A cartoon of a man in a suit pointing and laughing at an abstract painting with the caption НА НА WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? In the next panel, the painting angrily points back at the shocked man with the caption WHAT DO YOU REPRESENT?

Things I found on my laptop, an occasional series

[Ad Reinhardt, How to Look at Modern Art in America (detail), 1946]

Great news! The Baltimore Museum of Art is taking “Amy Sherald: American Sublime,” which was originally scheduled to take place at the National Portrait Gallery. artbma.org/exhibition/a...

My photo of the James Charnley House (1890-92) with the entryway mosaic fireplace, matching arches on either side, and a carved newel post next to the bottom of the staircase.

My photo of the James Charnley House (1890-92) with the oak wood screen made of tapered spindles which highlights the third floor staircase behind it. It is surrounded by carved wood recessed square panels. The space glows due to the skylight directly above it.

My photo of the James Charnley House (1890-92) with a large arched door, completely open, connecting it with the entry hallway. Notice the repeater arches throughout the space, all made of quarter sawn oak.

My photo of the James Charnley House (1890-92) and its outdoor wooden balcony. The door has a repeated circle motif.

My interior pics of the James Charnley House (1892) taken over the years. It’s the only Sullivan-designed building that offers regular guided public tours. I feel like Louis Sullivan’s shortchanged when it comes to his own work. Once you know his style, you can see his hands all over the design imo.

You know what never gets old? People in inflatable t-rex suits visiting t-rex skeletons in museums

Sandwich man posters next to Dupont circle metro stop

Outside Dupont north metro

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

The last photo was a jump scare

Absolutely abhorrent that this wasn’t being done in the first place

A grid of black-and-white, often askew photos of buildings and kids and a horse-drawn carriage.

Turns out the 1940s NYC Tax Department photographs (by WPA photogs) include outtakes, and they are so wonderful! 1940s.nyc/outtakes

*sigh* My local cvs would at least call you back after listening to your message but they never picked the phone up. Anyway they closed, and now I use the local pharmacy which isn’t as automated, but at least they pick up the phone.

Embarrassingly, it’s the first time I’ve taken a serious look at it despite living near it for a couple months and passing it constantly as a kid. There’s no trace of the spa and jewelry store that were once there, but I hope that given how much time has passed that the owners retired comfortably.

Martin Wong’s Canal Street was first exhibited in his 1993 show Chinatown USA, and is currently on view at the New York Historical Society. Naturally, I had to go down there and see how the building has changed. #contemporaryart #painting #artwork

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics.

IG nytimes

I have a necklace too! Shout out to Gem Corps

Ohhh.. time to start watching

I was kind of disappointed too. I mean I definitely felt the last one

One of the Met’s copyists drawing Ugolino and His Sons by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Truly, it’s the racism.

This homongi (semi-formal kimono) made from chirimen crepe silk, features dramatic wave motifs executed in a sophisticated monochromatic palette of white and gray against a deep black background. 1960-1980

VectorStock image of a drawn guillotine with the subtitle "Guillotine Execution Device Royalty Free Vector Image"

royalty free, exactly

This ratty old door mat has been here since before we moved in and I keep meaning to throw it out. But the bobcat kittens loved it so much I think I'll keep it just for them. 🤣

This is soo beautiful! I’m filled with a weird desire to bite it though. It reminds me of those rock candy lollipops

Artist Cleverly Turns Manhole Cover Into a Waffle Maker for a 3D Chalk-Drawn Possum and Squirrel Artist David Zinn cleverly turned a cement-smeared manhole cover into a waffle iron for a 3D chalk-drawn possum and squirrel.

Artist Cleverly Turns Manhole Cover Into a Waffle Maker for a 3D Chalk-Drawn Possum and Squirrel laughingsquid.com/manhole-cove...

#NYRBWomen25 I imagine all of the aunts looking like they came from a Leonora Carrington painting.

“That might be fun if my aunts hadn’t all been dressed in black ever since I’d known them, and if they didn’t give a person the impression of being accompanied by black ghosts.” (p39)

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'S-s-s-spoon' ~ This was the first spoon I carved in the 'Snake series', carved in Lacewood.

The other 'Squiggle' spoon isn't really a snake spoon but kind of looks like one. I forget the wood type.

#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #design #woodworking #sculpture #whimsical #wood 🐍🥄

Baroque printmaker Hendrick Goltzius made this strikingly detailed #engraving of his own right hand that was maimed in a childhood fire. He was unable to fully extend his fingers.

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I highly respect any artist that has the means to push back against this administration for doing so even at the expense of their own career. It’s really a pity the DMV won’t get to see this show though, especially given the high percentage of African Americans residing there.

Amy Sherald’s current retrospective won’t be making it to the Smithsonian as she’s canceled it after learning that her take on a transgender Statue of Liberty may not have been shown to avoid provoking the dictator in chief. #contemporaryart #artwork

Housing First skeptics hate this one weird trick