ruth mackenzie
@ruthmackenzie.bsky.social
Loves art, culture, creative industries, politics, climate-action, equity, feminism, sunsets, London, Paris, Adelaide, Director Arts (Global) @BritishCouncil
@kulpreetsingh.bsky.social #hetainpatel & countless amazing artists at #KochiBiennale @britishcouncil.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
@kulpreetsingh.bsky.social #hetainpatel & countless amazing artists at #KochiBiennale @britishcouncil.bsky.social
Well said @number10cat.bsky.social
If that's what they're willing to do in public, while being filmed, what do they do behind closed doors?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Bystander footage has captured the seconds before the killing of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Well said @number10cat.bsky.social
How many innocent deaths before #ICE is abolished ?
Minneapolis locals pay respects to Alex Pretti, man killed by US agents.
Residents gather at a memorial in Minneapolis to pay their respects to Alex Pretti. The 37-year-old ICU nurse was shot Saturday by federal agents who were in the US city as part of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration
Residents gather at a memorial in Minneapolis to pay their respects to Alex Pretti. The 37-year-old ICU nurse was shot Saturday by federal agents who were in the US city as part of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 AM
How many innocent deaths before #ICE is abolished ?
FIgure, Dog, Birds - some joy for today @guggenheim.bsky.social
Figure, Dog, Birds by Joan Miró, 1946
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137778
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137778
January 25, 2026 at 9:22 AM
FIgure, Dog, Birds - some joy for today @guggenheim.bsky.social
Brilliant @justinesimons.bsky.social @london.gov.uk
📣ANNOUCEMENT
🙌 £2.2m boost for our #CreativeEnterpriseZones
⚽️ Ten football stadiums of affordable permanent creative workspace
✅ Reversing the decline in affordable creative workspace
💰 for Acme Studios to save the Propeller Factory in Deptford!
🙏 @london.gov.uk
🙌 £2.2m boost for our #CreativeEnterpriseZones
⚽️ Ten football stadiums of affordable permanent creative workspace
✅ Reversing the decline in affordable creative workspace
💰 for Acme Studios to save the Propeller Factory in Deptford!
🙏 @london.gov.uk
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Brilliant @justinesimons.bsky.social @london.gov.uk
#London today thanks to @dailyrothko.bsky.social
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled, 1969
Acrylic on wove paper mounted on linen
📸 @erkitekt on Instagram
52 3/4 x 41 in. (134 × 104.1 cm)
Collection Jon and Kim Shirley.
©2025 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Acrylic on wove paper mounted on linen
📸 @erkitekt on Instagram
52 3/4 x 41 in. (134 × 104.1 cm)
Collection Jon and Kim Shirley.
©2025 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
January 23, 2026 at 9:10 AM
#London today thanks to @dailyrothko.bsky.social
Reposted by ruth mackenzie
The initial letter of support from the US on the founding of the WHO pointed out that infectious diseases know no borders. I wonder what has changed.
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 6:36 AM
The initial letter of support from the US on the founding of the WHO pointed out that infectious diseases know no borders. I wonder what has changed.
Chilling reminder from @mrjamesob.bsky.social & #AnneFrank
‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Chilling reminder from @mrjamesob.bsky.social & #AnneFrank
Last night Lisa Nandy @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social announces £1.5b #arts #heritage funding @barbican.bsky.social
Museums must reach all parts of UK, says Nandy as £1.5bn of arts funding announced | Arts funding
https://www.europesays.com/2721112/
London-based museums need to ensure they reach every part of the country, according to Lisa Nandy, the culture…
https://www.europesays.com/2721112/
London-based museums need to ensure they reach every part of the country, according to Lisa Nandy, the culture…
Museums must reach all parts of UK, says Nandy as £1.5bn of arts funding announced | Arts funding - EUROPE SAYS
London-based museums need to ensure they reach every part of the country, according to Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, who on Wednesday announced a
www.europesays.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Last night Lisa Nandy @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social announces £1.5b #arts #heritage funding @barbican.bsky.social
Last week for the great #CoventryBiennale @britishcouncil.bsky.social @artscouncil
January 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Last week for the great #CoventryBiennale @britishcouncil.bsky.social @artscouncil
The great Nam June Paik @moma.bsky.social
Nam June Paik, Otto Piene, Untitled, 1968
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136245
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136245
January 20, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The great Nam June Paik @moma.bsky.social
Looking forward to #Spring with @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Irises, 2012 by Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder #WomensArt
January 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Looking forward to #Spring with @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Don’t miss this magical installation @doverstreetmarket.bsky.social 35 rue de franc bourgeois #Paris
January 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Don’t miss this magical installation @doverstreetmarket.bsky.social 35 rue de franc bourgeois #Paris
@williamshakespeare.bsky.social nails it, as usual
By day and night he wrongs me, every hour
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
He flashes into one gross crime or other
That sets us all at odds. I’ll not endure it.
