Not only a great portrait by Gainsborough (of his nephew, Gainsborough Dupont), but in as-new condition. Once upon a time, all Gainsboroughs looked like this, but the delicacy of his technique means many have suffered over the years.

Jonathan Brown was a tough grader. I remember being annoyed by the A- I received on this paper. He had staggering knowledge of Spanish painters and history and was curiously possessive of El Greco.

We were required to take Richard Stone’s conservation methods course at NYU. I struggled at the time but now I’m grateful I took it. He was a brainy & knowledgeable teacher who knew an incredible amount about bronze statuary. Amazingly, I managed to get great grades.

Oops nvm. I was clearly too taken in by the mosasaurus’s celebrity status to know that it’s post-Triassic. This isn’t the Universal Studios ride after all. Triassic ichtyosaurs & plesiosaurs (which we see in this simulation) are more likely. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If a mosasaurus glided through here I would have a heart attack.

Jaw-dropping. This is the type of brilliant interactive learning you crave from museums. 🦕