Chicago, IL: Conservator, Paper, Art Institute of Chicago Link out to job announcement

Elizabeth Catlett : (iconic work) Sharecropper, 1952, printed 1970 “I am inspired by Black people and Mexican people, my two peoples.” See her brilliant exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago now – Jan 4, 2026. Short bio in the alt text 👇

Wow, I've never seen these before. www.artic.edu/collection?a...

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Pete Hegseth has ordered the Washington Generals to napalm the Harlem Globetrotters

After a year traveling the world and hanging at other museums, The Bedroom is back in Gallery 241 at the Art Institute www.artic.edu/artworks/285...

Also one of our top sellers in the gift shop!

What a wonderful woodcut. "Singing Trees" by Gustave Baumann, 1928 via #ArtTab www.artic.edu/artworks/182... View 191 Baumann artworks in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection www.artic.edu/collection?a...

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

We have launched a Firefox version of the Art Institute's Art Tab browser extension. See a new, random artwork from the museum's vast collection every time you open a new tab. This pulls from our pool of 60k+ public domain works. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...

If they're going to try and retcon Charlie Kirk, then we should try to retcon him too.

Space is the Place (A March for Sun Ra) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/237293/

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

DISNEY: Wins 5 Emmys for ANDOR, a show about resisting fascism ALSO DISNEY: Bends the knee to the federal government and suspends Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel for resisting fascism

happy constitution day theonion.com/area-man-pas...

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

I fully endorse this idea.

We created a collection filter of the artworks in the movie for that very purpose: www.artic.edu/collection?t...

We can, and should, deplore Charlie Kirk's murder, without whitewashing who he was. ttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-assassination-tragedy/

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

The world is on fire, and @npr.org is including billboard charts in their hourly headlines.

The Department of War on Women sounds about right, actually.

A quick bit of journalism reveals that at least three members of Trump's cabinet claimed more than one property as their primary residence, and I'm starting to wonder whether Trump's attacks on Lisa Cook reflect a sincere concern about mortgage fraud. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

"In the weeks since, I’ve found myself unable to commit—grammatically, affectively, institutionally. Where once I might have said, 'I teach,' I now say, 'There are moments in which I find myself adjacent to pedagogy.' Friends have grown concerned. My dog, unfed."

Georgia O’Keeffe—Hands and Thimble 1919 Alfred Stieglitz

Please please please accidentally have booked this event for Oval Office Supplies, Inc. or similar

Such a great photo. Part of this exhibition digital publication: www.artic.edu/digital-publ...

Let it Be (Deluxe) comes out Oct 24th.

‘Why not work the system’? How punks inspired by Thatcher built a Hull housing cooperative

Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally: "Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."

One my favorites in the collection www.artic.edu/artworks/129...

Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)

An amazing tv ad for @artinstitutechi.bsky.social from the 80s, featuring a sweet sweet jingle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Ru...

Really don't get why conservatives are so mad about the new Cracker Barrel logo

A 3,000 year old Post-it note? youtube.com/shorts/ZjEFR... via @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

Russian warship, go fuck yourself! Russian Vessels, from the Album of seven prints of Russian Army and Warship (Roshia seigi shashin kan) 1853 Kawahara Keiga Japanese, 1786-1860 www.artic.edu/artworks/14894

Milkwood - Along The Way [US, Country Rock, Ric Ocasek's Band before The Cars](1973) https://redd.it/d514h3 https://youtu.be/IBCrb1GI9Js

From the Clever Librarians Files.

Trumpism as a political project seeks to restore white male domination across all spheres of life as well as in the national story. One way of doing that is to elevate the least deserving of white dudes and demand admiration - a symbol of who will be revered in Trump’s America, and who will not.

Remember: If you can't put the drinking vessel down, you gotta keep drinking. www.artic.edu/artworks/408...

Just click on this link to view all public domain works - all free to download. www.artic.edu/collection?i...

We have launched a new Art Institute of Chicago Publications page. This integrates our digital and print catalogues into a unified list, and allows you lots of filtering options. www.artic.edu/publications...

Latest CBO analysis of the full distributional effects of the Trump budget (the "One Big Bill") just landed. They blew out the budget, see how big of a slice you got. www.cbo.gov/interactive/...

This day in history, an abuser resigned in disgrace. He will never hold such power again. We won’t let him.

Surveillance cameras are no longer just recording our comings and goings — they're using AI to decide whether we should be reported to law enforcement. An algorithm can't be trusted to determine who is a threat.

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: L.A. never needed the Olympics. With Trump wanting in, it's time to pull out. Share, porfas!

Museum collections are full of delights www.artic.edu/artworks/113...

Look at how Trump's tariffs are affecting retail prices.

hell yeah computer show me what players are the biggest pieces of shit