Vision of Blue Buddha

Two surreal panels of Botticelli Story of Nastagio

Unimaginable loss. Too young. Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Why is ‘doomspending’ on the rise? | Sean Monahan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A story in pics. 1. Yahweh Juice 2. 4GVN Apple Juice 3. Jesus Juice (mock-up) 4, Preachin Peach Juice

The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s. www.wired.com/story/flesh-...

The Kennedy Center’s general counsel ordered staff on Thursday to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building by June 12, according to a memo obtained by CNN, in order to comply with a recent court order. https://cnn.it/4uTzYkk

After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Indiana) is introducing calling for the U.S. to end the $3.8 billion in annual aid Israel receives and instead have it fund its own purchases of American weapons. https://wapo.st/3RLaZB6

An intricate gold hairnet depicts Medusa, from the Greek city of Taras in southern Italy 🇮🇹, dating to the 3rd century BCE, adorned with garnets. Taras, modern Taranto, founded in 706 BCE by Spartans, is called “City of the Two Seas,” located between Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo.

A beautiful owl alighting on a branch above our troubles.

Time's up, Chump!

Art Nouveau Style The Lovers Tarot Card Gustav Klimt's Romantic Union

A Flammarion alchemical diagram. 1. Simple 2. Fractalized

Nicolas Camille Flammarion (26 February 1842 –3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and works on alchemy and related topics.

Never miss a chance to witness Vivaldi's "Nisi Dominus." Vespers review – haunting clash of cultures conjures Vivaldi’s Venice www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...?

A great film, inspiration for my poem "And shall we like Gable and Monroe." The Misfits: Marilyn Monroe’s final film showed her capacity for playing painfully knotty characters www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...?

Stupid is as stupid does. Look sharp! Turn right! Fail! Dead but deportable: US immigration judge signed order to eject teen murder victim www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Turnabout is fair play. ‘We were attacked as bad Jews’: Columbia faculty who supported Gaza protests file claims with Trump’s antisemitism fund www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Tyche, Goddess of Chance Fortune, 2nd century CE, partially colored. She carries a horn of plenty and her infant son, Pluto Bestower of Wealth, in her left arm. She is the Giver of All Good Things.

Hestia c. 200 CE found in 2004 in Aigai in Manisa, Türkiye, before and after color restoration.

“I have been in combat in Afghanistan,” Scott Pelley told the NYT just after he was fired. “I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...

There are plenty of animals associated with money. A basking shark and a common frog don't tend to come to mind. But they count among the 18 mammals, birds, amphibians, insects and fish the Bank of England is considering putting on the U.K.’s banknotes.

Below are two excerpts from a memorial essay I wrote for Kathy Goncharov, the love of my life. The whole essay will be read by Greg Reese at her New School memorial this Saturday.

I first experienced it in 2021 when she was curating a museum exhibition of a group of New York-based photographers, like Wee Gee, though less famous, who retired to Boca Raton in the 1950s and donated their archives to the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

The Kathy Goncharov Effect by Charles Doria There are as many Kathys as there are those who knew, worked with, and loved her. But I am going to talk about the special effect Kathy had on those who joined her on an art project, a show, indeed, any art-related event.

The organisers are pleased to announce the following additions to the bill: - The Crazy Frog - The kid who mowed Trump's lawn - The KKK singers - An Ed Sheeran lookalike - Pete Hegseth playing the spoons

Donald Trump Calls For Freedom 250 Concert To Be Canceled & Replaced By MAGA Rally Following Exodus Of Scheduled Performers Thoughts?

A Jugend Stil arbor vitae.

Celestial phenomenon over Prague, 1580. A shared vision of the people of Prague, or visitors from elsewhere?

They should make a movie of Orlando, interspersed with lots of Max Fleischer animation. All female cast. Orlando review – a confident romp through Handel’s flimsily plotted opera www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

"If the living have respect for the dead, where is the humanity?" ‘My 15-year-old relative was killed for refusing to marry her cousin. My family celebrated by dancing in the street’ www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

They have ascended to the Throne of the Multiverses. ‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’: UK gripped by new wave of Beatlemania in lead-up to four biopics www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

Found this on the internet: Galileo Chini La Primavera. Obviously inspired by Klimt, but beautiful nonetheless.

Hope? Could Trump’s Iran ‘excursion’ be a bigger global turning point than Vietnam? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

These colored sculptures are a stunning rebuke to white supremacy because art historians generally accepted for many centuries until the 21st that the Greco-Romans and others did not color their statues, so the default color was always white.

An image from my internet research: the Venus Lovatelli from Pompei, now in the Naples Archeological Museum. Note the small statue of Eros or Cupid on her left WITHOUT a bow. The Goddess's ears were pierced for earrings, but looted over the centuries.

More on the topic below 1. Apollo, before the Athenians atticized him 2. Parthenos (unmarried woman) all at the Chroma show

Colored Cora or Koure and Sphinx finial at the Met's Chroma show

Chumpified TV. Amerikkkaka is MAGATry Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times | Andrew Lawrence www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...?

A banned religion? Bound by blood: new film highlights Jamaica’s outlawed obeah belief system www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

More Neo Art Nouveau 1. Sofia Balthazar 2. Totoro 3. Wizard of Oz Poster

Ace of Cups

Heavenly Choir

Let's enjoy drawing today! #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 29,1973

Debra Tate Sears (Canadian, b. 1951),The Balcony Doors, 2020. Egg Tempera on True Gesso Birch Panel, 18 x 10 in. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt