I had to track down this 1986 photo of designer Willi Smith's Lispenard St loft from NY Mag because it showed his friends' art: Christo & Jeanne Claude's prints, the painting Keith Haring made for him for New Years, and Dan Friedman's Africa-shaped coffee table greg.org/archive/2025...

“16 Dimensions of Underwater Light” the 2nd single from Amasia is out today It’s the yin to the 1st single’s yang I’m in my sound design bag w the drums fuzz bass beatboxing & keys Chris Williams gets lyrical w trumpet & effects while Alex Harding comments melvin-gibbs.bandcamp.com/album/amasia...

“Postmodern future funk rock”: Melvin Gibbs reviewed The latest project from bassist Melvin Gibbs updates the bold collage techniques of 1970s Miles Davis and Teo Macero, writes Phil Freeman in The Wire 500 www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

As part of WIRED's Politics Issue, read @stevenlevy.bsky.social on how the vibrant, outsider Silicon Valley he discovered as a young reporter decades ago, has changed utterly, to become a place bowing before Trump With incredible art from @coldwarsteve.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/silico...

As an art historian, I'm loving that your 8yo is interested in Frida Kahlo. Do they know this painting? It's one of my favorites: Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait on the Border between Mexico & the United States, 1932

Damn it, I forgot and stored the Ark in the Pecorino Romano factory again.

Good morning from Harlem #GoodMorningFromHarlem

Still life with aubergines, 1911 https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15866

John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.

Good question elicits excellent answers www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

There's a lot of confusion about how to get the latest Covid shot. I just got mine at Walgreens in Harlem and it was super easy and free. If you are in NYC anyone can get the shot for free. You just click a button that says "I am eligible" and make a appointment. www.walgreens.com/findcare/sch...

At The Whitney yesterday.

Another way of saying this is: The Overton Window was AT BEST set by ivy league whites uninterested in examining or dismantling the systems of their own privilege.

Woman with a Jackhammer (from the Women Builders of the Metro series) — Alexander Samokhvalov, 1937 Oil on canvas

Peaceful morning. Ella 🐶 and I walked by pickup basketball near One World Trade. #NYC

Won't you indulge me as I unveil my latest selection of most exquisite Textures and Patterns

Good morning from Harlem #GoodMorningFromHarlem

Marvin E Newman ~ San Gennaro Festival, 1952 #SanGennaroFeast #Photography

Weegee ~ The San Gennaro Festival turns into tragedy. Body of dead man lying on Mulberry Street, Little Italy, ca. 1939. #SanGennaroFeast #Weegee #Photography

They are speaking to us from inside the death camp in the middle of the Holocaust. They are trying to get the world to see. To listen. You can do both.

Actually, a radical is just a person who believes we need fundamental change to systems, so yeah if you think this is wrong you're a radical and that's OK!

Lenin Riefenstahl had a scheduled visit to Hollywood, but the Nazis did Kristallnacht the week befofe her trip, so everyone boycotted her EXCEPT WALT, who gave her a whole day long tour of his studio (although he wouldn't show her new work because the projectionists might realize what was happening)

I just got a delivery from the USPS – enough Allen Toussaint stamps to possibly last me the rest of my life. (Well, maybe not quite that long.) They’re from a “Black Heritage“ series – how long do you think the racist-in-chief is going to let them do that? I got a bunch of Betty White stamps too!

Go fash, lose cash

46 years ago today Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979. She made one of the most famous images in (punk) rock history. #punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Lots to like in Spke Lee's new film Highest 2 Lowest, including Howard Drossin's fantastic score. An old-school big orchestral film score with themes & dynamics, forgoing recent trends of sampled, compressed, & quantized orchestra. Echoes of Aaron Copland & Bill Lee make it feel like a Spike joint.

Good morning from Harlem #GoodMorningFromHarlem

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Good morning from Haarlem, market edition. #GoodMorningFromHaarlem

Dutch late night TV has its take

wrote about New Orleans, Katrina, images, time, magic, animals, abandonment, ingenuity, fuel, and that terrifying, life-giving thing: water thank you to @edwardmendez.bsky.social @mayascade.bsky.social @melvillmatic.bsky.social brooklynrail.org/2025/09/film...

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

this weekend “when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives,” the film series i co-curated on hurricane katrina, takes its final bow at MoMA w/ many wonderful films yet to screen. i want to thank the film workers (cleaning crew, projectionists, and staff) that make it all possible.

Good morning from Harlem #GoodMorningFromHarlem

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

Heads up, the Burbank Progressives (who initiated today's protest at Disney) will be present again tomorrow at 12 PM at Disney in Burbank. I'll be there and I’ve spoken to other WGA and SAG members who will join us as well. Please spread the word! See y'all tomorrow! #JimmyKimmel #FreedomOfSpeech

@earlofedgecombe.bsky.social you may like/appreciate this ... www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

NYC, if this makes you angry, come to the New Yorkers Against ICE rally on 9/25 at Foley Square!

Attacking people for their physical appearance is uncool. But I make an exception for this utterly hilarious thread.

War on Drugs. War on Terror. War on Antifa. Americans love fighting wars they can’t win.

This essay, by an Egyptian-American former New Yorker staff fact-checker, is an incredible read And incredibly damning Huge recommendation

I gave my heart and soul to that place. Built entire sections for journalists pushed out of their home countries. When the writer I hired, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi Arabia, they paraded me around as a symbol for press freedom. I put MY LIFE on the line to defend journalism and WaPo.

i will shout from the rooftops about the libby and comicsplus apps till i DIE get your library card and GET ON IT

This wonderful, funny piece perfectly captures my complicated feeling about Eno, who has been a big influence on my thinking - an influence which I question more and more as the years go by. A "yes!" & a "hah!" In almost every paragraph. Free read here (the LRB is well worthy of support) :

Today's Tonal Treat ✨ #SongOfTheDay #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TonalTreat

the phrase "extradited to Queens" is just really terrific

50 years ago, in LA: one of the epic Bowie duets is filmed. He and Cher tackle "The Young Americans Medley" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSY...