@mgregorywriter.bsky.social
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
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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For more on the woman who designed it and the one who restored and installed it, a beautiful Met video
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdW...
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdW...
February 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
For more on the woman who designed it and the one who restored and installed it, a beautiful Met video
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdW...
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdW...
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2/2 Portrait of a bull mastiff, painted by Guercino, dog painter. Also famed for painting some other things, but dogs are best!
February 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
2/2 Portrait of a bull mastiff, painted by Guercino, dog painter. Also famed for painting some other things, but dogs are best!
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It's official! 😍
The Italian government acquired the small, double-sided Antonello da Messina panel which was withdrawn from Sotheby's an hour before the sale started. According to rumors, the funds were provided by a private benefactor, which is unique for Italy. Bravo Italia! 🎉
The Italian government acquired the small, double-sided Antonello da Messina panel which was withdrawn from Sotheby's an hour before the sale started. According to rumors, the funds were provided by a private benefactor, which is unique for Italy. Bravo Italia! 🎉
February 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
It's official! 😍
The Italian government acquired the small, double-sided Antonello da Messina panel which was withdrawn from Sotheby's an hour before the sale started. According to rumors, the funds were provided by a private benefactor, which is unique for Italy. Bravo Italia! 🎉
The Italian government acquired the small, double-sided Antonello da Messina panel which was withdrawn from Sotheby's an hour before the sale started. According to rumors, the funds were provided by a private benefactor, which is unique for Italy. Bravo Italia! 🎉
Plus a monkey 🐒
Sir Thomas More and his family. Fantastic study for (alas!) now lost painting by Hans Holbein. So unusual as a family portrait, but then, this family was unusual too. Today is Thomas More's day.
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Plus a monkey 🐒
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Today Christie's sold Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria for $5.7M, setting new auction record for the artist.
Artemisia featured prominently in auction news in 2025, too; see
Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
artherstory.net/early-modern...
Artemisia featured prominently in auction news in 2025, too; see
Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
artherstory.net/early-modern...
February 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Today Christie's sold Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria for $5.7M, setting new auction record for the artist.
Artemisia featured prominently in auction news in 2025, too; see
Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
artherstory.net/early-modern...
Artemisia featured prominently in auction news in 2025, too; see
Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
artherstory.net/early-modern...
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©Yucel Basoglu
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
©Yucel Basoglu
Such a powerful essay from Judith Mann
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The Priceless Legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi
A Curator's Perspective
by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog
artherstory.net/the-priceles...
A Curator's Perspective
by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog
artherstory.net/the-priceles...
Artemisia Gentileschi | Her Priceless Legacy
Curator Judith W. Mann reflects on events from July 2018 to July 2019 that mark important milestones in perceptions today about Artemisia Gentileschi.
artherstory.net
February 5, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Such a powerful essay from Judith Mann
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The Priceless Legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi
A Curator's Perspective
by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog
artherstory.net/the-priceles...
A Curator's Perspective
by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog
artherstory.net/the-priceles...
Artemisia Gentileschi | Her Priceless Legacy
Curator Judith W. Mann reflects on events from July 2018 to July 2019 that mark important milestones in perceptions today about Artemisia Gentileschi.
artherstory.net
February 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The Priceless Legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi
A Curator's Perspective
by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog
artherstory.net/the-priceles...
A Curator's Perspective
by Judith Mann for the #ArtHerstory blog
artherstory.net/the-priceles...
Just saying, these guys haven't aged at all.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Just saying, these guys haven't aged at all.
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A century after the death of Antonio Gaudí, the architect’s masterpiece is nearing completion. Gijs van Hensbergen explains why has it taken so long.
Finishing the Sagrada Família
Antonio Gaudí’s masterpiece is nearing completion a century after the architect’s death, writes Gijs van Hensbergen
buff.ly
February 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
A century after the death of Antonio Gaudí, the architect’s masterpiece is nearing completion. Gijs van Hensbergen explains why has it taken so long.
