Hedgehog. Oak leaves. Chestnuts. And a snail! From Giovanna Garzoni, of course.

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For Canada, the World Cup is more about the soccer. While the mood around the tournament in the United States is complicated by the conflict with Iran, travel bans, immigration policies and politics, Canada stands in contrast to its border neighbor.

😍 Garzoni!! #womenartists

Sorry @artnews but no @guerrillagirls.bsky.social means you dropped the ball www.artnews.com/list/art-new...

It was Eleanor Jones Harvey, a senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, who ultimately affirmed Dr. Warren’s hunch and, later, convinced me that there might be a middle ground between these hardened ways of thinking 👏👏👏 @temporalfugue.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/t...

🐋 She’s ready for summer! Come check out the squeaky clean Blue Whale. The Museum is open daily from 10 am–5:30 pm. Plan your visit: amnh.link/4lHPM4s

"It would be naïve to think creative workers are playing on anything resembling a level field here, given the jaw-dropping sums being invested in A.I. and the extent to which tech giants have already transformed cultural production." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

Happy to report that, thanks to @yalepress.bsky.social's spring sitewide sale, "Van Gogh and the End of Nature" is now available at 50% off through May 31. Beautiful full-color reproductions & a thoroughly new take on an iconic modern artist: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Who ordered this?

Lee Krasner, Burning Candles (oil, paper, and canvas on linen) (1955)

Happy World Turtle day Mola created by Panamanian #womenartists

Extraordinary!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mary Beth Edelson "Some Living American Women Artists" 1972 A work I'd happily live with ⭐️ #womenartists

Some peonies from Long Island artist Jane Freilicher #womenartists

Easy #Vegan Cashew Tofu #Stir-Fry 🌱 Ⓥ 🥢 1️⃣ Toss cubed #tofu w salt, pepper & cornstarch, sear till golden. 2️⃣ Sauté garlic, ginger & onion, toss in #bell-peppers, snow peas, #broccolini & #bok choy. 3️⃣ Return tofu, add #cashews, drizzle w sauce & toss #HighProtein www.youtube.com/shorts/-stdw...

Thank you! Here's a good one. Deeper than the title suggests on its own: www.artic.edu/artworks/439...

#womenartists www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/s...

Elena Klimenko, The Game (watercolor on paper, 2023)

I scouted fun summer events to celebrate USA250 for @Newsday George Washington pitching a LI Ducks game, shucking oysters and more... www.newsday.com/lifestyle/lo...

Opera or soap opera? Who cares? It's Frida and Diego - with clips! #art www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/a...

"Who is an artist? I say we take a title. No one gives it to us. We make our lives". - Louise Nevelson #womenartists

I wrote about an innovative arts program at @hofstrau.bsky.social magazine.hofstra.edu/magazine/sta...

An article I wrote for @hofstrau.bsky.social on Music Professor Terry Tompkins 🎶 magazine.hofstra.edu/magazine/the...

Cats and cherry blossoms and tulips from Maud Lewis because it's #caturday and springtime and because it's good to remember that you don't have to be perfect to be great #womenartists

One of Smarthistory's most important values is embodied looking. (We talk about this a lot behind the scenes.) It's important to us that you feel what it's like to be standing with the artwork, so we go and stand there so we can share with you. Art history for humans by humans ✅

Astonishing when you know how she created this 😍 Click the link and read 👍👍

Not painted!! A collage of clipped colored paper. Unbelievable. #womenartists

Oh, no!

#womenwriters on #womenartists

🐧 Taking a close look at Linda Nochlin's essay, 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?' and its relevance today. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia #ArtHerstory #womenartists ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/feminist-e...

Hokusai’s Manga, 1814-1878 – 15 Books of Everything In 1811, Japanese artist Hokusai Katsushika began work on his Hokusai Manga (curious drawings) and various etehon By Sheldon D. flashbak.com/hokusais-man... Hokusai at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #Books #Art #Manga

Happy Mother's day to everyone. Here's Reine Lefebre and Margot before a Window by Mary Cassatt It was included in the 1913 Armory show, though she was not pleased to have her work shown along with those "Modernists" #womenartists

Here and now

Here are some of my favorite #womenartists with their cats. Hedda Sterne Georgia O'Keefe Imogen Cunningham Remedios Varo #caturday 😺

And since it's #caturday, one of my favorite artists-with-animals photos: Lois Mailou Jones in her Paris studio in 1938 with the most adorable studio assistant ever

Personally, I'd pass this bowl politely to the next person. No thanks. 😬

Something beautiful youtu.be/r1bqLFTQBwU?...

Cloudy skies over you today? Replace them with some sunshine from Arthur Dove and @smarthistory.bsky.social youtu.be/alMTvOZrYc4?...

Beautiful show of paintings by @huntercollege.bsky.social alum C'naan Hamburger now on view at Charles Moffett Gallery on lower Broadway. It's a cliche to say you need to see artworks in person but it's absolutely true for these paintings with delicate, intensely-wrought surfaces charlesmoffett.com

On this day, in 1771, poetess Phillis Wheatley travels to London. 🌸🌸🌸 www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

Aglet - the little tip at the end of a shoelace (Hard to believe someone bothered to name that.)

Quite wonderful

A Painting by Alix d’Anethan: New Acquisition by Christopher Etheridge, Associate Curator, @gallery.ca www.gallery.ca/magazine/you...

Big small news from the garden! Somebody was born today. Welcome to the world little bird. 😁

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