#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 To escape from the reality of WWII into the comfort of a fantasy world, Miró turned to the sky as a coping mechanism. “I felt a deep desire to flee,” said the artist. “The moon and the stars began to play a major role in my paintings.” Joan Miró, “The Morning Star” (1940)

The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"The museum, with its emphasis on an immersive, multi-media experience, will also include a visitor space for exhibits and a shared office space for two nonprofits working to preserve Black history in Gettysburg." gettysburgconnection.org/new-museum-w...

#ShortFilms 🐡 Just returned from a screening of the 2026 Oscar-nominated animated shorts and wow, this is a particularly elite line-up. 🎬 🌟 In a world of AI-everything, seeing this level of human creativity is such a breath of fresh air. Run, don't walk, to an indie theater near you. 🍿

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Pieter Bruegel the Elder called it in 1568. 🎨 In his masterpiece “The Blind Leading the Blind,” the man in orange leads everyone into a ditch. Five hundred years later and the energy is still the same.

The image that ended an era? Step inside the high-stakes scramble to capture Prince Andrew’s walk of shame from police custody. No filters, no spin, just the shot that changed everything. 🗃️

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #Art #Painting Black History Month is about more than remembering—it's about reclaiming. So I’m reposting my deep dive into the systemic 'forgetting' of Black abstract expressionists.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 On Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, Saint Joseph's humility and trust serve as models for the self-reflection the season requires. That same humility defines his role in art. See how Joseph evolved from a background figure to a central symbol of protective care—

We deserve leaders who speak the truth. Happy Presidents’ Day.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Valentine’s Day, Blueskiis 💘 The ancients viewed sexual desire as a normal yet inherently volatile part of daily life. See how Cupid embodies this natural tension in classical mythology and Old Master paintings: wp.me/pdQwQ8-5VK

Are you one of nearly 70 million American women who changed their names when they got married? 🙋‍♀️ Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote. Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...

Some Swedish hockey players demonstrate various winter Olympic sports. 😁 (sound on) #Olympics

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 #BlackHistoryMonth This assemblage by Black American artist Betye Saar honors a jazz-and-blues legend who was born into poverty, orphaned at a young age, and went on to record songs that are among the best in jazz history. Betye Saar, "Bittersweet (Bessie Smith)" • More in the ALT

These guys are adorable in their support of their sister on the Women’s Hockey Team! How can you not smile at these guys? 😀 #Olympics #USA #WomensHockey www.today.com/video/brothe...

#Artists #Dancers #Poets #Bakers #Animators 🐡 #OpenCall Pitch an idea for a 15-to-30-second social media video inspired by a work of art from the National Gallery's collection. If your idea is selected, you’ll receive $3,000 to bring it to life. Proposals due Feb 28. More info here:

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo and artist Wassily Kandinsky share a fascinating neurological trait: Synesthesia. When they hear music, they see color. Here is how Kandinsky turned those sounds into the birth of abstract art...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar. If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Entering the Majestic Theater in San Antonio is like stepping into an 18th-C Spanish courtyard. Thursday night was extra special when comedy icons Steve Martin and Martin Short lit up this stunning National Historic Landmark. Terrific show. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 More in the ALT 🗃️

Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Just announced: Medievalist Aden Kumler will present the 75th A.W. Mellon Lecture at the National Gallery of Art, May 3-24, 2026. Kumler will explore 'difficulty' as a medieval aesthetic and theme, using her research into how material conditions shape human thought and action.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis If you’re in the path of Winter Storm Fern, I hope you are safe and warm. Henri Matisse, "Snow Flowers (1951)” • More in the ALT

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

genuinely stunning image

Good morning members of the GOP in Congress. Today would be a good day for you to wake up.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Enjoy 19th-century Stockholm on a snowy afternoon... Influenced by the Impressionists, this Swedish painter captures the nuances of daily life, with a keen eye for light and atmosphere Wilhelm Smith “Winter Scene from the Streets of Stockholm” (1896) • ALT

I feel bad for Aaron Rodgers* *is what I would say to signal to my family I have been kidnapped.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡 Happy Sunday, Blueskiis Renoir probably painted this during the early weeks of 1868, when temps were so low they froze the Seine. Among a remarkable variety of figures, the gray dog who stands alert for the arrival of a gold dog is especially charming. More in the ALT...

We're getting within range of an Indiana team ... the Hoosiers, of Bloomington's Indiana University, to be clear ... putting themselves into the Best College Football Team Ever debate. Indiana, mind you. Regulation American football, to be clear

#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.