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The other socials are enjoying the moment, so why not here, too?Sandro Botticelli, La mappa dell'Inferno, 1480–90, Vatican Library...

The other socials are enjoying the moment, so why not here, too?

Sandro Botticelli, La mappa dell'Inferno, 1480–90, Vatican Library (https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.lat.1896.pt.A )

Soliciting museum opinions from interested parties:What wall colors have you seen that work well for objects made before 700CE?Conversely,...

Soliciting museum opinions from interested parties:

What wall colors have you seen that work well for objects made before 700CE?

Conversely, what wall colors do you think do not work?

Looking broadly for ideas drawn from displays of any region or from trans-regional galleries.

Architect Walter Netsch’s Old Town (Chicago) Home Gets Rare Interior Landmark Status For Its Unconventional Multi-Level...

Architect Walter Netsch’s Old Town (Chicago) Home Gets Rare Interior Landmark Status For Its Unconventional Multi-Level Design

https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/05/25/architect-walter-netschs-old-town-home-gets-rare-interior-landmark-status-for-its-unconventional-design/

Bernat Martorell, Saint George & the Dragon, 1434/35, Art Institute of Chicago

Bernat Martorell, Saint George & the Dragon, 1434/35, Art Institute of Chicago

Hispanic Society of America workers, members of UAW Local 2110, have been on strike since 27 March. Support them by donating to their strike...

Hispanic Society of America workers, members of UAW Local 2110, have been on strike since 27 March. Support them by donating to their strike fund here:

https://givebutter.com/hispanicsocietyunion

U can't touch this.Titian, Noli me tangere, ca. 1514, National Gallery #HappyEaster #BuonaPasqua #FelicesPascuas

U can't touch this.

Titian, Noli me tangere, ca. 1514, National Gallery

#HappyEaster #BuonaPasqua #FelicesPascuas

Don't call it a comeback.Ugolino di Nerio, The Resurrection (Santa Croce Altarpiece), ca. 1325–28, National Gallery#HappyEaster...

Don't call it a comeback.

Ugolino di Nerio, The Resurrection (Santa Croce Altarpiece), ca. 1325–28, National Gallery

#HappyEaster #BuonaPasqua #FelicesPascuas

"But the show is playing for bigger stakes than a simple rediscovery of Pareja as painter. It’s about how things get made, and who...

"But the show is playing for bigger stakes than a simple rediscovery of Pareja as painter. It’s about how things get made, and who gets to make them; about freedom and violence, creative labor and physical labor, the building blocks of culture we miss when we fixate on genius."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/arts/design/juan-de-pareja-met-museum-velasquez-painter.html

There are obviously far more pressing issues revealed by @ProPublica's article on Justice Thomas' blatant ethical (& legal)...

There are obviously far more pressing issues revealed by
@ProPublica's article on Justice Thomas' blatant ethical (& legal) violations, but I have so many questions about the art & architecture involved...

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

Marcos Zapata, La Ultima Cena, 1753, Catedral de Cusco (image courtesy Smarthistory)

Marcos Zapata, La Ultima Cena, 1753, Catedral de Cusco (image courtesy Smarthistory)

Unrecorded Venetian artist, Albarello, 16th century, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Unrecorded Venetian artist, Albarello, 16th century, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Forcing conservatives' "religious freedom" on the rest of us is literally going to kill...

Forcing conservatives' "religious freedom" on the rest of us is literally going to kill people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/obamacare-texas-preventive-care-aca.html

Happy New Year!¡Feliz año nuevo!Juan Fernández "El Labrador," Bodegón con cuatro racimos de uvas, ca. 1636, Museo del Prado

Happy New Year!
¡Feliz año nuevo!

Juan Fernández "El Labrador," Bodegón con cuatro racimos de uvas, ca. 1636, Museo del Prado

Welp. Can't access Twitter on my computer, but still can on my phone (for now).Things continue to go well over there.

Welp. Can't access Twitter on my computer, but still can on my phone (for now).

Things continue to go well over there.

Meanwhile, over on Twitter...Pieter Bruegel the Elder, El triunfo de la Muerte, 1562–63, Museo del Prado

Meanwhile, over on Twitter...

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, El triunfo de la Muerte, 1562–63, Museo del Prado

Do yourself a favor and watch Seth Meyers and Lizzo day drinking.https://youtu.be/bbeenvk1c8o

Do yourself a favor and watch Seth Meyers and Lizzo day drinking.
https://youtu.be/bbeenvk1c8o

Titian, The Virgin & Child with SS Anthony of Padua & Roch, ca. 1508, Museo Nacional del Prado

Titian, The Virgin & Child with SS Anthony of Padua & Roch, ca. 1508, Museo Nacional del Prado

Guerrilla Girls, Election Year Lottery. You Gotta Play to Win (1993), Smith College Museum of Art

Guerrilla Girls, Election Year Lottery. You Gotta Play to Win (1993), Smith College Museum of Art