The Iranian Broadcasting Authority reports that the Supreme Leader of Iran has ordered all military units to cease firing. “This is not the end of the war, but the military arms must comply with the order of the Supreme Leader and hold their fire." - Kann News

Americans are getting exactly what they knowingly voted for two times.

Bobby Hutcherson ~ West 22nd Street Theme (from Components, 1966) #NowPlaying #BobbyHutcherson #JazzSky Another dream band: Bobby Hutcherson, James Spaulding, Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Chambers and Herbie Hancock. Happy Monday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu8Q...

St Louis IX King of #France - an archetypical royal saint #otd A fantastic El Greco (d. #otd 7 Apr 1614) imagining of him here.

Chance we will be threatening 26C in London area tomorrow. Exceptional early warmth. It appears quite likely we will see a record for earliest 25C at #London Heathrow (1948-present) eclipsing 9th April 2017 by 1 day… (1/2)

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Portrait of a Lady as Saint Lucy c. 1509 Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid What I particularly like here is that the eye (associated with Lucy) here is like one of those lead 'body part' votives placed at a shrine in thanks for a cure.

The Avestan term Aži Dahāka and the Middle Persian aždahāg, would later become the Modern Persian 'aždehâ/aždahâ', (اژدها). A mythical creature in Iranian mythology, roughly equivalent to the dragon. They are depicted as gigantic, winged serpents that live in the air, in the sea, or on the earth.

In the mid #1930s Mme Grès used a figured satin to create this evening jacket, all the while reminding me of the proportions of the c18th riding jackets. It has the same turned back cuffs & distinctive shape but was apparently inspired by jackets of Balinese dancers @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

And footsteps faded into the sand Erg Chebbi, Sahara, al-Maghrib, Morocco🇲🇦 #ErgChebbi #Merzouga #Morocco #al-Maghrib #المغرب #SkyAndEarth #travel #sky #Sahara #desert #sunset #footsteps #golden #sand #dunes #scape #sandscape #landscape #nature #chatgpt

How utterly adorable is this gastropod veliger larva?! I’ve never seen one in my samples with such large vela. Stunning! Vid in the comments. #marineplankton #zooplankton #gastropod

Dance Mask wood, shell, pigment early 20th century Bembe culture Congo, Africa #mask #dancemask #handmade #wood #shell #africanart #tribalart #bembeculture #drc #congo #africanmask #tribalmask #ritual #religion #magic #protection #initiation #fertility #culture #belief

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Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) “Nature morte au profil de Laval” 1888

Tuesday Sydney Greenstreet in #FilmNoir The Maltese Falcon (1941)

'Adán y Eva' Creación: diseño 1936, fundición 1979. Técnica: Escultura en bronce. Dimensiones: 84,5 × 33,3 × 36,8 cm. Ubicación; Städel Museum, Fráncfort del Meno, Alemania. Autor: Max Beckmann (alemán, 1884-1950) #arts #sculpture

A grim milestone in Lebanon Israeli attacks have now killed over 1500 people in the country. This includes 130 children and 57 medical workers.

66 years ago, on April 7, 1960, the ground-breaking "Peeping Tom" premiered in London, U.K. The film was directed by Michael Powell and starred Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey and Moira Shearer. #PeepingTom #Horror #16mmInferno

Were-Jaguar maskette jade c. 900-600 BCE Olmec Mexico #handmade #carved #jade #olmec #werejaguar #maskette #precolumbian #ancientart #art #sculpture #transformation #relgion #ritual #magic #mesoamerica #mesoamericanjade #precolumbianjade #nephrite

Andy Warhol : Franz Kafka, 1980 Color screenprint 39-15/16 × 32 in | 101.4 × 81.3 cm Whitney Museum of American Art

Laocoon and his sons engaged in fruitless battle against serpents sent by the Gods to punish them. Staged before Toledo in 1610 by El Greco, of that city, whose day is today.

"They're all hanging on our every word now, my precious. What will we decide to do?" BL Royal MS 20 A XVII, f.14v @blmedieval.bsky.social

The illuminated Last Supper at the #Basilica of the Holy Blood in #Bruges, #Belgium. Discover more at stephentravels.com/come-inside/... ⛪️✝️

I love this bit outside Farringdon station. So many cables and metal bits.

I am not Roman Catholic but Pope Leo is an inspiring figure in many ways and I am genuinely grateful for his intervention.

beauty is where you find it

Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane | In Conversation with Andy Beta aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/04/07/c... ...new book, Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane, sheds crucial new light on Alice Coltrane’s incredible journey.

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Fray Hortensio Felix Paravicino in 1609. Surely one of great portraits of all time, so searching & subtly dynamic, painted by El Greco. Today is his day.

Good evening! This week's theme is West London. ------ 'Chiswick Park' (2016) by Liam Devereux liamdevereux.co.uk/shop

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Charing Cross Road, London, Wolfgang Suschitzky, 1938.

Michael Sowa (1945-), “Happy Easter”

'The Little Tree', The Dove, Hammersmith by Roy Glanville (1911–1965) (Grundy Art Gallery)

Bye bye Beach! 😢

Happy birthday Francis Ford Coppola ♥️🍾🥂👑 Behind the scenes of APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

Artemis II astronauts capture stunning Earthset photo New photo recalls Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise shot in 1968 www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Die Premiere - Berlin Theatre Magazine (1925) - Jacket illustration by Hans Bellmer #weimar #Berlin #theatre

Aaand it was a very nice Easter Monday of eating…first up…a red endive salad…

Irving Penn, Modern Family, New York, 1947

This rare bronze purse was found with six #gold coins still inside in the #Celtic oppidum (settlement) at Manching. It was originally sealed with an organic material, presumably a leather strap. The purse is rather small: 4.3x3.3 cm. The diameter of the smallest coin is 6.5 mm.🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

Kaoru Yamada #iaart #arte #art

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Tiniteqilaaq, Greenland, 2000. © Jacob Aue Sobol.

'Red Torii of Heian Jingu Shrine' from the series 'Fifteen Views of Kyoto' - Tokuriki Tomikichiro, ca. 1950s. #ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt

Remembering Freddie Hubbard on his birthday 🎂 📷 Francis Wolff's photo taken during the recording session for Herbie Hancock’s Maiden Voyage, 1965 With George Coleman, tenor sax, Ron Carter, bass, & Tony Williams, drums youtube.com/watch?v=P6NR...

I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent. Samuel Beckett, Endgame

Vicente Manansala The Bird Seller

“All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow” Tolstoy. Sceaux, France by Michael Kenna.

Mad Science May 2022

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