Painting by Henry Kondracki ‘Casablanca at the Cameo’ 2023.
Oil on canvas. Size 102 x 122 cm.

Morning all.

Photographer Clémentine Schneidermann and stylist Charlotte James
‘Little Ghosts', Merthyr Tydfil, 2018.
www.lensculture.com/articles/cle...

A former Hampshire county council Tory leader who claimed more than £15,000 in allowances over six months – despite failing to attend meetings in that period – has won a ceremonial honour for “dedication and hard work”.

Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation

Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.

Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.

No govt targets to cut poverty.

1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

An image of the White House with a huge white Ku Klux Klan hood on the roof. Crowds with lit torches stand in front of the White House and the night sky is filled with storm clouds and a lightning bolt. A sign saying ‘Free Candy’ is superimposed onto part of the White House building.

The true horror this #Halloween

official museum photo of the object It’s the cat house from Tim Burton’s A Nightmare Before Christmas! Original movie prop from a stop-motion animated film. Model of a spooky grey house in the shape of a seated cat with curled tail.

For #NationalCatDay + bonus #Halloween vibes 🐱🎃
Tim Burton (USA, b.1958)
#Cat House from The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
Painted styrofoam & plaster, electrical components
41 x 15 x 35 in (104.1 x 38.1 x 88.9 cm)
McNay Art Museum TL1994.4.1.2
collection.mcnayart.org/objects/1019...
#CatsInArt

This relly made me giggle! 👌

Painting of a hedgehog under a thin branch walking to the left against a gold background

Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - mini paintings inspired by local wildlife #womensart

Any more takers? The blinds and seat and Valleys Shit Hole are sold

Was pretty stunned to come across these Paul Nash trees yesterday

Private Eye Annual 2025 OUT TOMORROW!

Listed by Waterstones among their Favourite Festive Funnies 🎄

➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/books/annual

Statue in bronze of a woman holding a banner in front of her reading 'Courage calls to courage everywhere'

Gillian Wearing’s statue of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett, 2018, Parliament Square, London. The words are a quote from Fawcett on the death of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, killed when walking in front of the King’s horse at the Derby,1913, to highlight the women's cause.

Halloween Pumpkins: A Global Guide

From the new Private Eye, out now.

YouTube video by Obase-Aboli Obase-Aboli Premiers his balafone ensemble in Mocho at the UJHASUMA AFRICA Music festival

What a liberating morning of music and dance from Pan African musician Obase-Aboli and Ujhasuma Africa Community

The moment Obase’s wife Emilie started dancing to his balafon, which influenced the development of the western xylophone, we were transported to more soulful climes

youtu.be/E7-9M-2aXLA

Photograph of Lianne Marie yoga studio on Cross Keys Mews, St Neots.

Typically I’m an owl, not a lark

Yet arriving to #yoga in the dark of the morning and leaving to the blue skies of a new day could just change that

So very #grateful to be able to begin my working day in this way

#SelfCare

#LianneMarieYoga #StNeots

No one wants a last minute gift for a loved one's Halloween? Forget stale old Christmas!

Morning all.

Photographer John Bulmer ‘Nelson 2’ 1960.
hymancollection.org/artists/229-...

Billboard on a street featuring Freddie Mercury performing on stage and the words “Thank God for immigrants” are written below the image. A woman stands below looking up at the billboard.

Hear, hear

To say that Keir Starmer is the worst leader in the Labour Party's history is being generous to him...

I agree, Stop The Boats

Bloody oligarchs coming over 'ere on their mega yachts, stealing our public assets, influencing our government, exploiting our work force, dumping their waste into our rivers & expecting the tax payer to foot the bill for their billion pound government contracts & bail outs

A queen white tailed bumblebee against a background of gold painted on an antique folding French triptych

A grey damp morning the sky an emulsion matt and heavy. I am remembering the Queen bees now in their winter nest secretly slumbering in a state of suspended readiness for all the flowers of next spring. The bluebells the Honeysuckle hedges. The Golden bees of all our tomorrows hidden like Roman gold

It's not just immigrants he hates.
It's women.
It's poor people.
It's Disabled People.
He even hates the people who vote for him, just like Trump.

Fab x

Fab x

Photograph of a closed window blind with the sun shining through the gaps, casting shadows on a table and chair.

I’ll take this one, please, Jon.

I’ll add it to my growing Pountney collection.

Diolch yn fawr iawn.

TEST PRINTS FOR SALE. All A3 and on Hahnemuhle paper, some may have very light marks but they all look very presentable. Test prints for an upcoming show in the main, so a little piece of Jon Pountney history 😮😂. £50 each, comment if interested

Portrait of a black woman painted in blue, red, orange, yellow, pink, white and black.

Painting of the eyes and nose of a young brown woman with the colours of green, orange, yellow and blue reflected in her irises.

Pencil drawing in grey and white of a prison landing. On the floor are written the words, NOT EVERYONE MAKES DECISIONS, REACTS TO CIRCUMSTANCES OR DEALS WITH THEIR ISSUES THE SAME. IF YOU’VE MADE BAD CHOICES GRAVE OR SMALL DO YOU FOREFIT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT RIGHT OR BETTER? PRISON IS THE BIGGEST WASTE OF HUMAN POTENTIAL AND A WASTED CHANCE TO TURN FLAWED POPLE INTO A BENEFIT TO SOCIETY. OR LEAVE US TO ROT FOR THE REAPER? In the corner of the painting is the bottom of the cloak of the grim reaper.

Illustration of a grey robot holding a pink balloon. The grey backdrop is splattered with paint in red, yellow, orange and black.

The #artwork featured at the @zahidmubarektrust.bsky.social conference on race was every bit as thought provoking as the words spoken during the workshops

Seeing the talent of people in secure settings always makes me think how much society has failed; that we didn’t nurture this #creativity sooner

A (Much) Closer Look at Christina’s World | Magazine | MoMA See Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting as never before: through the eyes of a conservation photographer.

www.moma.org/magazine/art... Not read it all, but this looks a very interesting article

The Eye’s run-in with security forces

From the latest episode of Page 94, recorded live at Cheltenham Literature Festival

An ermine moth on an oak leaf

Today’s #1000postcards is one of my favourite moths. The Ermine reminds me of the black and white costumes , from the scene at the races, in the film My Fair Lady. So elegant! and a really fiddly one to paint