Bryan Hilley
@bbhilley.bsky.social
art nerd. "eagle-eyed museum worker" - ArtNews. (he/him).
Driving into work and seeing signs saying "De-icing efforts in effect"
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Driving into work and seeing signs saying "De-icing efforts in effect"
Perfect time for SFMOMA and Guggenheim to show Paul Kos's "Sound of Ice Melting" (1970).
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Perfect time for SFMOMA and Guggenheim to show Paul Kos's "Sound of Ice Melting" (1970).
Reposted by Bryan Hilley
Trump looks like that seagull that fell into a vat of curry.
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Trump looks like that seagull that fell into a vat of curry.
Reposted by Bryan Hilley
Since 1986, Don Miller’s 56-foot painting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, has served as a visual portal into the civil rights leader’s life and legacy.
40 Years On, DC Artists Revisit Don Miller's MLK Mural
Since 1986, the 56-foot painting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has served as a visual portal into the civil rights leader’s life and legacy.
hyperallergic.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Since 1986, Don Miller’s 56-foot painting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, has served as a visual portal into the civil rights leader’s life and legacy.
The circle motif reminds me of a Nasca llama bone flute in our collection.
Flute
Nasca (Peru)
(100 BCE-800 CE)
5/8 x 3 3/4 inches
Flute
Nasca (Peru)
(100 BCE-800 CE)
5/8 x 3 3/4 inches
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
The circle motif reminds me of a Nasca llama bone flute in our collection.
Flute
Nasca (Peru)
(100 BCE-800 CE)
5/8 x 3 3/4 inches
Flute
Nasca (Peru)
(100 BCE-800 CE)
5/8 x 3 3/4 inches
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It's always fun when x-radiography and infrared reflectography reveal artists changing their minds, whether adjusting a hand here, refining a profile there, or in this case, reducing the size of a bull's gigantic cobblers: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘Bigger and lower’: bull in Dutch painting once had much larger testicles
Experts at the Mauritshuis in The Hague believe Paulus Potter toned down The Bull to respect 17th-century sensibilities
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM
It's always fun when x-radiography and infrared reflectography reveal artists changing their minds, whether adjusting a hand here, refining a profile there, or in this case, reducing the size of a bull's gigantic cobblers: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Them: "Don't let this distract you from the fact they haven't released all the Epstein files."
Me: "Don't let this distract you that we're six months out and there's no evidence of anyone receiving any of the $ 30,000,000 budget for Trump's 'Garden of Heroes'."
Me: "Don't let this distract you that we're six months out and there's no evidence of anyone receiving any of the $ 30,000,000 budget for Trump's 'Garden of Heroes'."
Is there ANY evidence out there that any of these projects have started?
Is there ANY record of ANYONE receiving funds from this?
Is there ANY record of ANYONE receiving funds from this?
8 months.
Per NEH grant: "The period of performance is the span of time during which you are committed to working on your NEH-supported project. Projects must start October 1, 2025. Statues must be completed and delivered by June 1, 2026."
Per NEH grant: "The period of performance is the span of time during which you are committed to working on your NEH-supported project. Projects must start October 1, 2025. Statues must be completed and delivered by June 1, 2026."
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Them: "Don't let this distract you from the fact they haven't released all the Epstein files."
Me: "Don't let this distract you that we're six months out and there's no evidence of anyone receiving any of the $ 30,000,000 budget for Trump's 'Garden of Heroes'."
Me: "Don't let this distract you that we're six months out and there's no evidence of anyone receiving any of the $ 30,000,000 budget for Trump's 'Garden of Heroes'."
In 2016, UNC unveiled a Nobel Prize medal exhibit honoring the Aziz Sancar and Oliver Smithies.
Both were in attendance with their Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physiology.
Both were in attendance with their Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physiology.
January 16, 2026 at 2:26 AM
In 2016, UNC unveiled a Nobel Prize medal exhibit honoring the Aziz Sancar and Oliver Smithies.
Both were in attendance with their Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physiology.
Both were in attendance with their Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physiology.
