Christopher Quirk
@christopherquirk.bsky.social
Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader. It's true. Some writing as well.
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Vermont + Brooklyn
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Some thought about my recent paintings.
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some thought about my recent paintings.
Yes.
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yes.
This is very good and very informative and if establishment Democrats were interested they could learn an important message.
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is very good and very informative and if establishment Democrats were interested they could learn an important message.
Wheeeeee!
NEW Economist/YouGov
Net job approval for Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
U.S. adult citizens +6 | -19
Men +17 | -7
Women -5 | -30
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Net job approval for Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
U.S. adult citizens +6 | -19
Men +17 | -7
Women -5 | -30
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October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wheeeeee!
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We're going to win.
October 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We're going to win.
My fall newsletter is out and it's about different notions of the self, and how they intersect with the act of creation.
The newsletters go out quarterly and contain thoughts on current art and ideas, and information on recent work in the studio and upcoming events. Please sign up if you enjoy it.
The newsletters go out quarterly and contain thoughts on current art and ideas, and information on recent work in the studio and upcoming events. Please sign up if you enjoy it.
Thought experiments on the self
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October 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My fall newsletter is out and it's about different notions of the self, and how they intersect with the act of creation.
The newsletters go out quarterly and contain thoughts on current art and ideas, and information on recent work in the studio and upcoming events. Please sign up if you enjoy it.
The newsletters go out quarterly and contain thoughts on current art and ideas, and information on recent work in the studio and upcoming events. Please sign up if you enjoy it.
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
Adam Serwer: "The people, it turns out, are far more courageous than their leaders."
Read it.
Read it.
Lower Than Cowards
The surrender of America’s elites
www.theatlantic.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Adam Serwer: "The people, it turns out, are far more courageous than their leaders."
Read it.
Read it.
GRANT ALERT
The Puffin Foundation funds projects in the arts, generally related to environmental/political concerns.
Their applications portal for 2026 grants is open through 21 November.
For the 2026 cycle they are accepting applications in fine art, music, and photography. More at the link.
The Puffin Foundation funds projects in the arts, generally related to environmental/political concerns.
Their applications portal for 2026 grants is open through 21 November.
For the 2026 cycle they are accepting applications in fine art, music, and photography. More at the link.
Puffin 2026 Grant Cycle is Open | The Puffin Foundation
www.puffinfoundation.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
GRANT ALERT
The Puffin Foundation funds projects in the arts, generally related to environmental/political concerns.
Their applications portal for 2026 grants is open through 21 November.
For the 2026 cycle they are accepting applications in fine art, music, and photography. More at the link.
The Puffin Foundation funds projects in the arts, generally related to environmental/political concerns.
Their applications portal for 2026 grants is open through 21 November.
For the 2026 cycle they are accepting applications in fine art, music, and photography. More at the link.
Great evening at @walshpeter.bsky.social opening at IFAC Arts at the Yard on Friday.
Superb and thought-provoking work, up until 8 November at 85 Delancey Street on the LES in NYC. Go see!
More here: ifacarts.com/show/ifac-ar...
Superb and thought-provoking work, up until 8 November at 85 Delancey Street on the LES in NYC. Go see!
More here: ifacarts.com/show/ifac-ar...
September 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Great evening at @walshpeter.bsky.social opening at IFAC Arts at the Yard on Friday.
Superb and thought-provoking work, up until 8 November at 85 Delancey Street on the LES in NYC. Go see!
More here: ifacarts.com/show/ifac-ar...
Superb and thought-provoking work, up until 8 November at 85 Delancey Street on the LES in NYC. Go see!
More here: ifacarts.com/show/ifac-ar...
Jamelle Bouie lays it out. The "inevitability" is a facade.
This message so important to keep in mind, and it's why I have zero tolerance for doomers on this platform or elsewhere.
Keep working, keep connecting, keep pressuring your reps, keep showing up, keep resisting.
"Stand up, and say no."
This message so important to keep in mind, and it's why I have zero tolerance for doomers on this platform or elsewhere.
Keep working, keep connecting, keep pressuring your reps, keep showing up, keep resisting.
"Stand up, and say no."
September 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Jamelle Bouie lays it out. The "inevitability" is a facade.
This message so important to keep in mind, and it's why I have zero tolerance for doomers on this platform or elsewhere.
Keep working, keep connecting, keep pressuring your reps, keep showing up, keep resisting.
"Stand up, and say no."
This message so important to keep in mind, and it's why I have zero tolerance for doomers on this platform or elsewhere.
