Judith Barr
@jebarr.bsky.social
@J_E_Barr at the other place. City of Angels.
#Provenance with a dash of Pleistocene. Collector of images of dealer stamps and stickers. Bad photos of good art & all opinions strictly my own. #jhuprovenance
#Provenance with a dash of Pleistocene. Collector of images of dealer stamps and stickers. Bad photos of good art & all opinions strictly my own. #jhuprovenance
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An amazing 5th C bronze cauldron now going on display after 10 years of restoration and research
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france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/au...
January 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM
An amazing 5th C bronze cauldron now going on display after 10 years of restoration and research
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/au...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/au...
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More images and a link to the video of the press conference last Monday (in Italian) here. #archaeology 🏺 #architecture #Vitruvius
www.centrostudivitruviani.org/studi/la-bas...
www.centrostudivitruviani.org/studi/la-bas...
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 AM
More images and a link to the video of the press conference last Monday (in Italian) here. #archaeology 🏺 #architecture #Vitruvius
www.centrostudivitruviani.org/studi/la-bas...
www.centrostudivitruviani.org/studi/la-bas...
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Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Here are the signs the Trump administration removed from Independence Park
Following last year’s review, every sign has been removed from the President’s House site.
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
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I just discovered that this bird - the Gloster Canary - exits and it has changed me.
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I just discovered that this bird - the Gloster Canary - exits and it has changed me.
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Also a question for the #ArtHistory bsky crowd...
#hpbio, #histbio, #philbio, 🐋🌱, 🌱🐋 friends, anyone know of an artistic/historical study of the changing placements of the Owen/Darwin/Huxley statues in the @nhm-london.bsky.social @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social? 1/2
January 20, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Also a question for the #ArtHistory bsky crowd...
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Woof!
De Sario et al. 2026 The dog domestication: new ichnological (footprint) evidence from the Upper Palaeolithic of the Bàsura cave (NW Italy)
"Human and canid tracks in Grotta della Bàsura date to ∼14,400 cal yr BP." 🏺🦣🐶https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125005177
De Sario et al. 2026 The dog domestication: new ichnological (footprint) evidence from the Upper Palaeolithic of the Bàsura cave (NW Italy)
"Human and canid tracks in Grotta della Bàsura date to ∼14,400 cal yr BP." 🏺🦣🐶https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125005177
January 20, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Woof!
De Sario et al. 2026 The dog domestication: new ichnological (footprint) evidence from the Upper Palaeolithic of the Bàsura cave (NW Italy)
"Human and canid tracks in Grotta della Bàsura date to ∼14,400 cal yr BP." 🏺🦣🐶https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125005177
De Sario et al. 2026 The dog domestication: new ichnological (footprint) evidence from the Upper Palaeolithic of the Bàsura cave (NW Italy)
"Human and canid tracks in Grotta della Bàsura date to ∼14,400 cal yr BP." 🏺🦣🐶https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125005177
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museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
museums are cool because the people who work there are like look at this neat thing and you're like wow that is neat and you just do it over and over again until it is time to go
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Looted libraries : Politics, Memory, and German- Polish Entanglements
@European Review of Books: europeanreviewofbooks.com/looted-libra...
@European Review of Books: europeanreviewofbooks.com/looted-libra...
Looted libraries - The European Review of Books
« In both countries, it has left the government officials grappling with an extremely delicate and complex issue. Why is it so difficult to move forward? »
europeanreviewofbooks.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Looted libraries : Politics, Memory, and German- Polish Entanglements
@European Review of Books: europeanreviewofbooks.com/looted-libra...
@European Review of Books: europeanreviewofbooks.com/looted-libra...
