsky
August 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
There's something to surveying modern and contemporary art when determining media and you notice a piece of string and it makes you pause and ponder "is that supposed to be there? Did the artist intend for that to be part of the art?" 😅
August 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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This entrance to a Paper Museum in the Republic of North Macedonia is basically so perfect that I wonder if it’s just a lure for people like me? It’s the most enticing signage and museum façade I’ve ever seen. Sadly I’m not there, but a friend sent me this on his travels
July 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...
reactormag.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Went to see Takashi Murakami's exhibition at Gagosian yesterday! His little additions to Hiroshige's prints are so much fun! #art #TakashiMurakami #japan #nyc
July 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Just thinking what 24-34% tariffs on washi, hanji, zin shofu paste, and hake brushes will mean for paper conservators and how materials that need conservation treatment from 2025-2029 will suffer from a dearth of materials.
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Really enjoying walking by this small display at the beginning of the Egyptian galleries every day #art #cats
March 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I have a handful of purr.
March 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Assassin's Creed Shadows PC giveaway, thanks to Ubisoft! 🥷
Repost and comment to enter, tell me what AC game is your favorite! ##AssassinsCreedShadows
March 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I’ve been writing condition reports today ~ yawn ~ I have 130 odd to write, but this Gwen John watercolour cat study has a nice surprise (apart from the delightful technique, not very well captured in my phone snap): a paw-print just around the line of the cat’s back! (NMW A 15597, undated)
March 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Testing out the zoom capabilities of my new phone 👀 I can see the cracks in the media without a microscope now!
January 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
First drawing of the year! #art | #dog
January 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
A restored Notre Dame cathedral is unveiled days before its official reopening
Notre Dame Cathedral has been closed to the public since a fire damaged the landmark in April 2019.
www.npr.org
November 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Consolidation of Salvador Dalí’s “Bathers at the Beach”
November 24, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Last night I went to a fabulous talk with the artist Tong Yang-Tze, who is responsible for the new glorious calligraphy paintings in the Great Hall!
November 22, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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Might as well plug the book I co-edited with the excellent Sue Breakell @designarchives.bsky.social
The Materiality of the Archive: Creative Practice in Context. And it's open access!
The Materiality of the Archive: Creative Practice in Context
The Materiality of the Archive is the first volume to bring together a range of methodological approaches to the materiality of archives, as a framework for their engagement, analysis and interpretati...
www.routledge.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art staff art show is up for two weeks. A truly amazing show of works from security to technicians to conservators to volunteers! A grand total of 641 works of art! Come see if you’re in the area!
November 18, 2024 at 11:43 PM