Katrina Grant
@katrinagrant.bsky.social
Researcher - art history, early modern Europe, Rome, landscape, environment, museums, collections, cycling, running, cats, etc etc
http://katrinagrant.net/
http://katrinagrant.net/
Office for the week in Bangkok
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Office for the week in Bangkok
A few snaps from the 'Dangerously Modern' exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW L-R Eva Benson 'Psyche', Stella Bowen, 'White Steps', Dorrit Black 'Sicilian Landscape', Josephine Muntz-Adams, 'A Gypsy Belle'
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A few snaps from the 'Dangerously Modern' exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW L-R Eva Benson 'Psyche', Stella Bowen, 'White Steps', Dorrit Black 'Sicilian Landscape', Josephine Muntz-Adams, 'A Gypsy Belle'
Surrealist vibes with the eye in the landscape from Johann Zahn's 1685 'Oculus artificialis'
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Surrealist vibes with the eye in the landscape from Johann Zahn's 1685 'Oculus artificialis'
Isn't that also just the university of the present?
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Isn't that also just the university of the present?
We have a new (compulsory of course) career planning tool for our annual review in which we have to set milestones for our milestones, and milestone for those milestones and steps to meet those milestones and so on. The temptation to just put this Strange Planet image in every field is high
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We have a new (compulsory of course) career planning tool for our annual review in which we have to set milestones for our milestones, and milestone for those milestones and steps to meet those milestones and so on. The temptation to just put this Strange Planet image in every field is high
I read this too quickly and just assumed they were expanding the galleries so they could go and do some more looting 😂
October 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I read this too quickly and just assumed they were expanding the galleries so they could go and do some more looting 😂
Apparently lecterns are the only part of education at my uni that remain untouched by AI...
July 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Apparently lecterns are the only part of education at my uni that remain untouched by AI...
A gang of Gang Gangs - the punkiest parrot.
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A gang of Gang Gangs - the punkiest parrot.
Perks of the job - nerdy library merchandise for our art history library's 25th anniversary (other perk obviously working in a department with a dedicated library just for art history and visual culture)
May 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Perks of the job - nerdy library merchandise for our art history library's 25th anniversary (other perk obviously working in a department with a dedicated library just for art history and visual culture)
Went back to see the Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar shows at the NGA in Canberra before they close, such great exhibitions, the result of letting curators dig deep into the permanent collection, foreground research, as well as being beautifully hung. Better than most travelling exhibitions we get
April 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Went back to see the Ethel Carrick and Anne Dangar shows at the NGA in Canberra before they close, such great exhibitions, the result of letting curators dig deep into the permanent collection, foreground research, as well as being beautifully hung. Better than most travelling exhibitions we get
Currently reading this and it is very enjoyable - if you are interested in Early Modern European urbanism or just history of cities in general I would strongly recommend!
November 27, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Currently reading this and it is very enjoyable - if you are interested in Early Modern European urbanism or just history of cities in general I would strongly recommend!
Tomatoes are coming!
November 25, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Tomatoes are coming!
Got to meet some baby wombats on the weekend, incredibly cute and very friendly. A bonus for being a wildlife sponsor!
September 24, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Got to meet some baby wombats on the weekend, incredibly cute and very friendly. A bonus for being a wildlife sponsor!
The nicest digs for a fellowship I have ever had I think - I can't believe they actually think I will leave at the end. I am definitely moving in forever.
August 26, 2024 at 10:12 AM
The nicest digs for a fellowship I have ever had I think - I can't believe they actually think I will leave at the end. I am definitely moving in forever.
Very much identifying with this description if the race to get the best seat in the archives in Arlette Farge's essay 'The Allure of the Archive'
August 25, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Very much identifying with this description if the race to get the best seat in the archives in Arlette Farge's essay 'The Allure of the Archive'
Even if I have to queue and pay now, can't resist the charms of the Pantheon
November 7, 2023 at 6:32 PM
Even if I have to queue and pay now, can't resist the charms of the Pantheon
Remembered bsky doesn't do a preview (yet?) for sites like Sketchfab so screenshot
November 6, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Remembered bsky doesn't do a preview (yet?) for sites like Sketchfab so screenshot
When Eufrosino della Volpaia applied for a 'privilegio' (a bit like a copyright) for his map of the Roman countryside he declared it had been made with 'grandissima fatica, spesa et lungo tempo' (great effort, expense and much time) but he also made sure to include some fancy fish and bunnies
November 2, 2023 at 6:25 PM
When Eufrosino della Volpaia applied for a 'privilegio' (a bit like a copyright) for his map of the Roman countryside he declared it had been made with 'grandissima fatica, spesa et lungo tempo' (great effort, expense and much time) but he also made sure to include some fancy fish and bunnies
Found this very accurate portrayal of me in the archives in Palazzo Barberini this afternoon
November 1, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Found this very accurate portrayal of me in the archives in Palazzo Barberini this afternoon
Happy Halloween from Rome 💀💀💀
October 31, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Happy Halloween from Rome 💀💀💀
Beautiful display of bozzetti (models for sculptural works) and sculpture at Palazzo Venezia, including one by Bernini for St Theresa and a head of Seneca after Guido Reni
October 29, 2023 at 5:36 PM
Beautiful display of bozzetti (models for sculptural works) and sculpture at Palazzo Venezia, including one by Bernini for St Theresa and a head of Seneca after Guido Reni
Brilliant day walking the Via Appia from Fratocchie to San Sebastiano with people from BSR - I knew it was straight but fun to record its straightness on Strava, plus monuments aplenty
October 22, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Brilliant day walking the Via Appia from Fratocchie to San Sebastiano with people from BSR - I knew it was straight but fun to record its straightness on Strava, plus monuments aplenty
Staring into faces from the past at Villa Giulia this afternoon
October 21, 2023 at 6:24 PM
Staring into faces from the past at Villa Giulia this afternoon
Realsied I hadn;t stopped to look at any Caravaggio yet in Rome so popped into Sant'Agostino on my way to its library
October 20, 2023 at 6:03 AM
Realsied I hadn;t stopped to look at any Caravaggio yet in Rome so popped into Sant'Agostino on my way to its library