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arthistory.bsky.social
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@arthistory.bsky.social
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art historian with eclectic interests early modernist & medievalist, believe it or not
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Sarah Hotchkiss @sahotchkiss.bsky.social · 1d
Here's my commentary piece on the Big Art Loop, and what it means to hand our public space over to a billionaire and his choice of 100 pieces of existing, large-scale art.

And for god's sake: Send your opinions to the agencies/nonprofit/org involved, not to me!

www.kqed.org/arts/1398217...
Who Has a Say In the Flood of Public Art Coming to San Francisco?
The Sijbrandij Foundation’s plan to install 100 pieces of large-scale art around the city needs public oversight.
www.kqed.org
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 1d
Remember Cuomo-sexual? People are so desperate for a man who blusters bravado. Too many trumpets around Newsom.
Audra McDonald: "There Won't Be Trumpets" (Anyone Can Whistle)
YouTube video by gionmusic
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 1d
Looking ahead: Valentine's Day, President's Day, Lunar New Year, Ash Wednesday, and the First Night of Ramadan are all happening in a five day span next February 2026. Plan accordingly!
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 1d
Y’all, I’ve done it. After years of disintegrating crumb pouf bombs. I have a reliable gluten free bao recipe. DM me if you want it. Buns are soft, sweet, have great crumb structure, and hold together! Hope you had a good mid autumn moon festival.
Photo of hand holding a split gluten free bao. White fluffy crumb Gluten free Bao filled w hoisin sauce, duck, scallions and not struggling at all to hold the weight
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 2d
Yes! Go and check out the show; it's really cool
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 2d
The Museum of the African Diaspora is finally, finally reopen in SF and Key Jo Lee crushed it again [gift link]
The Museum of the African Diaspora is back — and aiming for the cosmos
MoAD reopens during NEXUS: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week with two exhibitions — “UNBOUND” and “Continuum” — marking 20 years of Black art and vision.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 2d
A special good morning to anyone making gluten free bao, dumplings, and/or moon cakes.
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 3d
I feel you! Footnotes take so much time. And it’s another conversation, but I think the humanities, in an effort to justify our existence, have made the practice of humanities far too difficult. My spouse’s non humanities dissertation required far fewer tears.
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 3d
Do you have the fantasy of writing like a Renaissance dude too? All assertions, no evidence, just “of course I’m right!”
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 3d
I'd take Carrie Bradshaw's apartment and shoe collection too.
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 3d
I don't want sex like the movies; I want writing like the movies. I want to pick up a pen (quill or otherwise) in the middle of the night and write finished copy all perfectly organized and divinely inspired in one energizing frenzy before sending it off with zero editing because it needs none.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d
Jesus. You think it can’t get any worse, then you read these stories. US citizens and legal residents illegally arrested and held for days. **Native Americans** getting detained and held for days because ICE agents are too stupid/racist to know about tribal IDs.
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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 4d
Brett Kavanaugh and his clerks need to read this --->

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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 4d
Naw, that's just what some cheese looks like.
Blocks of Le Lingot cheese with textured surfaces kind of looking like hieroglyphics Two pyramids of Pouligny-Saint-Pierre goat cheese with textured surfaces looking a bit like wrinkled fingers after a bath. They sit on a table with grapes, a glass of wine, and walnuts
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 4d
Happy #Caturday
Photo of black cat’s face emerging from pile of fur on a chair. Head big; body liquid
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 4d
Fund education.
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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 4d
"it rightfully costs us a lot of money to give this to you for free" is what I want to see from US education, you're absolutely right (reposted because after I hit post it looked sarcastic)
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 4d
You know how Alice Waters goes around telling people food should be expensive because it's worth a lot? We should say the same thing about education. (And then make sure there's access)
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 4d
Deadlines.

Happy weekend to everyone else 👋✍️
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 5d
Well I've got thoughts about business degrees too. Senior business majors in my classes couldn't make a pdf, rotate an image, basic skills. And all but one business major I had plagiarized.
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 5d
I can't fathom what person would think a university would be the place to learn how to optimize for views. Learn TikTok at a college... like really.
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 5d
"no people of color remain on the council. All women members, including four appointed by Trump during his first administration, were also terminated"

I propose we refashion a government made entirely of people fired in 2025.
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 5d
The White House has fired the majority of the National Council on the Humanities, except for the four members appointed by Trump.
Trump Fires Majority of Federal Humanities Council
Only four members of the council remain, all men and all appointed by the president during his first term, sources told Hyperallergic.
hyperallergic.com
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 5d
Admission "paused" for 20 undergraduate majors including fine arts and digital humanities while Syracuse University opens a content creator center. To bring back a millennialism, I can't even.
Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers
The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.
www.artnews.com
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 5d
“In order to get into USC, you absolutely have to be extremely well-qualified." Bwhahahahaha! Olivia Jade.

As I've said before, every diploma from a school with "legacy" admits needs to come with an asterisk. 14.5% nepo baby 2025 admissions!
USC to keep legacy status in admissions, violating California law
Interim President Beong-Soo Kim explained why the school will continue considering if family members attended in its admissions process, and shared that the fall 2025 class saw the highest number of f...
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 5d
SF museums try not to be embarrassing challenge failed again
BTS star to display personal art collection at SFMOMA
K-pop sensation RM is teaming up with SFMOMA for a collaborative art exhibition that will be on display from October 2026 through February 2027.
www.sfchronicle.com
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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 5d
It's back
Trump-Epstein statue returns to National Mall after removal by NPS | CNN Politics
A statue of President Donald Trump and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands has returned to the National Mall after it was removed by the National Park Service last week.
www.cnn.com
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 6d
The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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