Nan Goldin
"Heart-Shaped Bruise, New York City"
(1980)
🏛️ MoMA
"Heart-Shaped Bruise, New York City"
(1980)
🏛️ MoMA
January 14, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Nan Goldin
"Heart-Shaped Bruise, New York City"
(1980)
🏛️ MoMA
"Heart-Shaped Bruise, New York City"
(1980)
🏛️ MoMA
Maurizio Cattelan
"L.O.V.E. [Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità / Freedom, Hatred, Revenge, Eternity]"
(2010)
🏛️ Piazza degli Affari, Milan
"L.O.V.E. [Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità / Freedom, Hatred, Revenge, Eternity]"
(2010)
🏛️ Piazza degli Affari, Milan
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Maurizio Cattelan
"L.O.V.E. [Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità / Freedom, Hatred, Revenge, Eternity]"
(2010)
🏛️ Piazza degli Affari, Milan
"L.O.V.E. [Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità / Freedom, Hatred, Revenge, Eternity]"
(2010)
🏛️ Piazza degli Affari, Milan
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Tired of all those George W. Bush paintings? Here, have some Jimmy Carter paintings. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/a...
The Man From Plains Was Also a Painter
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Tired of all those George W. Bush paintings? Here, have some Jimmy Carter paintings. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/a...
Reposted by Bryan Hilley
I am once again begging museums to put benches/some form of seating in front of videos. It is really just not that hard.
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I am once again begging museums to put benches/some form of seating in front of videos. It is really just not that hard.
Bad Bunny is that kind of museum patron
December 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bad Bunny is that kind of museum patron
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Rest in peace, reina bsky.app/profile/elpa...
🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Muere Cecilia Giménez, la anciana que hizo famoso el Ecce Hommo de Borja social.elpais.com/iav…
Muere Cecilia Giménez, la anciana que hizo famoso el Ecce Hommo de Borja
La mujer ha fallecido en la residencia donde vivía, según ha confirmado el alcalde de la localidad, Eduardo Arilla, a la SER
social.elpais.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rest in peace, reina bsky.app/profile/elpa...
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Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
I'm at the Kennedy Center
I'm at the Trump Center
I'm at the combination Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
I'm at the Trump Center
I'm at the combination Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm at the Kennedy Center
I'm at the Trump Center
I'm at the combination Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
I'm at the Trump Center
I'm at the combination Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
Michael O'Brien
"Rob Reiner"
1988 (printed 2011)
🏛️: National Portrait Gallery
"Rob Reiner"
1988 (printed 2011)
🏛️: National Portrait Gallery
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Michael O'Brien
"Rob Reiner"
1988 (printed 2011)
🏛️: National Portrait Gallery
"Rob Reiner"
1988 (printed 2011)
🏛️: National Portrait Gallery
Our previous Associate Curator Molly Boarati curated a show focusing on the provenance research of one painting from the collection.
It resulted in a new attribution of Joseph Wright of Derby.
It resulted in a new attribution of Joseph Wright of Derby.
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Our previous Associate Curator Molly Boarati curated a show focusing on the provenance research of one painting from the collection.
It resulted in a new attribution of Joseph Wright of Derby.
It resulted in a new attribution of Joseph Wright of Derby.
Yolanda López
"Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?"
(1981)
🏛️: SAAM
"Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?"
(1981)
🏛️: SAAM
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yolanda López
"Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?"
(1981)
🏛️: SAAM
"Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?"
(1981)
🏛️: SAAM
Trump saying he "found" that Roosevelt painting like he's Indiana Jones
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump saying he "found" that Roosevelt painting like he's Indiana Jones
L: Albrecht Dürer
"Melencolia I"
(1514)
🏛️: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
R: Bollards on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis
"Melencolia I"
(1514)
🏛️: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
R: Bollards on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
L: Albrecht Dürer
"Melencolia I"
(1514)
🏛️: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
R: Bollards on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis
"Melencolia I"
(1514)
🏛️: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
R: Bollards on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis
ICE is in Durham. Fuck ICE.
Although Durham officials were not informed of any planned CBP activity, individuals have reported seeing agents in the city, and Nida Allam, who chairs the Durham County Board of Commissioners, said she witnessed three people taken into custody in a Durham shopping center on Avondale Drive.
Federal Agents Are Coming to the Triangle. Here’s What We Know.
Officials say Customs and Border Protection agents are in Raleigh today, and immigrant advocacy groups say they may appear in surrounding areas.
indyweek.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICE is in Durham. Fuck ICE.
In a reversal my bus was on time today. AND the bus is a new model. AND THE SEATS HAVE CHARGERS. 🤯
I waited in the cold on an hourly express bus home. It never made it because of "driver error."
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In a reversal my bus was on time today. AND the bus is a new model. AND THE SEATS HAVE CHARGERS. 🤯