#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

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis This 14th-century fresco may well represent the first kiss in Western art history. Giotto, "Meeting at the Golden Gate" and detail, c.1305 • wp.me/pdQwQ8-9fv

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.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 This is one of the few overtly political works painted by the great American modernist Stuart Davis. It shows uniformed officers beating a protester in 1936. More in the ALT • bit.ly/41rCNfH Stuart Davis, "Artists Against War and Fascism" (1936)

LeVar Burton: literary hero! ❤️💪 magazine.1000libraries.com/levar-burton...

#Booksky #LibraryGoals Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Isn’t this rotating bookcase interesting? I want one, but I honestly don’t know where I’d put it. Feels like it requires a non-traditional interior space. (Photo: L. Furmansky)

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Do you feel the warmth radiating from this portrayal of farmers at harvest time? Vincent considered this one of his most successful paintings. He wrote to his brother Theo, "This canvas absolutely kills all the rest." Vincent Van Gogh, “The Harvest” (1888) • More in the ALT

1. The Tigers aren't playing the Twins today. They're playing the Astros. 2. The game today isn't rained out. 3. The Tigers are playing the Royals on Saturday, & it's not a doubleheader. Other than that, excellent job google

#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Miriam Schapiro, who is a key figure in feminist art, honors her father’s influence in "Father and Daughter” (1997). The painting shows Theodore Schapiro, an industrial designer, offering his daughter a flower—a symbol of the gift of art. bit.ly/4mHi6EB

#KidLit #Illustrations #Art #BookSky Reading this book to young children is fun. The main character is Arthur Dog, an art museum security guard 🩷 with a nose for great paintings. When a band of thieves makes off with the priceless Mona Woofa, Arthur will need to sniff them out.

🖼️ 🐡 🗃️ TGIF, Blueskiis Just what you need....

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 🐶 #Art #Dogs #DogsInArt Looking for a midweek timeline refresh? Preferably with dogs? See how the special bond between humans and dogs allowed our canine companions to steal the show in Old Master narrative paintings....

#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Sharing one of my favorites by Matisse that shows not only his paper cut-out technique but also how he turned his battle with abdominal cancer into vibrant art. Henri Matisse, "The Sorrows of the King" (1952) See more in the ALT and bit.ly/479MHGl

A short story

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 I saw the “Kiefer / VanGogh" show in Amsterdam and it was terrific. You can catch it in London, now thru 10/26/25. 🧵

Earlier this month, Flint, Michigan finished replacing its lead pipes to ensure clean drinking water for the community. Congratulations to the residents, activists, and public servants who made this happen. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Just hanging out at the wonderful San Antonio Museum of Art, wondering about this exquisite portrait of a young girl in 1778 • Why is there a big black spot on her temple? • And why is she showing me her (not an Apple) wristband? See more in the ALT...

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #TGIF Magritte’s painting "The Lovers” got me thinking. Is love blind? (Absolutely) Can we ever fully unveil our most intimate partners? (Doubtful) Or maybe the Belgian surrealist is using fabric to turn an act of passion into an act of frustration... See more: bit.ly/4lpFB4Z

Some doors simply invite stories

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 "Long ago, women who walked from Edo (now Tokyo) to the Japanese imperial capital of Kyoto by way of the Tōkaidō Road encountered happy things and melancholy things, strange things and dangerous things." See more: bit.ly/3GCx2EZ Hiroshige, "Nissaka: Sayo no Nakayama" (ca. 1834)

Totally right. @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social

Thanks so much for including me in your #ScholarSunday thread, Ben. It's not easy to put these lists together and we all appreciate you. **Everyone, feel free to build on the list and share widely. 🗃️

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Ironically, this painting inspired the CBS eye logo. René Magritte, "The False Mirror" (1929)

#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡 Some years ago I visited the home of Salvador Dalí. Saw his sofa modeled on Mae West’s lips, saw a nude statue wearing a fencing mask, saw a pigeon loft— "Surrealism isn't for me," I thought Then 2025 arrived and it's surreal. Now I enjoy René Magritte, he gets us: bit.ly/4lpFB4Z

🗃️ #GDR #Rosie I’m so glad “The Lives of Others” made the NYT list of this century’s top 100 movies. The script is flawless. No wasted scenes. If you're wondering what it feels like to have your everyday conversations scrutinized by a bunch of eavesdropping Nazis, see this movie.

Красень Київ @adrozd83 ❤️‍🔥 #Київ / #Kyiv

best way to decline a dinner invitation

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 🇺🇦 In 1913, avant-garde artist Alexandra Exter painted “City at Night" in the attic studio of her home in central Kyiv. From this perch she could watch motor cars and street lamps illuminate a city fast becoming one of the most beautiful in Europe. See more —

when trying on a suit, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this." IG oldhollywoodmusicals

#GiftArticle #Ringo #music Percussionist Sheila E., who toured with Ringo and the All-Star Band three times, stressed Starr’s generosity as a collaborator. At the end of her first tour, Starr told Sheila E. that working with her had made him a better drummer. “I cried,” she said. "Wow. WOW."

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 In 1940, the unrelenting tide of negative news weighed heavily on Catalan-Spanish artist Joan Miró. Fortunately for us, he found both solace and inspiration in the moon and the stars. See more —

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #Barcelona If you admire Antonio Gaudi like I do, you'll enjoy this short video showcasing the brand new restoration of Casa Batllo's rear facade and garden. It looks amazing.

@ylee.bsky.social and bajaarizona.bsky.social — The Alan Furst books were a hit. Thanks again for the recommendation. 🙏

#art 🐡 There’s something about coleus in a shady location. It feels like Mother Nature took a breather to explore abstract art. (my photo)

#FreeArticle "It’s early, but Iran appears to have removed much of its highly enriched uranium before the American attack. The sites that were hit apparently didn’t sustain as much damage as people in the administration had hoped, with many centrifuges remaining intact."

#Amsterdam #Travel Good night and sweet dreams, Blueskiis

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #Juneteenth Enviously ageless artist Betye Saar, 98, celebrates the resilience and progress of Black Americans in her beautifully poignant work. Take a look...

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Paul Klee’s art often addresses the delicate balance of the natural world and how easily it can be upset. In this watercolor-and-ink painting, guided missiles intersect birds in flight. Paul Klee, "Birds Swooping Down and Arrows” (1919)

#travel Happy Saturday, Blueskiis Nothin' but blue skies in Amsterdam this morning. I’m debating whether I should stand in line at the Van Stapele bakery. They sell one cookie and one cookie only. No cakes, pies, or breads. Just “The Cookie.” The queue stretches out the door. • More in the ALT

A terrifying escalation:

#ArtHistory 🗃️🐡 Magritte shows us how easy it is to draw false conclusions from images. We assume his painting is real and the painting on the easel is a representation. When in fact the painting-within-a-painting depicts a depiction. René Magritte "The Human Condition II" (1935) • More in the ALT

This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous. prospect.org/justice/crie...