Diane Tucker
@theshymuseumgoer.com
Writer/producer prev seen on NATGEO, HIST, DISC, MBN, HuffPo.
Now writing about great works of art and the deeply human stories they tell at TheShyMuseumgoer.com
Now writing about great works of art and the deeply human stories they tell at TheShyMuseumgoer.com
You'll love this one, Jane. AI couldn't correctly identify Ryan Lizza last week, of all weeks.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
You'll love this one, Jane. AI couldn't correctly identify Ryan Lizza last week, of all weeks.
I like it, too.
Here's another one. It's softer and a little more lyrical . . .
Joan Miró, "Woman and Birds" (1940)
Here's another one. It's softer and a little more lyrical . . .
Joan Miró, "Woman and Birds" (1940)
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I like it, too.
Here's another one. It's softer and a little more lyrical . . .
Joan Miró, "Woman and Birds" (1940)
Here's another one. It's softer and a little more lyrical . . .
Joan Miró, "Woman and Birds" (1940)
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #painting
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Miró painted the moon and the stars as a coping mechanism to escape from the cruelty and devastation of World War II into the comfort of a fantasy world.
Joan Miró “Nightingale’s Song & Morning Rain” (1940) • More in ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Miró painted the moon and the stars as a coping mechanism to escape from the cruelty and devastation of World War II into the comfort of a fantasy world.
Joan Miró “Nightingale’s Song & Morning Rain” (1940) • More in ALT
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #painting
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Miró painted the moon and the stars as a coping mechanism to escape from the cruelty and devastation of World War II into the comfort of a fantasy world.
Joan Miró “Nightingale’s Song & Morning Rain” (1940) • More in ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Miró painted the moon and the stars as a coping mechanism to escape from the cruelty and devastation of World War II into the comfort of a fantasy world.
Joan Miró “Nightingale’s Song & Morning Rain” (1940) • More in ALT
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Modern artist Georgia O’Keeffe painted magnified leaves and flowers "to force viewers to slow down and truly see their unexplainable beauty.”
Georgia O’Keeffe, “Autumn Leaves” (1924) • More in the ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Modern artist Georgia O’Keeffe painted magnified leaves and flowers "to force viewers to slow down and truly see their unexplainable beauty.”
Georgia O’Keeffe, “Autumn Leaves” (1924) • More in the ALT
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Modern artist Georgia O’Keeffe painted magnified leaves and flowers "to force viewers to slow down and truly see their unexplainable beauty.”
Georgia O’Keeffe, “Autumn Leaves” (1924) • More in the ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
Modern artist Georgia O’Keeffe painted magnified leaves and flowers "to force viewers to slow down and truly see their unexplainable beauty.”
Georgia O’Keeffe, “Autumn Leaves” (1924) • More in the ALT
In fact, Cosimo de' Medici (banker and ruler of Florence) got so tired of the violence he frequently used Cell #38-39 at San Marco as his private "man cave" to get away from it all.
This fresco was painted on the wall of Cell #39...
"The Adoration and Man of Sorrows" (1441-42)
This fresco was painted on the wall of Cell #39...
"The Adoration and Man of Sorrows" (1441-42)
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In fact, Cosimo de' Medici (banker and ruler of Florence) got so tired of the violence he frequently used Cell #38-39 at San Marco as his private "man cave" to get away from it all.
This fresco was painted on the wall of Cell #39...
"The Adoration and Man of Sorrows" (1441-42)
This fresco was painted on the wall of Cell #39...
"The Adoration and Man of Sorrows" (1441-42)
I agree, Mona. I mean, just look at this gorgeous brushwork...
Detail from "Jane Avril Dancing" (1892) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Detail from "Jane Avril Dancing" (1892) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I agree, Mona. I mean, just look at this gorgeous brushwork...
Detail from "Jane Avril Dancing" (1892) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Detail from "Jane Avril Dancing" (1892) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
While Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was creating paintings for a French brothel, he learned that women who support themselves by catering to the sexual wants of men often seek genuine affection from one another.
"The Two Friends" (1895) is one of his most beautiful paintings.
BTW, thanks again for the Furst recommendation. Here's proof we're becoming obsessed . . .
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
BTW, thanks again for the Furst recommendation. Here's proof we're becoming obsessed . . .
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
Happy Halloween, Blueskiis
Ready for a truly scary 👻 Old Master painting? In the center, a bald devil is feeding lies to an orange Antichrist. Accordingly, horrible things are unfolding in the background. More in the ALT 😈
Luca Signorelli, "Preaching of the Antichrist" (1500-04)
#MusicSky
McCartney told the Alamodome audience that two of his grandchildren are in attendance.
“Can you image watching your grandpa rock ’n roll?” he said, laughing.
McCartney told the Alamodome audience that two of his grandchildren are in attendance.
“Can you image watching your grandpa rock ’n roll?” he said, laughing.
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#MusicSky
McCartney told the Alamodome audience that two of his grandchildren are in attendance.
“Can you image watching your grandpa rock ’n roll?” he said, laughing.
McCartney told the Alamodome audience that two of his grandchildren are in attendance.
“Can you image watching your grandpa rock ’n roll?” he said, laughing.
#MusicSky
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#MusicSky
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
Last night Paul McCartney played to a crowd of nearly 45,000 at the Alamodome. He played for 3 hours, with no intermission, and sang most (if not all) of the songs in their original key. He’s 83.
Maybe I’m amazed 🙏
#Urbanism
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#Urbanism
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
I'm walking on the beautiful and interesting 👩🎓San Antonio River Walk this morning.