His knights grow riotous, and himself upbraids us
On every trifle.
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
@williamshakespeare.bsky.social nails it, as usual
Today feels like this #Rothko in London @dailyrothko.bsky.social
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Grays in yellow, 1960
Oil on Paper laid on Canvas
60.3 × 47.6 cm. (23.7 x 18.7 inches)
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Christopher Rothko/ ARS, New York
𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
Oil on Paper laid on Canvas
60.3 × 47.6 cm. (23.7 x 18.7 inches)
Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and
Christopher Rothko/ ARS, New York
𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Today feels like this #Rothko in London @dailyrothko.bsky.social
Louise Adler standing up for artistic freedom of expression
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Louise Adler standing up for artistic freedom of expression
UK photographer Shirley Baker, Manchester, 1966 #womensart #Monday
January 12, 2026 at 7:58 AM
This week 1 year old twin sisters Leni, Lotti and their mom Meng Meng played in the snow at Zoo Berlin💕
January 11, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Shut down #ElonMusk’s #X in the UK & worldwide
Elon Musk has shared AI-generated images of Sir Keir Starmer in bikinis, as X faces the threat of a possible shutdown in the UK over the creation of deepfake pornography.
Elon Musk shares AI images of Starmer in bikini in row over grim Grok deepfakes
www.mirror.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Shut down #ElonMusk’s #X in the UK & worldwide
« De la violence en Amérique » 🎥🇺🇸
Du 16 au 25 janvier 2026, découvrez un cycle de projections, de rencontres et de débats autour de la violence et de ses représentations dans la société américaine.
À voir au @mk2.com Bibliothèque × Centre Pompidou 👉 bit.ly/CP_DelaviolencenAmérique
Du 16 au 25 janvier 2026, découvrez un cycle de projections, de rencontres et de débats autour de la violence et de ses représentations dans la société américaine.
À voir au @mk2.com Bibliothèque × Centre Pompidou 👉 bit.ly/CP_DelaviolencenAmérique
January 8, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Celebrating #womensart @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
The work of Shio Kusaka, contemporary Japanese ceramics artist #Womensart
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Celebrating #womensart @womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Post of the day from @alexbrangwin.bsky.social
Irony just fell out of a tenth storey window. #putin
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Post of the day from @alexbrangwin.bsky.social
Reposted by ruth mackenzie
Thrilling to see the vision of @london.gov.uk & @justinesimons.bsky.social for #EastBank coming to life so brilliantly
2025 was an amazing year for East Bank and there's more to see in 2026 ⤵️
The brand-new V&A East Museum opens in April 2026 with an exhibition celebrating Black British music.
Another major milestone for London’s newest world-class cultural quarter.
The brand-new V&A East Museum opens in April 2026 with an exhibition celebrating Black British music.
Another major milestone for London’s newest world-class cultural quarter.
V&A East Museum announces opening date and first exhibitions - Museums Association
Long-awaited east London venue will welcome the public through its doors in April 2026
www.museumsassociation.org
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Thrilling to see the vision of @london.gov.uk & @justinesimons.bsky.social for #EastBank coming to life so brilliantly
The brilliant @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social pointing to the lessons from Julius Caesar…
Chatter about dethroning the prime minister is easy. Doing so is much harder.
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Chatter of dethroning the prime minister is easy. Doing s...
Keir Starmer, a proud man, looks at his lean and hungry colleagues and doesn’t see anyone who would do a better job
observer.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 9:37 AM
The brilliant @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social pointing to the lessons from Julius Caesar…