Fernando Botero, The Presidential Family, 1967 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136084

Wishing everyone a safe and happy new year! 🎆 Let's make 2026 a great one 💙 #UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue #College #University

A Room (in the Second Post-Impressionist) | Roger Fry

Finally stopped to archive this beautiful '60s wall on Irving Park on a gorgeous sunny day.

The Monroe Building wearing Rookwood Pottery tile.

Sir Titus Salt, mill-owner and philanthropist, died OTD in 1876. The model village of Saltaire was built between 1851 and 1871 to house his employees.

Still Life with Apples, 1895-98 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/1134608

Flowers in stone | Paul Klee

Joan's work is beautiful.

Alexander Calder, Sow, 1928 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136111

Two-story outhouse Gays, IL

Jackson Pollock, Painting, c.1944 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135405

Margaret Macdonald, The Three Perfumes, 1912, Glasgow School artist who was believed to have influenced Klimt #womensart

Squam Light, Edward Hopper 1912

Edward Hopper, Cobb's Barns, South Truro - 1930

Edward Hopper, Shakespeare at Dusk - 1935

Max Beckmann, Family Picture, Frankfurt 1920 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134620

Central Station, Glasgow, 1964, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.

Louis Anquetin (1861-1932) Avenue de Clichy, five o'clock in the evening- 1887 Hartford Wadsworth Atheneum

Edward Hopper

SUNY leading the way for AI! As student demand for artificial intelligence programs increases nationwide, SUNY is helping set the pace with innovative, in-demand degrees, including @ubuffalo.bsky.social’s new Department of AI and Society, (1/2)

Friends - We're in a Giving Tuesday push to get the MSU @billhd.bsky.social Scholarship Fund to endowment status at the 50k mark. The fund is currently at 40k. We have a generous donor that's agreed to match up to 5k in contributions. Please consider donating here: givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Self-Portrait as a Golf Player, 1927 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135259

A Street in Venice | John Singer Sargent

William Gropper, The Senate, 1935 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134832

Well done @universityofleeds.bsky.social !

@governor.ny.gov announced a $50 million investment to create a new Biofabrication and Imaging Research Center at @ubuffalo.bsky.social, which will bring together experts to accelerate discoveries in regenerative medicine, advanced therapeutics, and drug development that can save lives. (1/2)

Skull, 1981 https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5008

#UBuffalo Earth Sciences students go deep into volcanic fieldwork! 🌋 Six UB students and 10 from @sunyofficial.bsky.social explored massive volcanic calderas in New Hampshire—camping, hiking, and prepping meals while mastering geological fieldwork. 💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...

Why is the assumption always lower standards? The grades got better amidst more centers for teaching and learning; more teacher training for STEM grad students; more uni-wide professional development. Unis should respond to grade inflation with "where's the evidence our faculty didn't get better?"

Street Scene, Kirkstall, Leeds, 1972, painting by Stuart Walton.

Leeds, 1954, photo by Marc Riboud.

~2 months until debut of my next book, "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, & America’s Black Botanical Legacy" from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social & the blurbs have me overflowing with gratitude & joy. I'm sharing them this week starting this afternoon. #WhenTreesTestify coming Jan 20, 2026!

We all know the difficulty the HE sector is in. But let’s work together to come up with solutions. The nuclear option damages our students & the reputation of our institutions. @ucflangs.bsky.social & @artsandhums.bsky.social are supporting colleagues www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Two men sunbathing, August bank holiday, Blackpool, 1971, by Don McPhee.

Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Still Life Synchromy, 1913 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135306

We are looking for a chair of our new Department of AI and Society. The vision is to create a future where AI systems are built by society, for society. Please share widely. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58816

The #UBuffalo Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center) has received a five-year, $4.85 million grant from @ACLgov to continue its pioneering work in advancing principles of universal design! 👏 Read more ⬇️ ubseas.info/3Wi8MMn

Everyone has an accent, a way of speaking that reflects different aspects of our identities. At the University of Leeds, we’ve launched the All Accents Welcome campaign to celebrate the diversity of voices across our community and raise awareness of accent bias.

Happy Times, Leeds, 1962, photo by Paul Berriff.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Philip Guston, Gladiators, 1940 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137049

Alberto Giacometti, The Artist's Mother, 1950 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134582

Lyonel Feininger, The Steamer Odin, II, 1927 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135831

Workers at Burton Menswear, Leeds. The Hudson Road factory became the world's biggest clothing factory, employing 10,000 and producing more than 30,000 suits a week (West Yorkshire Archive).

Happy Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, to all decent people.

Gibson Mill at Hebden Bridge, west Yorkshire, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.

What if we told you it’s not technical skills or money—but culture & relationships among people—that drive lasting #innovation? At #PI26 @masudk.com will share his remarkable journey as a blueprint for building influence & connection. Preview his keynote & register now! bit.ly/PI26Masud #libraries

Redefining #AI education 💡 #UBuffalo's new degree programs - the first of their kind in the nation - blend AI with the humanities, social sciences to prepare students for tomorrow's challenges ⬇️

Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, Fontainebleau, summer 1921 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134703