Robert Hagman was just 27 years old when he proposed the design. Kudos to young people who come up with great urban ideas like this one and see them through. 💡
💎 Whitney Museum social media team 💎
October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
💎 Whitney Museum social media team 💎
Happy Halloween, Suzanne
Here are six more demons, from a Fra Angelica painting c. 1426
Here are six more demons, from a Fra Angelica painting c. 1426
October 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Happy Halloween, Suzanne
Here are six more demons, from a Fra Angelica painting c. 1426
Here are six more demons, from a Fra Angelica painting c. 1426
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
Three women with a strong hat game...
• Amedeo Modigliani, "Jeanne Hébuterne with Hat" (1917)
• Francis Cadell, "The Black Hat" (1914)
• Annie Leibovitz, "Diane Keaton" (2011)
I'm so impressed by the tough physical work that goes into every single one of these pieces
Photo: CBS News
Photo: CBS News
October 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm so impressed by the tough physical work that goes into every single one of these pieces
Photo: CBS News
Photo: CBS News
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
The National Gallery of Art is closed until further notice due to the U.S. gov shutdown 😢
On the plus side, in London you still have 3 weeks to see the Kiefer/VanGogh show at the Royal Academy. It's terrific. Like walking through Van Gogh’s landscapes.
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
October 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
It’s autumn in 19th-century Japan
Three women hang gourd shavings to dry, while another woman slices a ripe calabash gourd. A traveler makes his way down the legendary Tōkaidō Road. Can you spot the napping baby?
Hiroshige, “Minakuchi" (1833-36) • See ALT and wp.me/pdQwQ8-3h6
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
September 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
It’s autumn in Paris. The vantage point of this Impressionist painting suggests that Monet painted it from the middle of the Seine, in a small boat that he converted into a floating studio.
Claude Monet, “Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil” (1873) • See ALT
We'll never get an edit button, will we. 😂
I'm pretty sure this painting by Pissarro shows the same house during the winter...
Camille Pissarro, "L'Hermitage, Pontoise, winter" (1874)
I'm pretty sure this painting by Pissarro shows the same house during the winter...
Camille Pissarro, "L'Hermitage, Pontoise, winter" (1874)
September 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We'll never get an edit button, will we. 😂
I'm pretty sure this painting by Pissarro shows the same house during the winter...
Camille Pissarro, "L'Hermitage, Pontoise, winter" (1874)
I'm pretty sure this painting by Pissarro shows the same house during the winter...
Camille Pissarro, "L'Hermitage, Pontoise, winter" (1874)
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u
September 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u
Happy Sunday, Blueskiis
"This painting by Cézanne has an inner light and a suspension of workaday time that I find very seductive. If I were planning a getaway, I could easily imagine myself in this place."
Paul Cézanne, "House and Tree L’Hermitage" (1874-75) • wp.me/pdQwQ8-e6u
TGIF, Blueskiis
Everything is terrible in Washington DC but we still have pop-up Salsa dancing in Dupont Circle...
Everything is terrible in Washington DC but we still have pop-up Salsa dancing in Dupont Circle...
September 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
TGIF, Blueskiis
Everything is terrible in Washington DC but we still have pop-up Salsa dancing in Dupont Circle...
Everything is terrible in Washington DC but we still have pop-up Salsa dancing in Dupont Circle...
Happy Birthday, Wilma 🎉
I'm passing along this famous painting by Casper David Friedrich, who also was born on September 5th. He named it "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" which really seems to fit you.
I'm passing along this famous painting by Casper David Friedrich, who also was born on September 5th. He named it "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" which really seems to fit you.
September 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy Birthday, Wilma 🎉
I'm passing along this famous painting by Casper David Friedrich, who also was born on September 5th. He named it "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" which really seems to fit you.
I'm passing along this famous painting by Casper David Friedrich, who also was born on September 5th. He named it "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" which really seems to fit you.
My favorite ❤️ #ArtMuseum
What is it about the Thyssen that makes it such a great place to look at art? Hmmm, it might be the desserts in the outdoor cafe, but I don't think so. :)
What is it about the Thyssen that makes it such a great place to look at art? Hmmm, it might be the desserts in the outdoor cafe, but I don't think so. :)
September 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
My favorite ❤️ #ArtMuseum
What is it about the Thyssen that makes it such a great place to look at art? Hmmm, it might be the desserts in the outdoor cafe, but I don't think so. :)
What is it about the Thyssen that makes it such a great place to look at art? Hmmm, it might be the desserts in the outdoor cafe, but I don't think so. :)
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
You know it's your lucky day when you walk into G.28 at the National Gallery of Art in DC and run into British historian Mary Beard enjoying the painting "Laocoön," about a man who tried in vain to warn his fellow Trojans not to accept a gift horse from the Greeks.
More in the ALT
You know it's your lucky day when you walk into G.28 at the National Gallery of Art in DC and run into British historian Mary Beard enjoying the painting "Laocoön," about a man who tried in vain to warn his fellow Trojans not to accept a gift horse from the Greeks.
More in the ALT
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡
You know it's your lucky day when you walk into G.28 at the National Gallery of Art in DC and run into British historian Mary Beard enjoying the painting "Laocoön," about a man who tried in vain to warn his fellow Trojans not to accept a gift horse from the Greeks.
More in the ALT
You know it's your lucky day when you walk into G.28 at the National Gallery of Art in DC and run into British historian Mary Beard enjoying the painting "Laocoön," about a man who tried in vain to warn his fellow Trojans not to accept a gift horse from the Greeks.
More in the ALT