“His Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence was cut out of its frame in Palermo by mafiosi; a shady Swiss dealer was ready to slice the canvas into pieces, the better to sell on the black market, until he unrolled it and (reputedly) burst into tears.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Side view of a small lacewing standing on a pale surface. The lacewing has long antennae stretched out in front and wings that are a brownish grey with a delicate pattern across them
Such a beautiful, delicate lacewing, seen in early February in the Perth Hills. I think is one of the Beaded Lacewings (Family Berothidae) but I'm not sure of the species.
#ausinverts #wildoz #Neuroptera #lacewing #inaturalist #nature
Happy birthday John Cale. We’re glad you’re still with us ❤️
youtu.be/yjhEMGMf5_Y
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekIforInteriors
The incredible Italian Chapel
Lamb Holm, Orkney
Built and decorated by Italian prisoners of war during
WW2.
Top view of a moth with cream forewings speckled trees and black marks. The hindwings are showing, white with black marks at the edges
Utetheisa sp.
The best of the visitors to the moth light in our Perth Hills garden tonight was this this lovely Utetheisa sp. moth (likely U. pulchelloides). First time seeing this moth resting with its hindwings visible.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Yasumasa Morimura at the Luhring Augustine gallery, through March 28th.
www.luhringaugustine.com/exhibitions/...
Édouard Vuillard, The Newspaper, 1896-98, showing a woman reading a newspaper in a decorated interior
If I were to recommend only a single exhibition in NYC right now it wouldn't be a big, splashy museum presentation but rather a small, ravishing show of Édouard Vuillard's early interiors at Skarstedt in Chelsea. Absolutely stupendous. Open through April 25 (thread) www.skarstedt.com/exhibitions/...
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Many thanks to @gaofnyc.bsky.social for nominating EVG for a 2026 GANYC Apple Award in the "Outstanding NYC Website" category. We're honored to be included in the mix with 2 excellent sites — OldNYC and Little Kid Big City. The awards ceremony is on Monday evening.
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Saw this at MoMA in 2025 & now it’s playing at IFC & Film at Lincoln Center. Stunning.
theplaylist.net/pompei-below...
The Clarendon Building at twilight featuring its coloumns and a muse figure on the roof. The statute appears to be holding up the full moon, creating an optical illusion.
The perfect spot at the perfect time!
Thank you for this fantastic picture of the Clarendon Building, Kshitij Mohan 👏
📸 | kshitijmohan.oxford (Instagram)
Blue plaque for Derek Jarman, Shad Thames. #WallsOnWednesday
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The remains of the Tudor jetty at Greenwich. #Woodensday
04.03.2026 07:24 — 👍 50 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0Landscape ecological restoration. It can be done but we need to get a move on. This is Carrifran where the sheep were removed to allow this native woodland to take over.
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CNN: More than 1,000 civilians killed in Iran since war began, rights group reports By Helen Regan More than 1,000 people, including children, have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). The rights group said as of Tuesday afternoon ET, at least 1,097 civilians had been killed, including 181 children. More than 5,400 civilians, including 100 children, have been injured, HRANA reported. The group said its report is preliminary and is veritying hundreds more reported deaths.
At least 1,097 civilians had been killed in Iran so far, including 181 children.
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the archangel forthwith opened all his seals and vials—devoting the ship and all hands to unconditional perdition
What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing.
03.03.2026 16:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You don't have to speak Swedish to apply, but you do have to be workably fluent in 2 years. #histSTM 🗃️
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#UK: We've sent a letter to Yvette Cooper expressing deep concern that funding for the BBC World Service is due to run out at the end of March.
We urge the government to confirm a long-term funding arrangement to ensure their vital work continues ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/02/the-...
b&w photo of a chicken coop on a balcony with a woman bending into the coop and a small dog leaping up to it
Tending a chicken coop on a balcony high up on a Parisian building in the 9th arrondissement in 1917 (@gallicabnf.bsky.social, @labnf.bsky.social) 🗃️
27.02.2026 05:17 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Beautiful dog, wonderful name!
I recently made the acquaintance of a dog called Onions …
Josephine Baker, 1951 CSU Archives | Everett Collection
Josephine Baker, 1951
CSU Archives | Everett Collection
He (Caligula) introduced new taxes to fund his extravagances, and ‘there was no category of object on which he failed to levy a tariff.’ In exchange he refused to fulfil even the basic social contract of bread and circuses.”
02.03.2026 14:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ida. Paweł Pawlikowski. 2014.
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The phantoms, for so they then seemed, were flitting on the other side of the deck, and, with a noiseless celerity, were casting loose the tackles and bands of the boat which swung there.
A medieval dragon for St. David’s Day - decoration from the 15th century chancel screen at Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire. 📸 My own. #StDavidsDay #CrowlandAbbey
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Yes, excellent on Updike & the era.
So many of those Updike letters … 🤮
Immerse yourself in Canto VI of Listening All Night to the Rain, by the great John Akomfrah.
At the Lisson Gallery, into April.
www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/...
Loved that store. Was just thinking about it the other day.
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