Keep working, keep connecting, keep pressuring your reps, keep showing up, keep resisting.
"Stand up, and say no."
These are brutal poll numbers and this is not an outlier.
Underwater on every major issue.
Majority of Republicans (!) say country is on wrong track, 75% overall.
Very, very weak.
Underwater on every major issue.
Majority of Republicans (!) say country is on wrong track, 75% overall.
Very, very weak.
AP-NORC poll | 9/11-9/15
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+7)
Approve 39% (-6)
(shift since last poll)
apnorc.org/projects/pes...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+7)
Approve 39% (-6)
(shift since last poll)
apnorc.org/projects/pes...
Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans - AP-NORC
Forty-nine percent of Republicans say things in the United States are heading the right direction down from 75% in June.
apnorc.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
These are brutal poll numbers and this is not an outlier.
Underwater on every major issue.
Majority of Republicans (!) say country is on wrong track, 75% overall.
Very, very weak.
Underwater on every major issue.
Majority of Republicans (!) say country is on wrong track, 75% overall.
Very, very weak.
This is what the Supreme Court is empowering.
Stephen Miller: You will live in exile. The power of law enforcement under President Trump's leadership will be used to find you, will be used to take away your money, take away your power and if you have broken the law, take away your freedom
Sounds like a typical fascist
Sounds like a typical fascist
September 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is what the Supreme Court is empowering.
"Double Vision" (Katalogos 2849) in-progress and final images. Oil on canvas with gold metallic paint on the forms and sprinkled throughout, 3 x 4 feet, 2016. The base is primarily poured liquid color.
I did a pair of these. If you would like more info please let me know in the comments!
I did a pair of these. If you would like more info please let me know in the comments!
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Double Vision" (Katalogos 2849) in-progress and final images. Oil on canvas with gold metallic paint on the forms and sprinkled throughout, 3 x 4 feet, 2016. The base is primarily poured liquid color.
I did a pair of these. If you would like more info please let me know in the comments!
I did a pair of these. If you would like more info please let me know in the comments!
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Watch one thing today: THIS.
“Despair is not an option.
Giving up is not acceptable.”
“Despair is not an option.
Giving up is not acceptable.”
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Watch one thing today: THIS.
“Despair is not an option.
Giving up is not acceptable.”
“Despair is not an option.
Giving up is not acceptable.”
Am I fun at dinner parties? Depends if you think hanging out in the other room while I silently peruse the host's bookshelf and pet their dog is fun.
August 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Am I fun at dinner parties? Depends if you think hanging out in the other room while I silently peruse the host's bookshelf and pet their dog is fun.
Very cool.
I just cannot imagine Cuomo or Adams getting this many people, especially people 40 and under, on a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon to do a scavenger hunts accessible by public transit
August 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Very cool.
My great friend Peter Walsh with a solo show at IFAC in NYC.
Opens 18 September and I am so looking forward to seeing it!
Also, freight elevators.
Opens 18 September and I am so looking forward to seeing it!
Also, freight elevators.
Fifteen paintings picked up and delivered! Making progress. My show with the International Fine Arts Consortium (IFAC) at the Yard opens on Thursday, September 18th, 85 Delancey Street on the LES in NYC. More to come soon! Special thanks to Brian Leo for organizing this move and driving the van.
August 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My great friend Peter Walsh with a solo show at IFAC in NYC.
Opens 18 September and I am so looking forward to seeing it!
Also, freight elevators.
Opens 18 September and I am so looking forward to seeing it!
Also, freight elevators.
Some drawings in pencil and colored pencil. They're all 9x12 in. on lovely Stonehenge Light paper. Drawing is discovery for me. Foraging in the infinite.
#contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #abstractart
#contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #abstractart
August 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Some drawings in pencil and colored pencil. They're all 9x12 in. on lovely Stonehenge Light paper. Drawing is discovery for me. Foraging in the infinite.
#contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #abstractart
#contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #abstractart
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My department at Hunter College, which combines studio art & art history, has just posted a job listing for an assistant professor of ceramics. Please share widely, thanks! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
August 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My department at Hunter College, which combines studio art & art history, has just posted a job listing for an assistant professor of ceramics. Please share widely, thanks! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Current status: some perplexity.
(Sean Caroll's "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion." Great starter for nonscientists.)
(Sean Caroll's "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion." Great starter for nonscientists.)
August 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Current status: some perplexity.
(Sean Caroll's "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion." Great starter for nonscientists.)
(Sean Caroll's "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion." Great starter for nonscientists.)
August 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM