It's National False Teeth Day! A French Dentist Shewing a Specimen of his Artificial Teeth and False Palates, hand-colored etching by Thomas Rowlandson, 1811:

It's Barbie Day! Winged Arm Necklace by Margaux Lange, 2004:

Random record store find: I have a LOT of Les Baxter albums, dozens & dozens, so I'll always pick up one I don't already have. Today that was his very last soundtrack LP, Born Again from 1978, and I was expecting the worst but it's kind of great! It has random snippets of dialogue and genre hopping!

For once, I actually WANT to see the artwork by the rock star, but no, Artsy is happy to run an article that doesn't show any of it. Considering that Jack White designed all of White Stripes' beautiful album covers, I assume at least some of it is quite good. www.artsy.net/article/arts...

You'd think a seasoned old school New York rich guy would know when you need to take off your hat.

A lot of people are talking about Condi's visit to the White House. I'll note that she has studiously avoided talking about Trump since his first admin. I can't see her getting involved with him in any official manner because she knows it would be bad for her business. (1 of 2)

"...and when you're a crypto bro, they let you do it. You can do anything..."

You know, you see a headline like this and you expect to see some phalluses, but alas, the article only shows paintings with naked ladies: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The way Jan Molenaer finished off the hair in his c. 1637 Self-Portrait by scraping with the end of his brush, a potentially ruinous final step:

I'm sorry, but this is horrible, deep cringe from Smithsonian Magazine. I hate that "Jackson Pollock" and "his wife" are in the headline before the artist's name! Smithsonian Magazine! You are being part of the problem! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Update on the contemporary painting scene in Iran: interestingengineering.com/military/ira...

Uh oh! It's a "body language expert"! When are people going to stop giving money to these charlatans?

It's National Dance the Waltz Day! Black Range Waltz, linocut by Harold Edward West, c. 1939-1940:

American abstract artist Charmion Von Wiegand was born on this date in 1896. She was artistically and philosophically adventurous (De Stijl! Theosophy! No, wait, Communism! No, wait, Buddism!) and poured it all into her beautiful paintings. Untitled, 1946:

First official sculpture of Kim Jong Un shown, and it's what you'd expect, but also weird! The "little over half-length" composition is odd and the hand is resting on an inexplicable architectural fragment. Is he embedded in mud? The wind-blown coat is a nice touch. www.nknews.org/2026/03/nort...

I really love this painting we just acquired, Wandering Beggars by queer Pakistani-American artist Salman Tour, 2022:

It's World Hearing Day! Auditus, engraving by Cornelis Cort after Frans Floris I, 1561:

Jared Kushner, you look so youthful! What's your secret? Dipped in wax, you say?

Photograph by Lee Friedlander, 1963. Try to find a better photograph. You cannot!

Dr. Seuss was born on this day in 1904! Be like Dr. Seuss!

It's Fun Facts about Names Day! My first and middle names (Peter Douglas), when loosely translated into English, produces the best possible porn name you could ever want: Rock Blackwater.

I was listening to Tales of Kid Funkadelic and there it was, the distinctive laugh of the horrible "Laffun Head". How many albums has that appeared on? The Fall used it, and the Virgin Prunes and maybe PIL. Who else?

Oh look, it's Bill Kristol, a great person to not listen to right now.

It is St. David's Day in Wales! Watercolor, ink, and graphite drawing of a daffodil by Thomas John, c. 1881, from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales:

It's National Minnesota Day! Minneapolis, a typically fabulous lithograph by Louis Lozowick, 1925:

Indeed.

This is incredible and hilarious. I love the way he calls it "product" rather than "food" and takes such a tiny bite he'd get kicked off Hot Ones and then STILL can't disguise his... wait for it... grimace.

Claggett Wilson, Flower of Death--The Bursting of a Heavy Shell--Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells, ca. 1919, watercolor and pencil on paperboard:

Untitled pen and ink and wash drawing by Theodore Roszak, 1959:

It's International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day! Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910:

It's International Sword Swallowers Day! Pochoir print by Henri Matisse from the Jazz portfolio, 1947:

operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s

John Bolton must feel so conflicted right now.

It's International Polar Bear Day! Law of the Wild, an utterly bonkers painting with a superb composition by Charles S. Raleigh, 1881:

The main difference between British and American English is that the British are clever enough to come up with a slang term like "chav" but then they don't follow through by describing something as a "chavstravaganza", an obviously useful term.

Free idea: Clyfford Still the Big Red Dog. In this episode, Emily Elizabeth tires of yet another feud the towering abstract expressionist pup has started with a local cultural institution. "I can't keep up," she moans, "and now he's stepped on two trustees."

Ha ha, I've been listening to all my P-Funk albums, and what they all share is being completely trashed, played to death as is proper, and with thick webs of surface noise laid on top of everything like a shroud and it still sounds so good.

I just saw the most insane thing: an all-rapping all-dancing anti coffee ad aimed at tweens! The benefit to you is this, your new favorite diss meme:

"Administration plans to work with museum staff to determine where the 4,000 existing artworks in their permanent collection at the museum will go." TRANSLATION: "We haven't picked an auctioneer yet."

It's still so galling to think that Dan Bongino's tenure at the FBI was really just a brief LARP vacation from his podcast.

On a more positive note, this nonagenarian painter is currently having a big moment in the UK at the Royal Academy and glowing reviews and profiles in all the papers. I like her work. Go on with your bad self. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Ugh, major bummer for the High Museum of Art: www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

OMG, are you ready for your eyes to roll so hard you tip over? www.artsy.net/article/arts...

I just had so much fun describing the transsexual storyline in The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904!) to my surprised coworkers.

It's National Tell a Fairy Tale Day! Prince Charming in the Forest, red ink drawing by Walter Crane, probably about 1880:

In the Warhol Diaries, he consistently refers to these as his "Be a Body with a Body" paintings, which was super confusing until I finally saw one. I love that throughout his career, he made specific series of giveaway paintings. But they aren't giveaways any more!

The 3 big mysteries in my record collection: 1 I have 2 copies of ChangesOneBowie, but the vinyl records are missing from both. 2 Even more mysteriously, I have one copy of Parliament's Gloryhallastoopid which includes an extra identical vinyl disc. 3 Whatever happened to my copy of Fear of Music?

It's National Trading Card Day! Fake Pink Flamingos bubblegum cards, 2003:

Ah, very nice! An obscure Sofonisba Anguissola painting pops up in North Carolina: mymodernmet.com/lost-sofonis...