Kabul Caravan in Virginia as a kid: sweet and tangy kadoo boorani, flaky elephant ear pastry that felt bigger than me, tea in the most beautiful cups. Afghani food is so, so lovely and there should be any of it within 100 miles of me now 😭
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Kabul Caravan in Virginia as a kid: sweet and tangy kadoo boorani, flaky elephant ear pastry that felt bigger than me, tea in the most beautiful cups. Afghani food is so, so lovely and there should be any of it within 100 miles of me now 😭
Annoyingly, sometimes L.A. is perfect
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Annoyingly, sometimes L.A. is perfect
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No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 17, 2026 at 4:44 AM
No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Throwback to 2016 exclusively because I personally would like more excuses to hang out at parties as Medusa and talking up Smilodon, 2026, let’s bring this back
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Throwback to 2016 exclusively because I personally would like more excuses to hang out at parties as Medusa and talking up Smilodon, 2026, let’s bring this back
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Rian Johnson threw Storm on the Sea of Galilee (stolen from the Gardner) in Wake Up Dead Man. I really thought it was going to be a plot point later in the movie.
January 16, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Rian Johnson threw Storm on the Sea of Galilee (stolen from the Gardner) in Wake Up Dead Man. I really thought it was going to be a plot point later in the movie.
Provenance-adjacent in the broader field of collecting— a cool temporary curator role at UCL:
www.ucl.ac.uk/creative-cul...
www.ucl.ac.uk/creative-cul...
UCL 200 Curator in Residence: The Future of Collecting
The UCL Culture Lab, in collaboration with the Urban Room, is inviting applications for a Curator in Residence: The Future of Collecting.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Provenance-adjacent in the broader field of collecting— a cool temporary curator role at UCL:
www.ucl.ac.uk/creative-cul...
www.ucl.ac.uk/creative-cul...
Provenance Research Day is returning in April for the 8th year! Submit your event and research plans and see the CFP here: www.linkedin.com/posts/proven...
Call for Participation Provenance Research Day 2026 | Provenance Research Day of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V.
+++ #CallforParticipation #ProvenanceResearchDay 2026 +++
📣 Please spread the word! The 8th Provenance Research Day is approaching, and registration is open until ⏰ 8 April 2026 🗓️
💻 If you would l...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Provenance Research Day is returning in April for the 8th year! Submit your event and research plans and see the CFP here: www.linkedin.com/posts/proven...
Provenance at the Peabody, and yes, there’s a whole diagram annotating the stickers on the bottom, so you know I’m a fan. Plus, it‘s a #provenanceonview exhibition! peabody.harvard.edu/reconstructi...?
(re)Constructing an Object's Story | Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
While the term provenance in museums often refers to a record of an object’s ownership history, provenance should tell a broader story. It is a biography, the story of an object’s life. Where did it o...
peabody.harvard.edu
January 16, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Provenance at the Peabody, and yes, there’s a whole diagram annotating the stickers on the bottom, so you know I’m a fan. Plus, it‘s a #provenanceonview exhibition! peabody.harvard.edu/reconstructi...?
A holistic look at provenance at the V&A, and some interesting #provenanceonview examples
January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
A holistic look at provenance at the V&A, and some interesting #provenanceonview examples
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For anyone who wants to see some lesser known old pictures of Los Angeles in *checks notes* Santa Barbara do I have a museum for you!
Ansel Adams' Photos of Pre-War Los Angeles Feature in New Exhibit
Adams' work wasn't all mountains and rivers.
petapixel.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
For anyone who wants to see some lesser known old pictures of Los Angeles in *checks notes* Santa Barbara do I have a museum for you!
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Our @antiquaries.bsky.social Low Ham book (myself, Roger Leech and @thepostexcox.bsky.social ) is now available OA - library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... - the first synthetic publication of one of Britannia's largest villas, with reports on strat, finds, & enviro remains, & fully contextualised. 1/10
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Our @antiquaries.bsky.social Low Ham book (myself, Roger Leech and @thepostexcox.bsky.social ) is now available OA - library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... - the first synthetic publication of one of Britannia's largest villas, with reports on strat, finds, & enviro remains, & fully contextualised. 1/10
A true joy to see so many papers at #aiascs by past professors, interns, and friends. A whole session on the wonder of Roman art! Provenance! Museums from all over!
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
A true joy to see so many papers at #aiascs by past professors, interns, and friends. A whole session on the wonder of Roman art! Provenance! Museums from all over!