What the white whale was to Ahab, has been hinted; what, at times, he was to me, as yet remains unsaid.

New drawing

Would you really have it any other way? T minus 8 minutes!

Correction: announcement is 7:30 PM ET, right on time for FanGraphs’ dinner reservation.

Meret Oppenheim - Vein Boots (2007)

Standing up to bad things is good actually

I remain an absolute sucker for any #drawing series where the artist unspools their thought and labor across an aggregate of minute volumes that bring making and viewing closer to reading & writing. #LouiseBourgeois “Time (2004)” in her exhibition ‘Gathering Wool’ at Hauser and Wirth. #art

Continuing #LouiseBourgeois at Hauser and Wirth; this suite is evocative of seascapes and ocean weather between tranquility and storm. Untitled 2008 Gouache and fabric collage on paper, suite of 4 18 x 23 1/2 inches each #art

Intimate flat work by #LouiseBourgeois in ‘Gathering Wool’ at Hauser & Wirth. These small works, between painting, drawing,& relief, hint at whole other possible cosmologies she might have explored. #art

Adventures with public sculpture, or, I’m pretty sure that’s not supposed to be leaning like that…

OK success finally after 2 hours of trying, thanks to tips found on Reddit not sure how accessible this system is for all families without any evident tech support beyond a list of tips that didn’t address the likely problem with the video I was uploading—its resolution, not file size

Nathlie Provosty in ‘Threshold Speech’ at Bortolami Gallery. I really enjoyed the play between concrete planes of color and trompeloeil effects that tilt and shift the surfaces to jagged effect, especially at this monumental scale. #art #painting

Jacqueline Humphries, Beat the Devil, 2008 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137241

RASTER DRAWING (FIELD). Graphite, mixedM media, & collage on paper 10.75” x 7.5” #art

Nicole Eisenman has a great #painting show at 52 Walker Street showing possibilities between representation & the invention of images & meaning through material & scale. These connect to the lineage of grand history & religious paintings while subverting what is a patriarchal form. #art

Ed Clark, Untitled, 2009 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137561

My favorite Judy Pfaff in her amazing show of twisting, turning, & unfurling assemblages at Cristin Tierney gallery. #art

Doris Salcedo, Widowed House IV, 1994 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137255

New James Siena at Miles McEnery. Right now I’m thinking a lot about black & white, so this caught my eye, but there’s an intriguing sense of color through the whole show, and the work on canvas results in diaphanous light emanating past an irregular network. #art

A great suite of Joan Mitchell drawings as a part of ‘To Define a Feeling, Joan Mitchell 1960 - 1965’ at David Zwirner gallery. I love the use of heavy black charcoal to build a sense of shifting masses out of raw gesture. #art

From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."

#JoanMitchell at David Zwirner Gallery. I love me a triptych. Especially one that plays with subtle shifts in movement and mass across the panels that ultimately affects the viewer’s sense of time in the #painting.

yesterday I observed myself put all my rage in a little black box so I could get through the day last night I dreamed about screaming at people: first, a smug dirtbag misogynist—I yelled that he lacked moral courage & then a transphobe, at whom I yelled fuck you fuck you as I chased them away

Great #JoanMitchell #painting show at @davidzwirner. These two ( at the beginning and end of the show) break out of a predominantly forest nocturne pallet of deep blues and greens with flashes of color that explode off her gestures. #art

Reuben Nakian, The Burning Walls of Troy, 1957 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136542

Just this.

Any “deal” that ends with Dems just getting a pinky promise in return is a mistake. The American people are suffering because Republicans refuse to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing. An agreement that doesn’t fix that reality falls massively short.

From completed #painting to work in process. Not completely back to the drawing board, but fixing things that have bothered me as it sits around the studio and gets looked at more and more; it’s still not quite done.

I always enjoy the subtle eccentricities of Richard Rezak’s #sculpture; here are 2 small works exhibited as a part of Luhring Augustine’s “Sliced Tropics & Cosmic Dancers” #art

the Prospect Park Lullwater, maybe a third of the way through today’s walk my teammate led us along the edge of the Prospect Park Lake on paths I have never been on how much I love after all these years to experience disorientation & new vistas in a park I know so well

“Running Arcs (For John Cage)” at @gagosian is somewhat the expected experience from a #RichardSerra, but it he experience with the #sculpture is still amazing. Against Serra’s expressed wishes, the attached pics are in color.

The Execution of Maximilian

I don't know -- a young, passionate, energetic, smart person with a lot of good ideas that are intellectually and philosophically consistent? Seems risky. Good luck, New York.

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

BREAKING: Live look at the rich fleeing New York

Mood

N.K. Jemisin was really on to something when she posited Staten Island as the geographic center Eldritch horror in NYC.

never thought i'd say it, but i really do wish dick cheney were alive to see this

They probably all mostly live in Connecticut anyway.

Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...

This is a much more appropriate eulogy.

Number 1 with a bullet (so to speak): shooting that guy in the face and then having him apologize for being in the way.

Go #vote today. Here’s a helpful voter guide & list of endorsements from New Kings Democrats: www.newkingsdemocrats.com/recent_endor...

We were asked to share pointers, so here’s a 🧵!

I believe that prioritizing my enjoyment of the race was what enabled me to meet all my other goals. That, & experience—it was my 6th marathon. I’ve learned so much from the others! The marathon is far from my best distance & certainly isn’t my favorite, but I ♥️ the #NYCmarathon! #running

Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this.

origin of this sign is that back in the day I’d have my then-boyfriend-now-husband write “Rae ♥️ NYC” on my race tee & sometimes someone would say “New York loves you too!” as I ran by & I loved that so much & want to share that feeling with other runners #NYCmarathon