Paul Behnke
@paulbehnke.bsky.social
Painter
United States
Based in Memphis, TN
United States
Based in Memphis, TN
Desirous of Lack. 2025, acrylic on canvas, 24x22 in
May 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Desirous of Lack. 2025, acrylic on canvas, 24x22 in
Reposted by Paul Behnke
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In white patriarchy news:
In white patriarchy news:
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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In white patriarchy news:
In white patriarchy news:
In the studio- Memphis, 2025
March 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
In the studio- Memphis, 2025
Modern Love
2025
acrylic on canvas
54 x 44 in.
2025
acrylic on canvas
54 x 44 in.
March 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Modern Love
2025
acrylic on canvas
54 x 44 in.
2025
acrylic on canvas
54 x 44 in.
At the Earth’s Core
2025
acrylic on canvas
54x44 in.
2025
acrylic on canvas
54x44 in.
March 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
At the Earth’s Core
2025
acrylic on canvas
54x44 in.
2025
acrylic on canvas
54x44 in.
Happy International Women’s Day to my AMAZING studio mates @lisamwilliamson.bsky.social Pam McDonnell & Jodi Brewer!
Y’all inspire me everyday and I love you
Y’all inspire me everyday and I love you
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Happy International Women’s Day to my AMAZING studio mates @lisamwilliamson.bsky.social Pam McDonnell & Jodi Brewer!
Y’all inspire me everyday and I love you
Y’all inspire me everyday and I love you
Reposted by Paul Behnke
“Amy Sillman: To Abstract” | Art21 "Extended Play"
YouTube video by Art21
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposted by Paul Behnke
Find your people and do something good.
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Even when we don’t “win,” there is fun and fulfillment in the fact that we have been involved, with other good people, in something worthwhile. We need hope.” - Howard Zinn
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Even when we don’t “win,” there is fun and fulfillment in the fact that we have been involved, with other good people, in something worthwhile. We need hope.” - Howard Zinn
“The marriage of big tech and Trumpworld should make clear that Silicon Valley and authoritarians share the same goal: to crush dissent by keeping their would-be opponents spinning on an endless hamster wheel of reactive anger.”
www.404media.co/email/343266...
www.404media.co/email/343266...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Find your people and do something good.
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Even when we don’t “win,” there is fun and fulfillment in the fact that we have been involved, with other good people, in something worthwhile. We need hope.” - Howard Zinn
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world. Even when we don’t “win,” there is fun and fulfillment in the fact that we have been involved, with other good people, in something worthwhile. We need hope.” - Howard Zinn
New work:
Thoth, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 54x44 in.
Thoth, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 54x44 in.
February 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
New work:
Thoth, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 54x44 in.
Thoth, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 54x44 in.
Reposted by Paul Behnke
Part of a generation of Indigenous artists who worked to “break the ‘buckskin ceiling,’” the late Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is known for merging humor and socio-political commentary with poetic depictions of Native American life.
Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Who Bore Witness to Native Life, Dies at 85
Her five-decade oeuvre is an intimate visual lexicon that bridges personal memories and joyful resilience.
hyperallergic.com
January 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Part of a generation of Indigenous artists who worked to “break the ‘buckskin ceiling,’” the late Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is known for merging humor and socio-political commentary with poetic depictions of Native American life.
Terrific opening tonight at the UofM for Embustero: work based on the writing of Richard A. Lou.
-Featuring work by my amazing studio mates @lisamwilliamson.bsky.social
and Pam McDonnell and many other talented artists!
On view through February 28, 2025
-Featuring work by my amazing studio mates @lisamwilliamson.bsky.social
and Pam McDonnell and many other talented artists!
On view through February 28, 2025
January 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Terrific opening tonight at the UofM for Embustero: work based on the writing of Richard A. Lou.
-Featuring work by my amazing studio mates @lisamwilliamson.bsky.social
and Pam McDonnell and many other talented artists!
On view through February 28, 2025
-Featuring work by my amazing studio mates @lisamwilliamson.bsky.social
and Pam McDonnell and many other talented artists!
On view through February 28, 2025
Reposted by Paul Behnke
I ONLY LIKE
LICORICE
JELLY BEANS
LICORICE
JELLY BEANS
January 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I ONLY LIKE
LICORICE
JELLY BEANS
LICORICE
JELLY BEANS
paintings from 2023- Astral Egypt and Neptune, approx. 65x65 in, acrylic on canvas.
January 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
paintings from 2023- Astral Egypt and Neptune, approx. 65x65 in, acrylic on canvas.
Reposted by Paul Behnke
Two Coats put together a list of other people you’d like to hang out with at an opening —> go.bsky.app/UfTv98D
January 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Two Coats put together a list of other people you’d like to hang out with at an opening —> go.bsky.app/UfTv98D
@lisamwilliamson.bsky.social doesn't respect my boundaries 😂
January 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@lisamwilliamson.bsky.social doesn't respect my boundaries 😂
Throwback to NYC w/ @debraramsay.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Throwback to NYC w/ @debraramsay.bsky.social
Lost Horizon series, 2024
January 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Lost Horizon series, 2024
NYC w/ Deb and Rebecca
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
NYC w/ Deb and Rebecca
Gloria's Guardian, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 62x60 in.
January 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Gloria's Guardian, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 62x60 in.
Reposted by Paul Behnke
Reposted by Paul Behnke
Upcoming lecture in Dublin, Jan 29 —> rhagallery.ie/events/talks...
Sharon Butler: As Close as Two Coats of Paint
rhagallery.ie
January 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Upcoming lecture in Dublin, Jan 29 —> rhagallery.ie/events/talks...
Ghost and Moonrise Near Taos Mountain
2025
acrylic and collage on canvas
14x11 in.
2025
acrylic and collage on canvas
14x11 in.
January 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ghost and Moonrise Near Taos Mountain
2025
acrylic and collage on canvas
14x11 in.
2025
acrylic and collage on canvas
14x11 in.