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Louisa McKenzie
@louisamckenzie.bsky.social
Art #historian | Words for The Times and more | Co-founder: @amaterialworld.bsky.social

https://louisamckenziearthistory.com
Discover the chicest Christmas cards to send this year, alongside the history of the card, in my article for @thetimes.com , here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#christmas #christmas2025 #christmascards
The chicest Christmas cards to send this year
Luxury Christmas cards to send this year. From personalised cards to classic Christmas designs and luxury retailers like Smythson and Fortnum & Mason. Shop now!
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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📣 For our first event for 2025-2026, Maria Golovteeva (@warburginstitute.bsky.social) will speak on ‘Visions of Nubia: Photographing and Researching Nubian Art in the 1970s’.

🔗 Book for free via the link in our bio.

#art #nubianart #photography #afterlives #arthistory #museums
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Discover the ritziest #christmasdecorations this year, as well as the history of decorating the tree, in this @thetimes.com article: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#christmas #baubles
The best designer Christmas decorations for 2025
Luxury Christmas decorations to brighten your home this Christmas. From stockings to ornaments and baubles. Shop our top picks now!
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It’s a hot button issue! All about the #button and the fanciest examples to find now, for @thetimes.com, here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#fashionhistory #fashion #bespoke #customisation
Hot buttons — the fanciest fastenings
A smart button can transform an outfit. Louisa Mckenzie on the history of this haberdashery staple, and the most luxurious buttons to buy now
www.thetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I took a look at the legacy of legendary fashion and interiors house Fortuny for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#fortuny #fashionhistory #interiors
The Spanish designer who revolutionised womenswear
The fashion label Fortuny transformed the way women dressed and felt about their bodies in the early 20th century. Today it continues to delight with its unique aesthetic
www.thetimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I spoke exclusively to Emanuela Tarizzo, new director of #FriezeMasters, for @thetimes.com, to discover what visitors and collectors can expect from the #artfair: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#frieze #friezelondon #artcollecting
A fresh face at Frieze Masters
Emamuela Tarizzo is young, well connected and in tune with a new kind of art buyer. She talks to Louisa McKenzie about taking over London’s biggest art and antiquity fair
www.thetimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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We are delighted to announce that A Material World will be returning for our 6th year of events @warburginstitute.bsky.social. The theme for this year is Encounters.

Full programme to be announced soon.

#materialculture #arthistory #history #globalhistory
September 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I spoke exclusively to #costumedesigner Anna Robbins about the original jewels used in the new #downtonabbey film, for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#jewelry #jewellery #antiquejewellery
The real story of the Downton diamonds
Louisa McKenzie talks to the Downton Abbey costume designer about how she sources original gems for her leading ladies
www.thetimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Reposted by Louisa McKenzie
Who’s that girl?

Find out how a unique survival in a 15th-century testament provides a glimpse of what the testator looked like - and how that has inspired a present-day portrait, here: www.artandinequality.com/meet-concima...

#medievalhistory #renaissancehistory #archives #manuscripts
Meet Concima: a self-portrait from 1400s to defeat time and oblivion - Art & Inequality
Medieval wills are precious mines of information for historians, art historians, scholars of fashion and material culture, but also for sociologists, anthropologists, economists.Behind the dryness of ...
www.artandinequality.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🧴I discovered the most beautiful #perfumebottles you can put on your dressing table for @thetimes.com, plus the history of artist x perfume collabs. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#perfume #beauty #historyoffashion #dali #schiaparelli #lalique
Welcome to my boudoir — the most beautiful perfume bottles
From artist collaborations to jewel-encrusted flacons, these bottles are only matched for loveliness by the scents they contain
www.thetimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Heading into the week like…
#Monday
July 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🫒 I learnt about how to identify and use different kinds of olive oil with an #oliveoil sommelier in my article for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#evoo #oliveoiltasting #food #foodie #cooking
Lessons from an olive oil sommelier
Louisa McKenzie learns how to differentiate between blends with an expert at London’s first olive oil bar
www.thetimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Heading into the week like…
#Monday
July 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
✨Would you let the stars tell you where to live, go on holiday or who to fall for? I discovered #astrocartography for @thetimes.com. Read it here: www.thetimes.com/life-style/l...

#horoscope #astrology #zodiac #starsigns
Would you let the stars dictate where you live?
Astrocartography, which combines geography and astrology, is growing in popularity, with practitioners charging £500 an hour
www.thetimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Heading into the week like…
#Monday
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hello #academicsky. What’s the earliest chain library you know of in Europe, however small? And any essential reading on the subject?

Thanks in advance.

#bookhistory #medievalhistory #historians #question #blueacademics
June 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Heading into the week like…
#Monday
June 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Find out a bit more about the sorts of documents we look at for @artandinequality.bsky.social ⬇️
📜All the documents our project looks at have one thing in common - they were drawn up by a notary.

🪶Each medieval notary used a distinctive personal mark. Find out more here: www.artandinequality.com/whats-your-s...

#medievalhistory #arthistory #nonelite #history #testaments #notary
June 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Heading into the week like…
#Monday
June 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Find out more about what the #ArtandInequality project has been up to in this blog post by Aina Palarea ⬇️

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#history #arthistory #medievalhistory
June 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM