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Knigi Second Edition (English) • 28 Pages, Hardcover, 16 x 22.5 cm, Color Offset • Pre-Order Now www.nieves.ch/17874/knigi_...

50 anys, mestre. no oblidem! #PierPaoloPasolini #Pasolini #homoheretik #heretik_xyz

Visit to Venice

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

“She, among all of us, was the uniquely gifted one — is the uniquely gifted one.” –Philip Glass on the artist, composer, and choreographer Meredith Monk

It’s my birthday! Buy some Pink Mince and help support independent queer publishing (and a middle-aged homo’s rigorous moisturizing regimen) #zines #queerzine #gayzine pinkmince.com

I cannot believe they let me publish these two paragraphs, but I am glad they did

Self portrait of an old man visiting Toronto. That's a very old Rodney Graham poster/print behind me. I love it!

The caretaker of the Earth Room in Soho died? I'm a little sad they don't just bury him in the room and add a tombstone (by Jenny Holzer).

Made it to the rez. It’s the big open skies I enjoy out here. Nice and peaceful.

There's still spots left in my Nonfiction I workshop starting next week. It's always a great class -- please do join. berlinwritersworkshop.com/allclasses/2...

Andrew Cuomo has conceded the New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

mr mayor mr mamdani have you considered restarting the New York City Opera mr mayor

Estée Lauder heir and billionaire art collector Leonard Lauder died at his Upper East Side residence at the age of 92.

I’ve just been awarded a Riksbankens Jubileumsfond grant to set up “NordSex: Nordic Research Network on Sexuality, Media, and Culture”, to bring together likeminded colleagues working on that broad field in norm-critical ways across the region, and develop research and doctoral training collabs. 🖤

Today we announce a $22.8-million major gift to Canadians of 61 artworks by noted Vancouver-based businessperson and philanthropist Bob Rennie, a Distinguished Patron of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, and The Rennie Family. To read the press release: bit.ly/4n5ftxp

Alfred Brendel––quite possibly the greatest pianist in recorded history––has died. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjn-...

IF YOU ARE IN BERLIN: Come to see this exhibition! SEMJON CONTEMPORARY, Schröderstr. 1, 10115 Berlin www.semjoncontemporary.com

Orlan • L'origine de la guerre • 1898-2012 #DesnudoMasculino #FotografíaHomoerótica #Homoerótico #MaleNude #HomoeroticPhotography #Homoerotic ➔ https://www.centrepompidou.fr/fr/ressources/oeuvre/tkfZ2pM

Fire: near Flin-Flon, north of Winnipeg. Worst ever. Photo courtesy Manitoba government.

Drag Name: Big Beautiful Bill

I am lying in bed (in Berlin!), watching a fragment of reflected early morning sunlight travel over the surface of this painting by TM Davy, of me in the magic forest on Fire Island, popularly known as The Meatrack.

Featuring over 300 local and international artists’ book publishers, Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair takes place at ArtCenter College of Design from May 15–18.

Happy birthday @sholem.bsky.social ! (A self-portrait by Sholem hidden by my archive of Georges Simenon paperbacks. Yes, I have read them all).

La escultora Mary Barnwell intentó convencer a George Platt Lynes para que posara desnudo para una escultura. Él rechazó el ofrecimiento, pero sí permitió que ella le tomara medidas, y que Man Ray tomara unas fotos de él desnudo. La escultura nunca se llegó a realizar. 👇🏻

PHYLLIS DILLER: "I can see a time when women will be doing their housework nude––for obvious reasons. You wouldn't louse up a outfit so that it would have to be washed or cleaned." RUDI GERNREICH: "And if you're lucky, the milkman might walk in."

Folksam (the Swedish insurance giant born out of the cooperative and trade unions movements) has just sold its #Tesla shares worth SEK 1.6 billion (USD 161 million) because Tesla continues to refuse to sign a collective agreement with the Swedish metalworkers union. www.dn.se/ekonomi/folk...

Last night, I learned that cheetahs don’t need to drink water, and that they can simply drink the blood and urine of their prey, and I’m not sure what to feel about that.

This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record) I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

Amy Imhof’s “cool factor” is a core element of her success. The vibe — which is at least half of her three-hour Armory performance — alternates between a sad school play and a Ketamine-infused Berlin rave.

Trying out this app for the first time. Here’s a photo of me on the beach in Fire Island Pines around 1989 or 1990

Carmen Herrera’s “Dia Feriado (Holiday)” (2011) is the first work by a Hispanic or Latine artist to join the White House’s permanent art collection. The painting was acquired under former First Lady Jill Biden.

a survivor of Auschwitz returned his Bundesverdienstkreuz after the CDU and CSU voted with Nazis to speed deportations

ihr wollt einmal eine Nacht im Theater schlafen? wir versteigern eine Übernachtung auf der Bühne im Großen Haus des Berliner Ensembles! noch drei Tage bis Ende der Auktion: aktuell liegt das Gebot bei 1.460 Euro. www.ebay.de/itm/36534259...