Morning all. Photograph by Don McCullin. Untitled (Lady in queue with shovel), Bradford, 1970s

Arte conceptual del film I.A.

"I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously." Remembering #AlanRickman, who passed away #OTD 14 January 2016. #Film #Filmmaking

65 years old today: Suggs (Graham McPherson) #Madness Pics; David Corio Fin Costello youtu.be/lLLL1KxpYMA?si…

Beauty and the Beast Single: A Heroes-Era Dark Glam Cut Released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK on January 13, 1978, on RCA Records,backed with “Sense of Doubt” entered the UK Singles Chart on January 21, 1978, peaked at No. 39, and charted for 3 weeks. www.glamslamescape.com/post/january...

No comment necessary: "I cannot be party to silencing writers so, with a heavy heart, I am resigning from my role as the director of the AWW.... Friends and colleagues in the arts, beware of the future. They are coming for you." Louise Adler www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A brilliant, eclectic list. I’ve read many of them and it was uplifting to remember that they are still out there waiting to be read and reread. apple.news/AShl0WAifQWS...

Throughout her too-short life, she lived, breathed and inhabited art: it was a source of solace, a symbol of possibility, a space of improvisation... Sophie Taeuber-Arp January 19, 1889 – January 13, 1943

My cartoon for Wed's Metro

BE GOOD #GoldenGlobes #IceOut

BE GOOD 💙

‘At the edge of the mere’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

"I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet." ✒️ #JackLondon, American writer and socialist (The Call of the Wild), was #BOTD 12 January 1876. #Literature

Everything Trump says in this article is nuttier than a shithouse rat. Not just false, though it *is* false; not just evil, though it *is* evil; but effing *deranged*. I cannot believe two Republicans in the House and 20 in the Senate can't see that this man must be removed from office ASAP. JFC.

When the State Terrorizes the People The killing of Renee Good reveals, yet again, Trumpism’s violent, authoritarian essence. MAGA is at war with the reality of American society. New piece:

In this terrible time for the US, reading @thomaszimmer.bsky.social is always a good idea, with insight into today's empathy-free GOP, and the unshakeable foundation of lies that Maga rests on. Subscribing might be a good thing for you, too, if you can.

"For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?" -John Steinbeck Good morning and Happy Monday from #Venice! #aphotoofveniceaday #askmeaboutvenice #venicetalks #venicepodcast #veniceconsultant #tripplanning #베니스

Hello Monday

A cartoon by Jon Adams. #NewYorkerCartoons

🎶🖤🎶Forever

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv struggles to stablise ruined power grid after major Russian attack

1977 was a great year for punk, especially January for the Roxy Club in London. Look at the flyer, what great bands took turns on this stage 49 years ago today, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers performed 🖤🖤🖤 #punk #punks #punkrock #history #punkrockhistory #otd

"I've been fifty thousand times to the #MuseeLouvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to understand." 🎨Swiss artist #AlbertoGiacometti passed away #OTD 11 January 1966. #Art #Sculpture

For three decades with the Grateful Dead and three more after the group ended following the 1995 death of his bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir helped build and sustain the band's legacy across generations. n.pr/4sB2wy2

"For one never makes a film out of nothing. To shoot a #film is always to shoot something, be it fiction or reality, and the more shaky the reality, the more solid the fiction must be." 🎬 French New Wave filmmaker #ÉricRohmer passed away #OTD 11 January 2010. #Filmmaking

Anlässlich des zehnten Todestags von David Bowie zeigt ARTE in seiner Mediathek den Dokumentarfilm „Bowie: The Final Act“, in dem das letzte kreative Kapitel des Ausnahmekünstlers beleuchtet wird. www.arte.tv/de/videos/12... #DavidBowie #DavidBowieTheFinalAct #ARTE #TheBritishShop

Just looked for a video for Teenage Wildlife and found this version, with a montage of photos across his life. Wow. The tears are back. Let's flood Bluesky with our favourite Bowie songs today... #DavidBowie

Forever★🖤★

David Bowie The Final Act ⚡️ youtu.be/30JupZYWCCA?

An advance look at Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler,” the cover for next week’s #NewYorker. #Art #Politics #News #Illustration

'Musk’s Twitter has no interest in cleaning up its act. It works actively to undermine our democratically elected government and is, as we speak, causing harm to children' It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter, writes Labour MP and former transport secretary, Lou Haigh

It is 10 years since David Bowie died, just days after the release of his final album. The novelist Deborah Levy recalls the stunning impact of Ziggy Stardust on her suburban youth. https://bit.ly/4qd51oY

Happy Heavenly Birthday🖤🎶⚡️ #DavidBowie

David Bowie was born on 8 January and died on 10 January. BBC Radio 6 has a "David Bowie Forever" programme tomorrow all day. David is deeply missed. www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p0...

Béla Tarr, 1955-2026

“Have you ever heard of exorcism, Mrs MacNeil?” William Peter Blatty #botd

Brian Ward, David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust, Heddon Street, London, 1972

The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away

Goodmorning ☕️

Ok, as we’re talking MADI… how about a signed copy of the new @imagecomics.com edition? Repost this post and we’ll pick a winner at random on Sunday 11th January. Winner will get this copy signed by @manmademoon.bsky.social Open to anyone anywhere in the world!

Recycling

Look at this filth - Farage would sell the country to it.

R2-D2

Béla Tarr, Hungarian director of Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, dies aged 70 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Clémentine Schneidermann explores the cult of Elvis as it manifests in working-class towns in South Wales, with a focus on Porthcawl, site of the annual Porthcawl Elvis Festival. 2014-16.

"You want a better, more fraternal, more just world? Well then, start building it: Who is stopping you? Build it inside yourself and around you, build it with those who want it. Build it small, and it will grow." ✒ #LanzaDelVasto, Italian philosopher, #DOTD 5 January 1981. #Philosophy

Kindness of strangers: I was ill and about to miss my flight when a well-dressed man helped me to the airport

Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, and Alfonso Cuaron are producing The Voice of Hind Rajab, a new film about the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl during the ongoing Israeli invasion of Gaza → cons.lv/GyKijh

To Cirrhosis With Love — theonion.com/to-cirrhosis...