Michael Lobel

Cartoon-like ad for Canadian airline Porter with text, "Fly non-stop to Ottawa" and image of a cartoon raccoon (I guess it's a raccoon?) taking a photo of Louise Bourgeois's sculpture "Maman" outside of the National Gallery of Canada

Don't think I would have foreseen a Canadian airline using a Louise Bourgeois sculpture in its advertising, but if your cartoon raccoon mascot wants to take a photo of a contemporary artwork I'm here for it

Painter's dropcloth with drips and spatters reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock painting

The painters here @huntercollege.bsky.social are doing some work on nearby offices and I have to say I'm kind of loving this #AccidentalJacksonPollock

#OnThisDay in 1985, @newyorker.com published this stunning illustration by Eugene Mihaesco titled “City Walkways in the Sky,” depicting Hunter College’s iconic Skybridge over 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. #TheMoreYouKnow #HunterPride 💜 ✨️ 🌟

Cartoon-like ad for Canadian airline Porter with text, "Fly non-stop to Ottawa" and image of a cartoon raccoon (I guess it's a raccoon?) taking a photo of Louise Bourgeois's sculpture "Maman" outside of the National Gallery of Canada

Don't think I would have foreseen a Canadian airline using a Louise Bourgeois sculpture in its advertising, but if your cartoon raccoon mascot wants to take a photo of a contemporary artwork I'm here for it

Thanks for sharing!

Simple black and white drawing of a cat, who's looking out at us, adorably

One more adorable cat illustration by Félix Vallotton, from Der bunte Vogel von achtzehnhundertundsiebenundneunzig, 1896 archive.org/details/voge...

Painting of a stage-like setting with a spotlight on the ground, in which appear a tiger laying on a clown. They seem to be kind of chilling together I guess, although it could be viewed in a more sinister way, not sure

Today's mood: Wayne Thiebaud, "Clown & Beast," 2018-19

How I arrived on Bluesky

Artwork by Lutz Bacher: a B&W photo of Marlon Brando with added text, "Every night fifty million women get into bed to masturbate, thinking of sex with Marlon Brando"

Lutz Bacher, "Jokes (Brando)," 1987-88

Painting of a stack of books, including an art book on Degas

Wayne Thiebaud, "Stack of Books," 1991-92

Painting of a stage-like setting with a spotlight on the ground, in which appear a tiger laying on a clown. They seem to be kind of chilling together I guess, although it could be viewed in a more sinister way, not sure

Today's mood: Wayne Thiebaud, "Clown & Beast," 2018-19

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diagram showing how a film set might simulate an underwater view, with the arrangement (from left to right) of a film camera, an aquarium, a woman dressed as a mermaid, and three sheets

my article on Georges Méliès and aquariums—the first thing published from my dissertation—is now out open access at @jcmsjournal.bsky.social!!

read on to see how fairy tale grottoes, Jules Verne's science fiction, and water infrastructure are all connected!!!

quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/i...

YouTube video by Architectural Digest 'The Pitt' Star Noah Wyle Visits His Grandmother's Museum | Architectural Digest

TIL actor Noah Wyle's grandmother Edith founded the Craft & Folk Art Museum (now known as the Craft Contemporary) in Los Angeles

-First things first, congrats- this is such wonderful news!!🥳

-Also, just curious: did the onboarding process involve them showing you plentiful Alf hog pictures..?

Art historian dipping in to ask, where did you go for your MFA? Just curious-

Fellow writers, colleagues, comrades, are you seeking a writing fellowship? Let me invite you to apply for the 2026 Artlab Editorial Fellowship. artlab.hyundai.com/editorial/20...

Francis Bacon, Head of a Man, 1960 www.francis-bacon.com/artworks/pai...

I'd really like to know if their "free course" is being funded- perhaps by an AI company..?

Large painting wrapping around three walls of a gallery that intersperses images of a military fighter jet with consumer imagery including a girl under a hairdryer, light bulbs, a cake, and spaghetti

Detail of a painting including girl under a hair dryer, light bulbs, nuclear explosion, and parts of a fighter jet

In 1964-65, Pop artist James Rosenquist painted an 86-foot-long depiction of the F-111, one of newest fighter jets at the time, interspersing it with consumer imagery to comment on the military-industrial complex. Now on view at MoMA; might be a good time to revisit it www.moma.org/collection/w...

A metal plaque with raised lettering spelling out the phrase, "In a dream you saw a way to survive and your were full of joy."

Jenny Holzer, Untitled ("In a Dream..."), from The Survival Series, 1983–85

From the MoMA website: "F-111 was painted in the middle of one of the most turbulent decades in US history." I just read that and thought, "Buddy, you ain't seen nothing yet"

Book cover: James Rosenquist: Pop Art, Politics, and History in the 1960s

I devoted a chapter to the F-111 in my book on Rosenquist, Pop art and politics in the 1960s www.amazon.com/James-Rosenq...

Large painting wrapping around three walls of a gallery that intersperses images of a military fighter jet with consumer imagery including a girl under a hairdryer, light bulbs, a cake, and spaghetti

Detail of a painting including girl under a hair dryer, light bulbs, nuclear explosion, and parts of a fighter jet

In 1964-65, Pop artist James Rosenquist painted an 86-foot-long depiction of the F-111, one of newest fighter jets at the time, interspersing it with consumer imagery to comment on the military-industrial complex. Now on view at MoMA; might be a good time to revisit it www.moma.org/collection/w...

Text: Bring AI writing to life with the industry leader in humanization

Clear that these people aren't able to comprehend what "humanization" might actually mean www.grammarly.com/ai-humanizer

lololol- this just came up for me on Youtube. "Add warmth, sincerity, & nuance to your writing" by using a mechanical device. We really are living in the dumbest - and most dispiriting - timeline

"He's proven himself one of the most deceitful frauds in US history." How did he not realize this already like 8-10 years ago? And people think this guy is smart?? What a maroon