Art History Professor Placed on Leave Over Charlie Kirk Posts hyperallergic.com/1043397/art-...

L'Shana Tova.

@philipkennicott.bsky.social's astute observations on the Smithsonian's recently-ended exhibition, “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture.” This show, singled out by the Trump administration for its ideas on sculpture and race, was an extraordinary success. wapo.st/4nJuDbo

The Art Daddy’s observation on Agnes Gunn’s life and extraordinary artworld contributions and ethics. open.substack.com/pub/theartda...

So you're telling us that @barnardcollege.bsky.social has a practice of not inviting difficult speakers to campus? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15. Check out our latest titles in Latinx studies including work by @emmaamador.bsky.social, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, @annegarlandmahler.bsky.social, & @arlenedavila.bsky.social. buff.ly/tT3FQJb

This is what authoritarianism looks like.

i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation

New on Intervenxions—‘Ponyboi’ Navigates Intersex and Salvadoran World-making “‘Ponyboi’ is a deeply emotional contemporary intersex and trans coming-of-age story . . . where desire, danger, and the unknown intermingle.” By S. Quechol www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

Trump is exploiting Charlie Kirk's murder to delegitimize political opposition www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

As someone who attended Head Start in its early years, this makes me very happy.

On one of my few trips not in the Quiet Car, I’m amazed by how much people detail their professional and private lives on #amtrak.

How to record ICE: 1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE. 2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video. 3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS 4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How? 5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked. @eltragon.bsky.social

Update: The President of Texas A&M, the largest public university in the US, removed the Dean of the College and Chair of the English Dept just hours after coming under right-wing political pressure because a student recorded herself interrupting a lecture’s class that included topics on gender.

Today in cognitive dissonance, courtesy of SCOTUS: Educational institutions cannot use race as a criterion in admissions. ICE can use race as a criterion to target people on the street.

In the minds of most Americans, we’ve tended to mythologize the Warren Court as most representative of the Supreme Court, when in truth, for most of our history the Court has ruled against minority rights, upheld the power of wealthy white men, and rarely protected the most vulnerable.

Great News: Kim Sajet, who resigned from the National Portrait Gallery after Trump attempted to fire her, has been appointed Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director at the @milwaukeeart.bsky.social. www.milwaukeemag.com/milwaukee-ar...

Victor Ekpuk’s wonderful 10-foot dancer was installed on Saturday in Washington, DC. It’s located at the corner of 14th and R sts. NW.

Project Runway Drag Race Untucked www.realitytea.com/2025/09/05/p...

We Are All DC…

Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.

Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border. This is how the police dealt with them. Literally beat the hell out of them. This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.

Tim Walz: "Where are the don't tread on me people? You are being tread on every single day. These folks are enriching themselves. The most successful thing he's done is grift off the American people."

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

"[Knowledge] always, either tells the story from the top downwards—making firmer the orthodox and prevailing interpretations of history—or it tells history from the bottom up, and thereby disrupts, displaces, challenges and subverts the dominant definition of things." - Stuart Hall

We will not yield.

If you think that art, architecture, and imagery doesn’t matter, here’s another reminder that they have the power to shape thought.

Our monthly list of opportunities is a resource for artists and creatives seeking funding and community support to further their work.

He is a predator. He will prey upon the nation and the world if he is not stopped. Necessary reading from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Willful blindness.

Today's canary in a coal mine.

Great news! The Baltimore Museum of Art is taking “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” which was originally scheduled to take place at the National Portrait Gallery. artbma.org/exhibition/a...

What does “digital justice” look like in practice? On Sept 18, 2:30–4 PM ET, hear directly from ACLS Digital Justice Grantees about their projects and tips on crafting a compelling application. 🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4mBC1W2

"Given this myopic approach to events by our public intellectuals and journalists, what are we to do?" 1/ degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/see-no-evil

Though this article focuses largely on the reduction of faculty diversity in the sciences, similar trends are sure to happen in social sciences, humanities, and the arts. www.chronicle.com/article/trum...

Pritzker understands the assignment. Others need to follow his lead.

“While tens of thousands of employees have lost their jobs in Mr. Trump’s slash-and-burn approach to shrinking the federal work force, experts say the cuts disproportionately affect Black employees — and Black women in particular.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

Nailed it.

The staff at @vanityfair.com fully understands the power of images in the normalization of authoritarianism. They refused to comply. Others should follow suit.

@dccartoonist.bsky.social nails it.

The American University in Paris seeks to hire an assistant professor of art history. networks.h-net.org/jobs/68994/a...

@anamariecox.bsky.social’s terrific profile of Graham Platner, who is waging a campaign to unseat Maine senator Susan Collins.

Know your rights if you’re stopped by the police. www.acludc.org/know-your-ri...

I would love to adapt media curricula to #arthistory instruction. theconversation.com/college-stud...

An incisive essay on the challenges facing present-day art criticism, including a nice shoutout to @arunadsouza.bsky.social. observer.com/2025/08/arts...

Amy Sherald on government interference in museums. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

NEW: Trump is testing the limits of his power once again, seeking to fire a member of the Federal Reserve board. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

There’s a war on black women because we keep trying to do crazy stuff like stay employed.