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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

Lovely work Louise V Durham #ShorehambySea #womensart

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Photo of a vertical driftwood sculpture inlaid with rainbow coloured stained glass, the sculpture is sited on a wet looking shoreline by the sea under a sky with silver clouds and pale blue light

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

A good piece for October @moma.bsky.social

MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 7d

Alberto Giacometti, Walking Quickly under the Rain, c. 1948 (cast 1949)
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136700

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 4d

A #MustSee journey of #LeeMiller from surrealist to war photographer @tate.bsky.social

ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 5d

A voyage back to a world of beauty & fun #NationalPortraitGallery #CecilBeaton

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 8d

Daily Rothko @dailyrothko.bsky.social · 13d

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢
Untitled (Lavender And Green), 1952
171.7 x 113 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed 'Mark Rothko' and dated '1952' on the reverse
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 9d

Beautiful exhibition at #Louvre in partnership with #CiteInternationaldesArts

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 10d

Never forget the tragedies of fascism

Nicholas Allen @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social · 10d

Gisèle Freund, ‘Walter Benjamin in the Bibliothèque Nationale’ (1939)

Benjamin fled Paris in the following summer to escape the German invasion, and lacking the necessary exit documents committed suicide at the Spanish border town of Port Bou on September 27, 1940. Things fall apart.

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 10d

Cheerful #ManRay for Friday @guggenheim.bsky.social

Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 10d

Mime by Man Ray, 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137695

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Gift, Peggy Guggenheim, 1979

© 2016 Man Ray Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 11d

Inspiring #Mondiacult2025 @britishcouncil.bsky.social

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 15d

Great bears by Ella Yazzia @womensartbluesky.bsky.social

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17d

'Bears On Star Mountain', handwoven rug created by Navajo Master weaver and artist Ella Yazzie #WomensArt

Blanket or rug with images of three bears and a central diamond motif

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 15d

Happy Saturday with @dailyrothko.bsky.social

Daily Rothko @dailyrothko.bsky.social · 16d

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢
No. 5 (Green And Blue), 1957, Oil on canvas, 79 ½ X 69 ½ Inches. Signed “Mark Rothko, 1957″ on reverse.
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 17d

“Violence against the truth” @barackobama.bsky.social wise, thoughtful, brilliant as always

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17d

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 18d

More #pandas #ChongqingZoo @touhin.bsky.social

Touhin Panda🤍 @touhin.bsky.social · 18d

Pandas having a fine dining experience at Chongqing Zoo~ 6 year old Xi Xi and Qing Qing (twin sisters) and 6 year old male panda Chong Chong (in the middle) are childhood friends and eat together every day~they got a new dining table this week🍽
[Cr. 海南岛主 on Weibo]

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 23d

You are a great Mayor #SadiqKhan #London

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23d

A message to every Londoner, and anyone who talks our city down.

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 20d

#PicassoTheatre @tate.bsky.social Picasso as director, designer, theatre artist

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 21d

Lovely #Cezanne to start the week @guggenheim.bsky.social

Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 22d

Bend in the Road Through the Forest by Paul Cézanne, 1873
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137789

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Partial gift, George Tetzel in memory of Oscar Homolka and Joan Tetzel Homolka, 1980

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 21d

Sending love to all my non violent friends in the #Netherlands

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22d

An anti-immigration protest in The Hague turned violent today, with protesters clashing with police and authorities using tear gas and water cannons to disperse them.

Dutch anti-immigration protest turns violent

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse rioters in The Hague on Saturday.

www.politico.eu

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 22d

This weekend’s #Rothko

Daily Rothko @dailyrothko.bsky.social · 24d

𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, Untitled ( Blue, Red, Black on Red), 1967
acrylic on paper laid down on panel, 24 x 18 in. (70 x 45.7 cm.)
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚔𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚡 𝚍𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚘

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 23d

You are a great Mayor #SadiqKhan #London

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23d

A message to every Londoner, and anyone who talks our city down.

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 25d

We need more #pandas on @bsky.app

Touhin Panda🤍 @touhin.bsky.social · 26d

Mei Lan's (Zoo Atlanta) daughter~ prettiest baby He Hua~she always toppled over, overcome by gravity, but always got right back up~🪷

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 26d

Lovely ‘Solar System’ quilt #womensart

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29d

'Solar System' quilt by Ellen Harding Baker of Cedar County, Iowa, US in 1876, she used her textile work as a teaching aid for her lectures on astronomy in the small towns of her state.
Find out more in the 1st @womensart1 book,
'Unravelling Women's Art'....

Textile artwork featuring a central stylised sun surrounded by small circular representations of orbiting planets, against a dark background

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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌍 Let's create the world we long for

Stand alongside a community of creative & cultural activists & leaders by signing the Global Call today!

It’s time for climate leaders to recognise culture as a vital climate solution.

✍🏽 Add your voice to #WeMakeTomorrow >> www.wemaketomorrow.global

The text reads - We Make Tomorrow. Let's create the world we long for. Behind the text is a range of colourful patterned shapes.

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 27d

Official #UnitedNations #genocide in #Gaza

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27d

BREAKING: UN inquiry finds Israel’s war on Gaza to be genocide aje.io/2h84g2

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 28d

#NewLandscapes in #LondonDesignFestival by textiles &fashion designers from round the World with the help of @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social

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ruth mackenzie @ruthmackenzie.bsky.social · 28d

Gorgeous Petunia #GeorgiaOKeefe

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Sep 12

Georgia O'Keeffe,
Petunia, 1925
#WomensArt

Painting featuring a single purple blossom in a white vase on a white silky background

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