Annunciation, in a charming Flemish domestic-ecclesiastical interior, 1480. By Aelbrecht Bouts, whose day is today.

Musical Party in a Garden 1647, English Canvas worked with silk thread (Met Museum)

I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

#nokings Portland frog brigade

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

While the Department of Justice is meeting in secret with Ghislaine Maxwell to coach her on testimony, it is hiding from us three discs containing court-authorized recordings of her phone calls. [Source: ABC News] That is the REAL evidence. And this is a cover-up.

My guess is 48 hours away from: "So what if he hung out with teenaged girls, what's the big deal?" The goalposts never stop moving.

Woman Reading in an Interior by Clement Servau

Aleman by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Two Women at a Table by Richard Diebenkorn

The Large Bathers by Paul Cezanne

“Self Portrait with a Pipe” by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Friday Finnish!! Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865-1931 Finnish painter known for illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. Ekolan Sauna-Juonas ~ "Sauna-Juonas" at Ekola 1887 Oil on canvas 35,5 cm x 23 cm

And now for something completely different.. Carl Larsson 1853-1919 Sweden "Lizbeth And The Lily" (1901) Watercolor

Colleague’s cat - Jennie Larsdotter

Pritzker: And we have a president who claims to love America but hates our military so much that can’t be bothered to delay his golf game to greet the bodies of four fallen U.S. soldiers.

Luminous angel babby from my collection, ca. 1960s.

Dancers by Moses Soyer

So, the guy who was gonna end all wars has bombed Yemen, threatened to bomb Iran, and threatened to invade Greenland. Did I get that right?

Had a rough patch with the love of my life..... Will resume sharing great artwork....

When you are so afraid of Trump calling you Shutdown Schumer that you willingly accept Surrender Schumer as your legacy.

Michelle Mischkulnig, contemporary Australian textile artist #WomensArt

"Unconstitutional" seems like too mild a term for this.

Is the Democratic leadership suggesting now is not the time to be disruptive? If not now, when? Because it really seems like now is the time…

"I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings’..." Stanley Kubrick 🙏 July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999

And just like that, the Epstein files were forgotten.

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Says it all.

Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist. He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.

Silk embroidered fox created by Helen Richman, professional hand embroiderer, based in Somerset, UK #womensart

Mortality du sommeil by René Magritte

Apples by Ellsworth Kelly

Rind by M.C Escher

Morning on the East River by Guy Wiggins

Dance by Samal Joensen-Mikines

The Emperor by Abraham Rattner

Peace,II by George Grosz

Meninas by Sarah Affonso

The Fog Warning by Winslow Homer

Abstraction by William de Koonig

Kiss on the Shore by Moonlight by Edvard Munch

Girl with a Beret by Helene Schjerbeck

Untitled by Martin Kippenberger