This is such a beautiful two-parter. The eminent Mughal historian Harbans Mukhia on his ancestral village in West Panjab, Pakistan in *Peshawar Review*

Things you see in #Nashville bars and clubs

The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot. It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.

Things you see at the Kennedy Center now

Hello #budapest!

Ben Shahn's "Still Music" (1948) is pure genius!

Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch. Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.

Anish Kapoor’s Greenpeace splash was just ok imo, so I whipped this out.

Saint John the #Baptist, in Florence! (See Il #Duomo in background), by Jacopo Del #Sellaio, 1480 @ngadc

Theseus slaying the Minotaur in marble, 1820s, by Étienne Jules Ramey at the Tuileries Gardens

Ben Franklin on inoculation, after his son died from smallpox. “In 1736, I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation”.

Jonathan Borofsky's Hammering Man. Seattle Art Museum

Flying into Seattle -- the Cascades up close. #rainier

At the Smithsonian's natural History Museum, which houses the Hope Diamond. Along list of thieves and owners (from 1642 on) brought it to the United States in the early 20th c. Finally, Harry Winston donated the pared-down 45.5 carat diamond to the Smithsonian in 1958. It's insured for $250 million

Krishna holding up Mount Govardhan, att. to Mola Ram, 1790. @nmaa

Among the oldest pichwais I've seen (18th c) at Smithsonian's Asian Art museum's "Delighting Krishna" exhibit. On through August 24, 2025

Glorious #Balanchine program tonight at Lincoln center. #Ballet

Sorry for the blurry picture but that's Alexander's name in the cartouche (at Luxor temple)

You can tire of seeing imagery showing Pharaoh (any and all) smiting the enemy while in Egypt.

The exhale of relief I just had to see that this man is alive… now they just send him home.

Encountered a lot of Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses while in Egypt. I like Bes best

Delighted by the random animals spotted in ancient Egyptian relief sculpture

In the valley of the kings on the West Bank in Luxor at the temple for Hatshepsut. Three large statues of her, but also a lot of defaced images. The last picture shows out how her name in the cartouche was painted over (by an upset step son, Thutmose III)

Hello from Cairo and the River Nile!

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Napoleon's tomb at #lesinvalides Paris

#Theseus killing the #Minotaur, sculpture at the Jardin de #Tuileries by Ramey Etienne-Jules, 1820s, in marble. #Paris #fashionweek2025

Yes, there was a queue at the Notre Dame cathedral in paris, but it moved fast.

Bonjour Paris!

Boycott everything, but especially tomorrow!

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

We got 6-8" of snow--here, below the Mason-Dixon line, a snowstorm like this warrants closures. Best to Enjoy the day off! I've always loved cold, snowy weather. Even more so since a recent kitchen re-model allowed me to put in a bigger window above the sink. My visual splendor.

Look who is on Bluesky! Let’s give Pete Buttigieg a warm welcome! 💙🦋💙🦋💙 bsky.app/profile/pete...

New purchase (2024) @ngadc.bsky.social features Pierre Alexander, an enslaved French-colony escapee living a new life in Sweden, where he took seasonal work as a studio model. Brilliantly captured by Karin Bergoo Larsson in 1879-80 #BlackHistoryMonth

For Black History Month, a silhouette of Moses Williams, who was born enslaved to artist Charles Willson Peale around 1776. Williams's singular talent led him to cutting tens of thousands of such silhouette profiles for visitors to Peale's museum in Philadelphia www.thepeale.org/moses-willia...

First time in Nashville, TN. Visited the Frist museum, which doesn't have a permanent collection. Owning zero art, they just borrow paintings from museums & collectors and assemble an exhibit. New concept (In the >150 museums I've visited I can't think of another that operates on this principle).

New city, new symphony hall. At the Schermerhorn in Nashville tonight for Beethoven's Ninth.

Sculptor Edmonia Lewis (part African- part Native-American descended) chose her subjects carefully (African-American, or strong women). This 1868 marble duo, inspired by Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha," shows Hiawatha and Minnehaha (lovers from opposing tribes). Seen @metmuseum

Let's get this circulated!! 😤

Jacob Lawrence, "When it's warm the parks are filled with people," watercolor and graphite pencil on paper, 1943. Seen at Hirshhorn museum in Washington DC.

James Baldwin photographed in Istanbul, Turkey, by Sedat Pakay in 1968. #JamesBaldwin #BlackHistoryMonth

Madame C. J. Walker, early 20th century entrepreneur, who made hair care and beauty products for African Americans. She employed mostly women.

Langston Hughes, photographed by Gordon Parks in Chicago, 1941. Seen @nga in DC. #BlackHistoryMonth

Henry Ossawa Tanner's "Head of a Jew in Palestine" 1899, seen @npgdc Tanner was an African-American artist who moved to France. At some point, he visited the Holy Land. (I don't care what the president says, I'm still celebrating #blackhistorymonth

I've not liked any painting seen at any museum by Ammi Phillips. None. (These portraits dating from 1819 and 1836 @nogdc are better than most)

David Lynch's portrait by Richard Ansett (1999) @npgdc

Jim Acosta just powerfully announced on air he is leaving CNN with the words: "It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant." He added, "Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope." Amen. Jim will be missed.