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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 5h

Kate Moss and Lucian Freud — the supermodel reveals her side of the story. Hilarious piece by Waldemar

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Kate Moss and Lucian Freud — the supermodel reveals her side of the story

An intimate portrait and their unlikely friendship made them the talk of the town — two decades on, the supermodel is the executive producer of a new film, Moss & Freud

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 10h

Now that's what I call art!

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French porcelain makes a showboating appearance in New York

The Bard Graduate Center’s inventive exhibition proves that Sèvres can suit every occasion, be it formal, witty, serious or silly, writes Rachel Hunter Himes

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Paul Welsh @paulwelsh89.bsky.social · Jan 14

Marsden Hartley
Landscape, New Mexico (1920)

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 4d

My entire wardrobe is suddenly out of date

Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 4d

“Ready-to-wear?” I am ready to wear this, but I don’t know if the world is ready for me to do so

A dude in a long-sleeve V-neck French cut bodysuit with shoulder pads and sandals

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Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 10d

Jean Angladon,
Portrait de Paulettte Martin,
Musée Angladon, Avignon/France

Woman in a blue dress, sitting in a chair, holding a book.is she reading or is the looking pensively at an invisible light-source in front of her, lighting-up her face?

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 11d

Well, he was cool

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‘Nonconformist’ architect of MI6 building Terry Farrell dies aged 87

Farrell was a key member of the hi-tech movement of the 1980s and 90s, with buildings including the TV-am studios and Embankment Place in London, and the Deep in Hull

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 12d

Yes! At last - Ai slop might finally bring us the return of value judgement in art

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

In an era of AI slop and mid TV, is it time for cultural snobbery to make a comeback?

The lowbrow dominates culture and anyone who questions the status quo is dismissed as an elitist killjoy. But with bland algorithmic content on the rise, perhaps we consumers should start taking our a...

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Great art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 13d

Intermission (also known as Intermedio), 1963 #hopper #newrealism

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 16d

Cf. August Sander, farmer, 1930

Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 16d

Best new play I've seen since Jerusalem. Alice Birch's Romans' is an unerringly resonant panorama of masculinity, starting with a public school beating and ending with a bro podcast - like a counterpart to Annie Ernaux's The Years but better. Get the returns if you can

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Romans | Almeida Theatre

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 19d

Highly recommend this exhibition too

www.thetimes.com/article/a887...

Kerry James Marshall, Royal Academy review — a staggering, triumphant show

The first exhibition of the 70-year-old American artist in Britain for almost 20 years is a wonder — and shows him at the height of his powers

www.thetimes.com

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 23d

First came the book, then the documentaries and now the musical. I have no involvement with this project.

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Anita Waxman will shepherd development of ‘Salvator Mundi’ musical

The musical examines the story of the notorious Leonardo Da Vinci painting.

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 26d

Wayne Thiebaud, Happy Birthday, 1962

Painting of two identical birthday cakes, one in front of the other, with "Happy Birthday" written on both

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 27d

'Timber Yard, Leeds.' (c1915) Urban subjects were Charles Ginner's special contribution to the language of the Camden Town Group of painters - it represented a determined effort by painters to explore new ways of representing the everyday realities of life in Edwardian Britain.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 28d

British artist Cyril Power’s colour linocuts of sporting pursuits display an extraordinary blend of grace, rhythm, power and speed (1930s) ~ here, a rowing eight / hockey players / relay runners

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · 29d

Could the Salvator Mundi be a trans icon?

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/11/i...

Is Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi ‘wearing women’s clothing’?

An Austrian art historian argues that the Renaissance artist’s wardrobe choices point to a “cross-gender” depiction of Christ

www.theartnewspaper.com

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · Sep 10

For anyone who needs a timeline cleanse tonight, here's my favourite painting, Sleeping Mother (Sovende Mør), by Christian Krohg, Norway 1883. I love the contrasting sleeping faces: the mother's exhausted one and the baby's blissful beatific one

Painting depicting an exhausted sleeping mother and her child in a cradle beside her

Close up of painting contrasting the two sleeping faces: the mother's exhausted one and the baby's beatific one

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · Sep 10

Revealed: David Bowie’s secret list of his favourite songs

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Revealed: David Bowie’s secret list of his favourite songs

The David Bowie Centre at the V&A Storehouse is a treasure trove. I found a typed list of what the taste-making star thought was ‘in’ and ‘out’ — and a personal playlist you can listen to now

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · Sep 8

@willjennings.bsky.social This is architecture!

amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · Sep 3

that's right folks, Ohio also has the former HQ of the Longaberger company. it's a seven story basket and it's empty because the company went bankrupt and nobody can figure out what to do with the building

An office building shaped like a basket, complete with handles on the top. A plaque on the front reads Longaberger

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · Sep 7

Like this…

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · Sep 7

Is this where the artist Takashi Murakami gets the idea for his flowers?

Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · Sep 7

Flower costumes worn #onthisday in 1942 by interned Japanese-American preschool children celebrating Labor Day (the first Monday of September) at the Tule Lake Relocation Center in Newell, CA. #OTD @usnatarchives.bsky.social

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Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · Sep 5

I have done over ten hols there with my fam. Beaches are great. Mostly locals. Depends where you go

Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social · Sep 5

You cannot beat Sicily as a holiday destination

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Luco van den Broek 🇪🇺 @lucovdb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Banana art remains popular. A banana vulva by Danish artist Thyra Hilden sold for (just) €12,000 at the Enter Art Fair in Copenhagen.

Hilden (female) is making a humorous reference to (man) Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian (banana with duct tape), which once sold for €120,000 at auction in 2019.

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