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Snow Effect, The Road to Louveciennes - 1869 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7313

Two country houses https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/two-country-houses-1918

Lynda Barry did not squeeze your heart and simultaneously explain the point of all art with the barest of line drawings so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

In case you, too, needed this today:

La condition humaine / The human condition - 1935 #artbots #magritte

Cottages Reminiscence of the North - 1890 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14745

A new study shows how a group of sperm whales in the eastern Mediterranean developed its own distinct dialect.

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Party like it's 1610! Dance, feast, and masquerade: but are newcomers at door costumed friends, or exotic intruders? Ominous paintings on wall suggest bad times ahead. By Hieronymus Francken, whose day is today.

He moves even non-fans to tears because we can feel and respect how deeply he knows the lore. And then he reminds us that while NYC is often a slothful, shambling beast, when roused effectively it's literally unbeatable.

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The Wooden Bridge - 1872 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7835

The Treachery of Images (1929) places a pipe above the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" to distinguish between objects and their symbols. Michel Foucault analysed this work by Magritte, who saw himself less as a painter than as a thinker using images to speak. #artbots #magritte

live your life in such a way that the entire world isn’t waiting to see your accursed name pried off every building

The Portrait of Hermine Gallia (1904) marks Klimt's shift away from shock value and toward the perfection of the "dream-state." By blurring the lines between the floor and the atmosphere, Klimt places Hermine in a liminal space between reality and dreamworld.

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by having to create password after password

Cartoon

Gustave Caillebotte (1884)

Spanish painter Juan de Pareja, enslaved assistant of Diego Velazquez, who freed him after painting this portrait in 1650. Historical hottie du jour? Today has been Velazquez's day.

Her premature passing is a great loss to us all.

Paris flooded with Japanese prints in the 1880s and Van Gogh collected them obsessively. In letters he praised their flat color and bold contour—elements he folded into his own design of space and line.

Boy was this accurate! “The Pocket Telephone: When Will it Ring?” First published in The Mirror, March 1919 By W. K. Haselden #Pinks

Is Joseph Campbell the Big Bad? Tune in next week to find out!

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HUGE WIN: Democrats forced a vote to end the war in Iran and WON. This brings us one step closer to ending this illegal war and lowering costs at home. As it heads to the Senate, we will continue to keep the pressure up. Stay loud.

Tulips, carnations, lilies, roses -- all sorts of flowers gathered to be painted by Rachel Ruysch, who was born on this day in 1664.

With the return of Jim Crow redistricting, SCOTUS has given a terrible weapon to the American Counterrevolution.

the constitution, in its majestic equality, allows both black and white to vote for white candidates

Gonna need a welfare check for whoever was on the Times copy desk for this one.

"We have a problem." "We'll fix it using AI" "Now we have two problems." (The problem they're trying to solve is "Password reset is too complicated.")

Plausible analysis. The speed and frequency with which my fellow Dems cry "betrayal!" is impressive.

If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.

Turks vs. Christians battle on sea and on land, plus added female cast member, not actually fighting but conveniently losing her clothing. By Tintoretto, 1585. Today is his day.

In Pine Forest II (1901), Klimt masterfully blends diverse influences. The rhythmic verticality of trunks echoes Vienna Secession's grid style, while mosaic-like brushwork reflects the atmospheric influence of Monet's later works.

holy shit nobody has ever answered a question worse

The flamethower-wielding author is 86 years old.

So Talarico is running against...Trump?

my god

Oh, GTFOH. Even if Carroll *had* perjured herself — which she didn't — the DOJ absolutely never prosecutes anyone for perjury in a civil case. www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...

Lorette with Turban and Yellow Vest, 1917 https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/16211

what I'm girding myself for is the Supreme Court to now say 'ooh it's awfully close to an election to switch things up so we're gonna have to block that ruling!' under the "Purcell Principle," it's always too late to block racism, but never too late to be racist ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Ein voller Becher Weins zur rechten Zeit Ist mehr wert als alle Reiche dieser Erde. (Why yes, I *am* packing to move...and rehearse of a new short musical tomorrow...which I have another song to write for Thursday...and injured my hand Friday night and so [temporarily] lack an opposable thumb...)

Stack of Wheat (Thaw, Sunset) - 1890/1891 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/1222152

Wonderful🧵taking notes in real time while reading the Encyclical.

Still Life with Thistle Bloom https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/still-life-with-thistle-bloom-1919

Good morning 😘 have a peaceful day ☀️☕️🥞🫐🪻🌿🕊️🦋🐝🐞🌳💚

Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) Hibiscus with Plumeria, 1939. oil on canvas.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StaringRightAtYou. This tree swallow flew right at me before making a quick turn and flying away. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky