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Things I found on my laptop, an occasional series
[Ad Reinhardt, How to Look at Modern Art in America (detail), 1946]
[Ad Reinhardt, How to Look at Modern Art in America (detail), 1946]
September 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Things I found on my laptop, an occasional series
[Ad Reinhardt, How to Look at Modern Art in America (detail), 1946]
[Ad Reinhardt, How to Look at Modern Art in America (detail), 1946]
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Great news! The Baltimore Museum of Art is taking “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” which was originally scheduled to take place at the National Portrait Gallery. artbma.org/exhibition/a...
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Great news! The Baltimore Museum of Art is taking “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” which was originally scheduled to take place at the National Portrait Gallery. artbma.org/exhibition/a...
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My interior pics of the James Charnley House (1892) taken over the years. It’s the only Sullivan-designed building that offers regular guided public tours. I feel like Louis Sullivan’s shortchanged when it comes to his own work. Once you know his style, you can see his hands all over the design imo.
August 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My interior pics of the James Charnley House (1892) taken over the years. It’s the only Sullivan-designed building that offers regular guided public tours. I feel like Louis Sullivan’s shortchanged when it comes to his own work. Once you know his style, you can see his hands all over the design imo.
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You know what never gets old? People in inflatable t-rex suits visiting t-rex skeletons in museums
August 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
You know what never gets old? People in inflatable t-rex suits visiting t-rex skeletons in museums
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I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.
White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
It is propaganda, pure and simple.
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Turns out the 1940s NYC Tax Department photographs (by WPA photogs) include outtakes, and they are so wonderful! 1940s.nyc/outtakes
August 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Turns out the 1940s NYC Tax Department photographs (by WPA photogs) include outtakes, and they are so wonderful! 1940s.nyc/outtakes
Martin Wong’s Canal Street was first exhibited in his 1993 show Chinatown USA, and is currently on view at the New York Historical Society. Naturally, I had to go down there and see how the building has changed. #contemporaryart #painting #artwork
August 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Martin Wong’s Canal Street was first exhibited in his 1993 show Chinatown USA, and is currently on view at the New York Historical Society. Naturally, I had to go down there and see how the building has changed. #contemporaryart #painting #artwork
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love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.
IG nytimes
IG nytimes
August 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.
IG nytimes
IG nytimes
One of the Met’s copyists drawing Ugolino and His Sons by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
August 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
One of the Met’s copyists drawing Ugolino and His Sons by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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Truly, it’s the racism.
July 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Truly, it’s the racism.
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This homongi (semi-formal kimono) made from chirimen crepe silk, features dramatic wave motifs executed in a sophisticated monochromatic palette of white and gray against a deep black background. 1960-1980
July 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This homongi (semi-formal kimono) made from chirimen crepe silk, features dramatic wave motifs executed in a sophisticated monochromatic palette of white and gray against a deep black background. 1960-1980
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royalty free, exactly
July 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
royalty free, exactly
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This ratty old door mat has been here since before we moved in and I keep meaning to throw it out. But the bobcat kittens loved it so much I think I'll keep it just for them. 🤣
July 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This ratty old door mat has been here since before we moved in and I keep meaning to throw it out. But the bobcat kittens loved it so much I think I'll keep it just for them. 🤣
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Artist Cleverly Turns Manhole Cover Into a Waffle Maker for a 3D Chalk-Drawn Possum and Squirrel laughingsquid.com/manhole-cove...
Artist Cleverly Turns Manhole Cover Into a Waffle Maker for a 3D Chalk-Drawn Possum and Squirrel
Artist David Zinn cleverly turned a cement-smeared manhole cover into a waffle iron for a 3D chalk-drawn possum and squirrel.
laughingsquid.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Artist Cleverly Turns Manhole Cover Into a Waffle Maker for a 3D Chalk-Drawn Possum and Squirrel laughingsquid.com/manhole-cove...
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#NYRBWomen25 I imagine all of the aunts looking like they came from a Leonora Carrington painting.
“That might be fun if my aunts hadn’t all been dressed in black ever since I’d known them, and if they didn’t give a person the impression of being accompanied by black ghosts.” (p39)
“That might be fun if my aunts hadn’t all been dressed in black ever since I’d known them, and if they didn’t give a person the impression of being accompanied by black ghosts.” (p39)
July 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
#NYRBWomen25 I imagine all of the aunts looking like they came from a Leonora Carrington painting.
“That might be fun if my aunts hadn’t all been dressed in black ever since I’d known them, and if they didn’t give a person the impression of being accompanied by black ghosts.” (p39)
“That might be fun if my aunts hadn’t all been dressed in black ever since I’d known them, and if they didn’t give a person the impression of being accompanied by black ghosts.” (p39)
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'S-s-s-spoon' ~ This was the first spoon I carved in the 'Snake series', carved in Lacewood.
The other 'Squiggle' spoon isn't really a snake spoon but kind of looks like one. I forget the wood type.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #whimsical #wood 🐍🥄
'S-s-s-spoon' ~ This was the first spoon I carved in the 'Snake series', carved in Lacewood.
The other 'Squiggle' spoon isn't really a snake spoon but kind of looks like one. I forget the wood type.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #whimsical #wood 🐍🥄
July 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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'S-s-s-spoon' ~ This was the first spoon I carved in the 'Snake series', carved in Lacewood.
The other 'Squiggle' spoon isn't really a snake spoon but kind of looks like one. I forget the wood type.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #whimsical #wood 🐍🥄
'S-s-s-spoon' ~ This was the first spoon I carved in the 'Snake series', carved in Lacewood.
The other 'Squiggle' spoon isn't really a snake spoon but kind of looks like one. I forget the wood type.
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #whimsical #wood 🐍🥄
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Baroque printmaker Hendrick Goltzius made this strikingly detailed #engraving of his own right hand that was maimed in a childhood fire. He was unable to fully extend his fingers.
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July 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Baroque printmaker Hendrick Goltzius made this strikingly detailed #engraving of his own right hand that was maimed in a childhood fire. He was unable to fully extend his fingers.
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Amy Sherald’s current retrospective won’t be making it to the Smithsonian as she’s canceled it after learning that her take on a transgender Statue of Liberty may not have been shown to avoid provoking the dictator in chief. #contemporaryart #artwork
July 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Amy Sherald’s current retrospective won’t be making it to the Smithsonian as she’s canceled it after learning that her take on a transgender Statue of Liberty may not have been shown to avoid provoking the dictator in chief. #contemporaryart #artwork
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Housing First skeptics hate this one weird trick
Good news:
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
Homeless people visited ER less after moving into King County’s hotels
King County had two goals when it purchased more than a dozen hotels to convert into housing for people living on the streets — end homelessness for a bunch of people and improve their health. Officia...
www.seattletimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Housing First skeptics hate this one weird trick
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The two greatest evils known to mankind, A.I. and the person directly in front of you in line at the post office, have finally teamed up. We’re done.
Woman in line in front of me at the post office is not happy about the cost of shipping. She just whipped out her phone, asked ChatGPT how much it thinks the shipping should cost, and is trying to get the mailman to honor that price.
July 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The two greatest evils known to mankind, A.I. and the person directly in front of you in line at the post office, have finally teamed up. We’re done.
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I literally swore out loud at this man's level of artistic skill. Astonishing.
Sorry for the string of videos, but this is amazing and makes me wonder if this is what life could be like if we all just logged off the internet.
IG risolve
IG risolve
July 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I literally swore out loud at this man's level of artistic skill. Astonishing.
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Jesus and the Devil, caught at a Coldplay gig
July 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Jesus and the Devil, caught at a Coldplay gig
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72.
Photo Wolfgang Volz.
Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72.
Photo Wolfgang Volz.
July 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72.
Photo Wolfgang Volz.
Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72.
Photo Wolfgang Volz.