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Arts journalist/art critic Member AICA-USA Awards @ NY Press Club, Press Club LI, NYPA. Regular contributor to Newsday. Bylines Observer OurTownNYC TheChief WomanAroundTown LIPulse

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · Mar 28

That's what they say, left
My response, right
#womenartists

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 12h

So interesting

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 13h

RIP Diane Keaton- such sad news, what an incredible talent. You probably didn't know she collected clown paintings by amateur artists, eventually publishing an entire book devoted to them

Diane Keaton surrounded by clown paintings

Book cover, Clown Paintings by Diane Keaton

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Michael @mdstamper.bsky.social · 13h

“The Soldier’s Wife” by Elizabeth Cann (Canadian) – Oil on canvas / 1941 – Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax) #WomenInArt #WomenArtists #WomensArt #CanadianArtist #1940s #ArtGalleryofNovaScotia #BlueskyArt #art #artText #artwork #ElizabethCann #femaleartist #portraitofawoman #WWIIart #ArtoftheDay

Painted in 1941, at the height of the Second World War, “The Soldier’s Wife” stands apart from most Canadian war art of its time. Rather than glorifying conflict, artist Elizabeth Cann portrays emotional endurance through the invisible labor of love, longing, and survival during war. Halifax-born and trained at Mount Allison Ladies’ College, Cann taught art while painting portraits and scenes rooted in everyday experience. Here, she gives voice to women who bore war’s weight privately, at kitchen tables and in silence.

A woman sits in a small room cradling a mixing bowl in her lap. She wears a deep plum-colored top with long sleeves and a delicate brooch pinned at her neckline. Her light brown hair is neatly swept back, exposing her pale face deep in thought. The rosy-beige floral wallpaper presses close around her, amplifying the intimacy of the scene. A wall calendar to her right quietly signals time’s passage. The woman’s posture bends slightly forward, her shoulders sloping with weariness; her gaze, cast downward, drifts inward rather than outward. A handkerchief rests beside her, and her fingers hover loosely over the bowl’s rim, as though she has paused mid-task. The room’s warmth contrasts the cool tension of her expression, capturing the stillness and sorrow of waiting.

Art historian Laura Brandon notes that such works “transform domestic interiors into sites of psychological drama.” The woman’s identity remains unknown allowing her anonymity to represent the countless women left “behind” during war, suspended between hope and fear. Through quiet composition and empathy, Cann captures a different heroism: the courage to wait, to keep faith, and to endure the unseen.

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 2d

So many wonderful works to see. Thanks for sharing the link!

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

In the event, Dod Procter's evocative painting "Girl in her Petticoat" was the standout of the Bonhams online auction "Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women." It soared past its estimate of £15,000–£25,000 to achieve a result of £406,800 - a new auction record for the artist.

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 2d

She did more for art than for literature.

Gertrude Stein
#womenartists

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

Was Gertrude Stein a Genius? A New Biography Makes the Case.

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 3d

Sally Avery, Autumn Hills, 1988

#womenartists

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 4d

Indigo and the Art of Quiltmaking
Taft Museum of Art
Oct 4, 2025–Jan 11, 2026 | Fifth Third Gallery
www.taftmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

The quilts on view showcase a range of indigo dyeing techniques as well as the skill, design sensibility, and artistry of the women who made them.

Indigo and the Art of Quiltmaking | Taft Museum of Art

This exhibition presents twenty quilts created between the early 1800s and 2015, featuring fabric in shades of blue ranging from pale sky to inky midnight. These dreamy hues come from indigo, an ancie...

www.taftmuseum.org

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 4d

In this week's Art Insider for @kcrw.com I write about how Los Angeles is a punk zine but the Hammer's biennial feels more like a well-mannered faculty cocktail.
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A black and white photograph by Pat O'Neill shows a car that has crashed into an embankment with a palm tree.

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 4d

Some autumnal pears from Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670)

#womenartists

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 4d

Great performances, all free, thanks to
@lincolncenter.bsky.social - my latest for Chelsea News

www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/fu...

Fun, Fabulous and Free at Lincoln Center Arts Festival

A “Festival of Firsts” is coming back to Lincoln center this October. It’s a multidisciplinary celebration of music, theater, art, and performances that meld, s...

www.ourtownny.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 5d

Woman's cloth, Ewe people, eastern Ghana or south-west Togo, 240 x 152 cm. cotton, mid-20th century

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 4d

National Book Award finalist. Amazing!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...

Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards

www.nytimes.com

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 4d

Did you know that a flock of hummingbirds is called a "bouquet?"

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 4d

Beautiful documentary on Celmins just aired on LI's ALL ARTS station ⭐

Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 4d

Vija Celmins, Drypoint—Ocean Surface (Between First & Second State), 1985 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 6d

Rosa Bonheur and her pet lioness

#womenartists

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 6d

News from the garden

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 6d

Love the signature

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 7d

Perfect edges and circles: Oranges, watermelon, boxes of sweets, all surrounding that white jar. Another beauty from Luis Egidio Meléndez, whose day has been today.

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 8d

“I follow the rules until I go against them all.”
- Helen Frankenthaler

#womenartists

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 10d

Test your knowledge of the infamous exhibition that launched Impressionism and the artworks it inspired, from paintings of water lilies to ballerina sculptures made with real human hair.

The Art Crossword: Impressionism Edition

Start fall right with “Water Lilies,” ballerina sculptures, an American artist in Paris, and more clues about the beloved movement.

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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 10d

A major survey of the 17th-century painter Michaelina Wautier opened yesterday at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. In 2018, Katlijne Van der Stighelen wrote about curating the first ever exhibition dedicated to the Flemish artist

‘Doing justice to an artist no one knows is quite an undertaking’

The first exhibition devoted to the Flemish painter Michaelina Wautier has been a 25-year-long labour of love for its curator

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 11d

Brilliant #womenartists get their due.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/a...

The Dutch Masters Were Women, Too

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 12d

You're right! Oh well...

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 13d

Graciela Iturbide
First NY retrospective coming to
@icphotography.bsky.social
this year

#womenartists

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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 14d

‘It has never awarded degrees or diplomas of any kind, not even grades. Instead it has worked to broaden access to art education and maintains an open admissions policy’ – Morgan Falconer on the Art Students League in New York

In praise of New York’s most egalitarian art school

The Art Students League of New York has trained many a great painter and is still going strong on its 150th anniversary, writes Morgan Falconer

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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 14d

Here's why Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is one of my heroes 💪

(Bottom left in the picture) 😁

observer.com/2024/11/wome...

These Are the Women Who Founded Some of New York’s Greatest Art Museums

Think of a favorite work of art you’ve seen in New York, and there’s a good chance it was brought to you by a woman.

observer.com

mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 14d

Love this painting, but nowhere near as much as I love Gertrude 😍