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Guggenheim Collection

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Untitled Y by Al Held, 1960
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137598

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Purchased with funds contributed by Robert and Adrian Mnuchin, 1981

© 2016 Al Held / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

January 7, 2026 at 11:25 PM

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Lars Marius Garshol

@larsga.bsky.social

So there you're sitting in the dark, and the cold (10-12C), wrapped in a blanket, listening to this atavistic echoing chanting about a dream journey to the land of the dead, while visions of birthing women and skeletons from the murals seem to swirl in front of your face.

A naked woman is giving birth to a baby. Right below here are skulls. Her face is being embraced by two other babies, all of it entwined in very thick hair. Her face is contorted in ecstasy or pain.

January 7, 2026 at 8:19 PM

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Tate Collection

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Scott Myles, After the Mountains, More Mountains, 2004
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133310

Purchased using funds provided by the 2004 Outset / Frieze Art Fair Fund to benefit the Tate Collection 2005

January 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM

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Pekka Nikrus

@pni.bsky.social

The Illuminated Path Revisited
#photography #multipleexposure #pni3xp #bnw
flic.kr/p/2rPzZPC

The Illuminated Path Revisited

Tagged with monochrome

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January 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM

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Petter Malmberg

@pettermalmberg.bsky.social

Jag lånar mina nyårslöften från Stig Dagerman

Stinn av föresatser står jag här vid grinden
och ångrar allt jag brutit under årets lopp.
1. Jag skall aldrig mera hänga mig på vinden,
då denna akt är skadlig för min kropp.

2. Skall jag nästa år ej tömma flera
glas cyankalium än jag kan stå.
3. Jag skall aldrig bära elefanter mera,
om än jag längtar därtill aldrig så.

4. Aldrig mer jag skall i tigergapen
låta mitt huvud göra artighetsvisit,
då jag till dato haft den dumma egenskapen
att underskatta tigrarnas aptit.

December 31, 2024 at 9:41 AM

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Arthur David Spota

@adaspota.bsky.social

Italian painter and sculptor Roberto Crippa, a member of the Italian Spazialismo group and an associate of Max Ernst, Victor Brauner and Yves Tanguy. His works are characterized by signs and forms: ellipses and spirals emanating a certain deep energy.

Spirali, 1953

#AbstractArt #Painting

December 31, 2024 at 2:55 AM

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Kristjan Niitepõld

@kniitepold.bsky.social

Joulun kääntöpuoli.

Polttoa odottavia jätepaaleja Vantaan jätteenpolttolaitoksella.

December 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM

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Skot Armstrong

@skot.bsky.social

"What people will - or will not - laugh at is mainly determined by their social conditioning."

#SteveAllen

Frank Zappa makes his television debut on The Steve Allen Show playing music on a bicycle.

December 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM

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Arthur David Spota

@adaspota.bsky.social

Fra' Filippo Lippi ~ The Adoration of the Infant Jesus, 1465
#Christmas

December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM

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Wendy O'Rourke

@wendyo.bsky.social

Carla Thomas - Gee Whiz, It's Christmas (1963) youtu.be/A9bYYHm4E4k?...

Cover for Atlantic Records single shows Thomas lounging in a Pucci style kaftan

December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM

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dillo (wiglet tuttle)

@dillo.media

did some modifications to my macro setup and man I can get a lot closer now. anyway lichen looks extremely alien when you get up in them guts.

macro of gold eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus). tiny little orange circles and synapse like strands 📷📸

December 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM

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Rabih Alameddine

@rabihalameddine.bsky.social

Kurt Schwitters, Elikan, Collage, 1925

December 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social

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'Sprouts dress' by German artist and art director Sarah Illenberger who transforms food (fruits and vegetables) into other forms #WomensArt #ArtAdvent 🎄

Photo of a short dress created with cabbage and sprouts on a hanger against a white surface

December 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM

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Edvard Munch

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Moonlight on the Shore 1892
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24983

December 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM

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Tate Collection

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Barry Flanagan, Nigel and Maud Gosling, 1972
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1116322

Presented by Sue Flanagan, the artist's former wife 1985

December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM

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JohannaK

@hauntingletters.bsky.social

1. "Mene sanojen varjoihin", kehotti minua aina vain uudelleen ja uudelleen väitöskirjaohjaajani professori Novotný.

Aikansa kesti ennen kuin opin, mitä tuo voisi tarkoittaa, mutta suurten teemojen varjoissa kulkeminen on jäänyt minulle päälle - ehkä ikiajoiksi asti.

December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM

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Maija Karala

@maijakarala.bsky.social

A somewhat liberal interpretation, but definitely inspired by your study!

The amount of details of past life preserved in the fossil record never ceases to amaze me. Nor does the creativity and tenacity of paleontologists, working to tease out that information. What a cool study!