#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 This may not seem like a winter scene at first glance, but Monet offers clues: a thin layer of snow on black carriages, bare trees, a dusting of snow on the ground. But what are those pink blobs of paint in the lower right? Claude Monet, “Boulevard des Capucines” (1873) • See ALT

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #painting #snow Happy Sunday (and Happy Snow Day), Blueskiis

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Wishing you Happy Holidays, Blueskiis Did you know that in 1447, Renaissance artist Fra Angelico painted scenes on an altarpiece that narrate the story of a 4th-century bishop named Nicholas who inspired the "Santa Claus" we know today? See his predella panels here....

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #Art #Painting Happy Sunday, Blueskiis This painting is a departure from Rockwell’s typically idealized holiday scenes, conveying the quiet exhaustion and humanity that fuels festive holiday cheer. Norman Rockwell, “Tired Salesgirl on Christmas Eve” (1947) • More in ALT

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #art Pissarro created this painting on a wintry day in Norwood. He and his family were living temporarily in England after escaping France during the Franco-Prussian War. See the rest of the story (from me) here: wp.me/pdQwQ8-1f Camille Pissarro, “Fox Hill, Upper Norwood” (1870)

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Rest in peace, Rob Reiner Vincent van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate” (1890)

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis “To paint the blue hour must be the most impossible, the greatest joy for an artist,” said (Russian-born) French artist Wassily Kandinsky, whose dreamlike painting of Moscow evokes a fantasy that's been lost to time. “Riding Couple” (1906-07) • More in ALT

#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

#Writers on #Writing "When you get deep into a flow state, it’s really nice. But before you get to that point, it’s harder. Still, I always feel a bit unsettled if I’m not writing regularly — it’s like I haven’t got my handbag or something," said journalist/novelist Helen Fielding last Monday.

Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 🎨 This documentary about artist Anselm Kiefer by Wim Wenders is something I truly loved watching. There’s less narration than usual because the stunning cinematography lets viewers connect with the art on a more intimate level. (now available on streaming)

#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

#Writing #WritingOpportunities The Paris Review is hiring....

New York City helped my mother become the artist she is today. The next generation deserves a City Hall that lifts up tomorrow's artists as well.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Thinking about visiting Florence? You won't want to miss the “duel venue” Fra Angelico art exhibition at the stunning Palazzo Strozzi and the historic Convent of San Marco—thru Jan 25. Can’t make it? No problem. Here's my look at this pivotal artist...

#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.

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

One of the most wonderful places I've ever visited.

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3 📷 D. v. Recklinghausen 🏺

Tonight I sat 20 feet from Jimmy Webb as he played his song Wichita Lineman on solo piano to a small group, including his granddaughter. Bob Dylan calls it the greatest song ever written. If it isn't the most existential piece of music ever written, I don't know what is...

*This* is NYC, where I commuted to work for #publishers Simon & Schuster and Churchill Livingstone. 💗 For the newest cover of The New Yorker, Edel Rodriguez portrays Zohran #Mamdani, NYC’s incoming mayor, in the subway. Mamdani campaigned out and about in the city. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...

#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)

#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 🙏

#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. 💡

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#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 If you happen to be headed to London, don’t miss Britain’s first-ever exhibition of Wayne Thiebaud’s ravishing paintings. Enjoy the colors…the desserts...the vertiginous San Francisco landscapes…now at the Courtauld Gallery thru Jan 18, 2026 Can't make it? Click here for a taste —

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

#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)

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

An entirely charming Mary Blair concept painting for the 1952 Walt Disney animated short “The Little House”.

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/

#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.

Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god

#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

#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

#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

TGIF, Blueskiis Everything is terrible in Washington DC but we still have pop-up Salsa dancing in Dupont Circle...

Disney: capitulating right away when the core idea of your major franchises is creative resistance.

💯 Excellent piece by @dianetucker.bsky.social "When I look at a photograph, I normally take its veracity for granted. Conversely, Magritte spent most of his professional life warning us that images can betray the truth." 🗃️ #arthistory #art #surrealism theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/07/15/m...

If you work for ABC (or Nexstar or Sinclair) and want to talk about how this decision was made or the reaction inside the company please contact me on Signal at juddlegum.47 I will maintain your anonymity

Great news. Let's do this everywhere. www.krqe.com/news/politic...

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #disability Happy Sunday, Blueskiis There’s a lot I admire about French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s work. But his exceptional ability to convey empathy is at the top of my list....

#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

Early reports of a school shooting this morning at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis (I was baptized at the church there). As always: it's the guns. The US is the only country in the world that politically tolerates and legally ensures the routine mass slaughter of its own citizens.