share.google/9n2yEuCWevJ7... Today @5.30pm BST/ 12.30pm EST with Kim Sajet

Princess Deokhye, the last princess of the Korean Empire, was born at Changdeok Palace in Seoul #OnThisDay in 1912. She wore this woman’s hanbok with court ceremonial jacket as a young girl. From the collections of the National Palace Museum of Korea. #fashionhistory #royalfashion

Cockroaches in India and Gorillas in Pakistan. Times are ripe for revolutions!

👀 @erikagaffney.bsky.social is launching a new book series: this time it's BRILL* 🥁 'Early Modern Visual and Material Cultures', with Allison Levy as the series editor rensoc.org.uk/announcement... #EarlyModern #Skystorians

When Jahangir wrote that his meetings with Jadrup produced joy, he was describing something real. But the joy was his. What Jadrup thought of the emperor, whether he saw a sincere seeker or a powerful visitor, remains lost. scroll.in/article/1092... Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi ✍️

India’s government orders takeover of exclusive Delhi Gymkhana Club

We are halfway through our annual 50% Off Sale! Don't miss your chance to save 50% on books (including ebooks and audiobooks) sitewide. Use code SPRING50 at checkout: press.princeton.edu/books Some exclusions apply. Offer valid through June 9th.

#ICYMI: Join the Hampshire Archives Trust tonight for a webinar that delves into the covert trade of counterfeit gemstones and its direct links to Winchester. Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-f... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll @harchivestrust.bsky.social

Welcome to Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses. In this exhibition, 140 haute couture creations seamlessly merge art, technology, and science—inspired by everything from coral reefs and fungi to planetary motion. 🎟️ bit.ly/IrisvanHerpe... Sponsored by American Express

In a surprise move, cosmetics billionaire Ronald Lauder’s Neue Galerie will merge with The Metropolitan Museum of Art down the street on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The rare merger will come into effect in 2028.

🎨 Portrait of a Lady with Her Servant at the Hammam (Turkish Bath), 18th Century

Some Georgian cultural history served up for the weekend. #Skystorians giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

A massive 11,000-carat ruby has been unearthed in Myanmar’s war-scarred gemstone heartland apnews.com/article/myan...

The Indian stock market fell more than 1% on Tuesday as concerns mount about the economic impact of the war amid an elusive peace deal between the #UnitedStates and #Iran. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10927... #WestAsiaConflict

Arts and cultural engagement ‘linked to slower pace of biological ageing’

www.hindustantimes.com/specials/The... The craft and culture of the #Mughals discussed by Rama Safvi, Swapna Liddle and others.

Platter with snakes, lizards, frogs, fish, turtle & more, all cast from real specimens by slightly fanatic French renaissance ceramicist Bernard Palissy. It’s his day today.

How the late great Lee Alexander McQueen is supporting the next generation of fearless artists with the renovation of two listed townhouses in Tottenham www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens-inte...

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

Gorgeous exhibition. Must see if you are in DC. #India #PahariPaintings indianexpress.com/article/news...

Someone asked if I could tell them where to buy a pair of good chinos. In this thread, I will tell you, but my answer is not simple. On the upside, I think this is a better approach when shopping for clothes and you can apply it to any kind of item. 🧵

When you think of the color red, what comes to mind? 🌹♥️🍷🍒 Here are some strange but true facts about the history of red pigments in art. Read the full story in this thread. 🧵⬇️ www.getty.edu/news/color-s...

What did Elizabethans actually know about Mexico, the Amazon rainforest, or the Chesapeake? If you're interested in how the Americas transformed Renaissance England, A Golden World by @laurenworking.bsky.social is available to request now on NetGalley ✨ www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Great episode on #materialculture

A nightcap for a wealthy man. Embroidered with metal threads and silk on linen with metal laces, England, 1600-24. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Inside the world’s largest art heist when over $500M of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum apnews.com/article/isab...

Job Opportunity! Research Associate in Early Modern Global History The University of Manchester - School of Arts, Languages and Cultures www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH649/r...

Worn #onthisday in 1661--St. George's Day, the feast day of the patron saint of England--by King Charles II at his coronation in Westminster Abbey in London. New regalia had to be made for the event; most of the Crown Jewels were broken up and sold after King Charles I's 1649 execution. #OTD 📷 RCT

Priceless 2,500-year-old golden helmet returned to Romania after Dutch museum raid apnews.com/article/roma...

The 'becoming Chinese' meme shows China's soft power moment is here apnews.com/article/chin...

I am happy that this book is now published (in the series Connected Histories in the Early Modern World)! Performing India in Early Modern England 1575-1642 Commerce, Spectacle, and the Formation of the East India Company By Amrita Sen www.routledge.com/Performing-I...

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

This tiny object measures just 1.6cm across! In honour of spring finally springing, we are sharing this beautiful carved gold ojime decorated with flowers. An ojime is a traditional Japanese bead used as a fastener for inrō , the small tiered containers worn on a kimono. 🌸 EA1956.3792

Happy Friday to all, but especially to the new Journal of Mughal Studies. 500 years after the empire dawned... first issue coming soon. escholarship.org/uc/journalof... #Mughals #India #history #scholarship #highered

It's not just energy supplies that have been disrupted by the Iran war. It's also hitting frankincense, a commodity that's been defining trade routes in the Middle East for thousands of years. n.pr/48BOm7s

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts is gone

"Villagers who once acted in videos have returned to fields and daily wage work. What was once a digital gold rush has thinned into memory."

This Anglo-Saxon pendant is covered in garnets. It was decorated using a method called cloisonné work which involves making a lattice of gold and filling the holes with gemstone which precisely cut to the size of the hole.

Now available from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/sons-of... Here I've tried to give an account in English of the Ming ruling house as a family enterprise (and not forgetting imperial aunties)

A priceless ancient golden helmet from Romania stolen last year from a museum in the Netherlands has been recovered, Dutch authorities announced Thursday. https://to.pbs.org/4sRgRGB

Raja Ravi Varma’s ‘Yashoda & Krishna’ Fetches Over ₹167 Crore at Auction; Acquired by Global Vaccine Tycoon Cyrus Poonawalla 2 April  2026 (Navroze Bureau) :   In a landmark moment for Indian art, a celebrated painting by Raja Ravi Varma has been sold for over ₹167 crore, setting a new benchmark…

Published today OA in @routledgehistory.bsky.social 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series: www.routledge.com/Material-Cul... Many congratulations to the editors! ⚓⚓⚓

The splendid “Vishnu reclining on the serpent ananta” at the National Museum of Asia Art, Smithsonian #India #Art #Beauty (Check out the jewelry.)

🏛️ An Ottoman Metal Box Adorned with Colorful Gemstones, Late 19th Century

'One of the most famous rooms in England’, lovingly built by the leading Victorian artist Frederic Leighton www.countrylife.co.uk/directory/ar...

🧵 Ottoman Women's Embroideries from Anatolia (Ankara, Ödemiş, Aydın, Akşehir), Peşkir (Towel) and Uçkur (Decorative Belt), Late 19th Century