Amy Sherald,
Freeing Herself Was One Thing, Taking Ownership of that Freed Self Was Another, 2015,
US painter #WomensArt
Freeing Herself Was One Thing, Taking Ownership of that Freed Self Was Another, 2015,
US painter #WomensArt
February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Trying to read more in 2026 & Guys… did you know women are 47% more likely to get injured in a car crash before male crash test dummies have been almost exclusively used for seat belt testing? We NEED #womeninstem
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Trying to read more in 2026 & Guys… did you know women are 47% more likely to get injured in a car crash before male crash test dummies have been almost exclusively used for seat belt testing? We NEED #womeninstem
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2/1/1888 — b. Winifred Goldring, American geologist, paleontologist. Noted pioneer researcher of Gilboa fossil flora + stromatolites. The first female NY state paleontologist (1920-54), first woman president of the Paleontological Society (1949) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PaleoSky #GeoSky #HistSci
February 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
2/1/1888 — b. Winifred Goldring, American geologist, paleontologist. Noted pioneer researcher of Gilboa fossil flora + stromatolites. The first female NY state paleontologist (1920-54), first woman president of the Paleontological Society (1949) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PaleoSky #GeoSky #HistSci
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2/1/1905 — b. Doris Lee, American artist. Folk and regionalist painter, printmaker, illustrator who combined social realism and modernism. Produced figurative works and scene paintings of realistic subjects (1930s-60s); Logan Medal, Chicago Art Inst ('35) #womenshistory #womenartists #womesart #BOTD
February 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
2/1/1905 — b. Doris Lee, American artist. Folk and regionalist painter, printmaker, illustrator who combined social realism and modernism. Produced figurative works and scene paintings of realistic subjects (1930s-60s); Logan Medal, Chicago Art Inst ('35) #womenshistory #womenartists #womesart #BOTD
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Leonor Fini (Argentine-Italian, 1907 - 1996), Scène de bal (La Tragédie de Roméo et Juliette), 1979
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
January 31, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Leonor Fini (Argentine-Italian, 1907 - 1996), Scène de bal (La Tragédie de Roméo et Juliette), 1979
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
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Amrita Sher-Gil 🇭🇺🇮🇳 (b. 30.1.1913)
'Three Girls' (1937)
Oil on canvas
146 x 88.8 cm
Nirveer Kaur, Beant Kaur, and Harbhajan Kaur
'Three Girls' (1937)
Oil on canvas
146 x 88.8 cm
Nirveer Kaur, Beant Kaur, and Harbhajan Kaur
January 31, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Amrita Sher-Gil 🇭🇺🇮🇳 (b. 30.1.1913)
'Three Girls' (1937)
Oil on canvas
146 x 88.8 cm
Nirveer Kaur, Beant Kaur, and Harbhajan Kaur
'Three Girls' (1937)
Oil on canvas
146 x 88.8 cm
Nirveer Kaur, Beant Kaur, and Harbhajan Kaur
Some Alice Aycock pieces I love..
#womenartists
#womenartists
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Some Alice Aycock pieces I love..
#womenartists
#womenartists
"I begin by imagining an artwork verbally. I try to describe in writing what the project is, what it is trying to do."
- Maya Lin
#womenartists
- Maya Lin
#womenartists
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 PM
"I begin by imagining an artwork verbally. I try to describe in writing what the project is, what it is trying to do."
- Maya Lin
#womenartists
- Maya Lin
#womenartists
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Mary Heilmann, Little Three for Two: Red, Yellow, Blue, 1976
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137662
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137662
January 31, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Mary Heilmann, Little Three for Two: Red, Yellow, Blue, 1976
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137662
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137662
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Clock, shells, and more great stuff painted by Antonio de Pereda, whose day is today.
January 30, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Clock, shells, and more great stuff painted by Antonio de Pereda, whose day is today.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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All out on the ice! It's a cold afternoon in 1610, and Hendrick Avercamp is there to paint it. He was born on this day in 1585.
January 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
NYT Top pick - The Printmaker’s Daughter
by Katherine Govier
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@kmgovier.bsky.social
#womenwriters on #womenartists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/b...
by Katherine Govier
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@kmgovier.bsky.social
#womenwriters on #womenartists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/b...
Immersive Historical Fiction Full of Rule Breakers and Rebels
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:11 PM
NYT Top pick - The Printmaker’s Daughter
by Katherine Govier
👏👏👏
@kmgovier.bsky.social
#womenwriters on #womenartists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/b...
by Katherine Govier
👏👏👏
@kmgovier.bsky.social
#womenwriters on #womenartists
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/b...