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Paloma Checa-Gismero
@palomacg.bsky.social
Modern and contemporary art historian at Swarthmore College. Author of Biennial Boom: Making Contemporary Art Global (Duke, 2024).
www.palomachecagismero.com
As this baby turns one year old, I'm excited to be back in @bsky.app after my much enjoyed human baby-induced hiatus.

Excited to meet/reconnect with cool folks in arts/academia/criticism/et al as the world continues to burn

@dukepress.bsky.social
www.dukeupress.edu/biennial-boom
August 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
holahola

my book BIENNIAL BOOM: MAKING CONTEMPORARY ART GLOBAL is at 50% off ~~ what a deal what a steal

www.dukeupress.edu/biennial-boom
March 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join me on Feb 12 alongside art historians Katie Anania & Amanda Cachia to celebrate our recent books at Printed Matter, NYC!

Thrilled to present BIENNIAL BOOM: MAKING CONTEMPORARY ART GLOBAL in such a dreamy venue!

@dukepress.bsky.social

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February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Philip Guston & Reuben Kadish, The Struggle Against Terrorism, 1935

Recently restored and now open to the public in Morelia, Mexico.

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February 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
an actual question in the citizenship test
January 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
still recovering from the shower of love & support Thursday night at The Barnes, celebrating my book BIENNIAL BOOM

thank you to my fabulous respondents, Tatiana Flores & Miriam Basilio Gaztambide

a bright evening in a dark, cold week

www.dukeupress.edu/biennial-boom
January 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join me on 01/23 at The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia for a conversation with Tatiana Flores and Miriam Basilio on Biennial Boom: Making Contemporary Art Global @dukepress.bsky.social

cocktail reception! friends! art!

code SWARTHMORE2025 for free tix

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January 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
in 2024 I birthed a book and published a baby

in 2025 I hope to join Clio in the arts of purposelessness
January 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
these dried apricot and whiskey puddings will soon be covered with bitter chocolate
December 25, 2024 at 5:59 PM
close up para evidencia

Itziar Okariz, Body Building, 1994
Philip Guston, Confrontation, 1974
December 22, 2024 at 6:12 PM
new home office corner, with fresh flowers and entry tickets to @museoreinasofia.bsky.social --que son los más bonitos del mundo
December 22, 2024 at 6:07 PM
just bought two eastern redbuds for my growing urban canopy ambitions and i'm so so so excited and can't wait for them to be here and get them on the ground and for spring to come and for them to bloom

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December 12, 2024 at 2:58 PM
behold Clio, the historian, with Pepe, her catch of the day
December 9, 2024 at 8:28 PM
THIS
December 6, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Thank you Los Angeles Public Library for highlighting my book in your new books section at your central building! ❤️‍🔥
@lapubliclibrary.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social

www.dukeupress.edu/biennial-boom
December 3, 2024 at 9:22 PM
You can now buy my book BIENNIAL BOOM: MAKING CONTEMPORARY ART GLOBAL with a 40% discount using the code FALL24 at @dukepress.bsky.social fall sale

www.dukeupress.edu/biennial-boom
November 28, 2024 at 7:05 PM