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ArtHist @arthist-net.bsky.social · 2h

JOB: Assistant Professor, Architectural History, Pennsylvania State University

https://arthist.net/archive/50820

Assistant Professor, Architectural History, Pennsylvania State University

Elizabeth Mansfield. University Park, PA, USA, 01.08.2026, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.10.2025

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 18m

That’s…a choice.

Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 5h

As of today, the city’s largest visual arts institution is no longer called the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The rebranding aims to revive attendance that has lagged since the pandemic.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a new name and other plans to revive attendance

Chasing an elusive pandemic recovery, the museum is rolling out a slew of changes. It includes a new name and logo, and an embracing of dips into sports, hip hop, and Sylvester Stallone.

www.inquirer.com

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 18h

Black and white image image of some type of wading bird with a long thin beak standing against a background of ground plants with the words "ALL YOUR IDEAS ARE BAD" underneath. The account name, @effinbirds, below.

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 19h

Based on how it was flying out of there last night, this is not surprising.

WGN NEWS @wgntv.com · 19h

BREAKING: A Ground Delay is in effect at Chicago O’Hare International Airport due to a shortage of air traffic controllers likely caused by the government shutdown.

FAA issues Ground Delay at O’Hare due to shortage of air traffic controllers

A Ground Delay is in effect at Chicago O’Hare International Airport due to a shortage of air traffic controllers likely caused by the government shutdown.

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 22h

The Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, has dissolved a department for educational programming and laid off nine employees, citing financial challenges.

Kentucky’s Speed Museum Axes Education Department

Nine employees were laid off as a result of the department’s dissolution, attributed to a “challenging financial period.”

hyperallergic.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23h

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations

abcnews.go.com

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 1d

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

I co-reported a second feature on what the devastating fires in Los Angeles taught the art insurance industry: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

What the Los Angeles Wildfires Taught the Art Insurance Industry

After the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in January 2025, art insurance experts discuss what has and hasn't changed in the industry.

www.artnews.com

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Kate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 1d

The political right's greatest project is discrediting experts. Only in a "do your own research" world can their cultural preferences - anti-abortion, anti-gender affirming care - claim equal legitimacy to the left's medically-backed positions on those issues. SCOTUS is a full partner in that effort

TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 1d

The Supreme Court's conservatives advanced the right's greater project of discrediting experts Tuesday, feigning that there is no medical consensus against conversion therapy.

The Medical Science Is Always ‘Uncertain’ When It Pushes Against Supreme Court’s Bias

If you came into Tuesday’s oral argument over Colorado’s conversion therapy ban...

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 2d

ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig

We call for the immediate rejection of the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”...No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it. -ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

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ArtHist @arthist-net.bsky.social · 1d

CFP: Ritual Artefacts and Their Images for Medieval Liturgy (Madrid, 20-22 Jan 26)

https://arthist.net/archive/50795

Ritual Artefacts and Their Images for Medieval Liturgy (Madrid, 20-22 Jan 26)

Ángel Pazos-López. Salón de Actos, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Campus de Madrid - Quintana, 20.–22.01.2026, Eingabeschluss : 15.10.2025, eventos.urjc.es/137188/detail/instrumenta-altaris-ritual-artefacts-and-their-images-for-medieval-liturgy.html

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 1d

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has shuttered its doors and ceased all programming amid the ongoing government shutdown, which began last Monday, September 29.

National Gallery of Art Closes Amid Government Shutdown

The museum is among the federally funded organizations affected by the impasse as Democrats and Republicans spar over healthcare.

hyperallergic.com

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

Working on the newsletter for this week, which will focus on the AAR Summer School, and got sidetracked by a really fun article on late antique Romans wearing coins. www.metmuseum.org/perspectives...

Wearing Coins in Late Antiquity - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Why were gold coins used as jewelry throughout the Byzantine Empire?

www.metmuseum.org

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Art Viewer @arthistory.bsky.social · 1d

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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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 1d

One of the first exhibitions to be terminated as a result of Trump’s attacks on DEI has found a new home at the Gillespie Gallery at George Mason University School of Art.

An Exhibition Axed Under Trump’s DEI Ban Finds a New Home

Before the Americas, a show of African-American, Afro-Latino, and Caribbean artists, was among the first to lose funding amid the president’s crackdown.

hyperallergic.com

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like the part about violating federal law should be in larger type.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The U.S. Treasury shared a proposal to mint $1 Trump coins to mark America’s 250th anniversary.

But U.S. code says only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency, a tradition dating back to efforts to break from monarchical rule. https://wapo.st/4pWsyL3

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 2d

“We can prove that Robert is innocent, and no reasonable jury would find otherwise if presented with all relevant medical evidence.”

New from @michellepitcher.bsky.social: Despite the evidence, and overwhelming support, Robeson's execution date is set for October 16.

‘I Got a Lot of People Believing in Me’: Robert Roberson Stares Down Death, Again

Set to be the first U.S. person executed based on the controversial “Shaken Baby Syndrome” diagnosis, Roberson told the Observer last week he hopes his story will mean something.

www.texasobserver.org

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Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 1d

even amidst intersectional apocalypses, the bear has got me

Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · May 15

regret to inform you that the bear has caught me repeatedly today

meme of a bear chasing Kyle MacLachlan through vineyards
text over bear: "something I've been putting off for weeks that wouldn't take me longer than 15 minutes to complete"
text over Kyle MacLachlan: "Me"

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 1d

Awful news! Following the theft of the Ely Bronze Age torc & a Bronze Age bracelet in 2024,now more Bronze Age gold has been stolen from St Fagans Museum in Cardiff. 😔

#Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Bronze age gold jewellery stolen in raid on St Fagans museum in Cardiff

South Wales police issue public appeal for information after burglary at one of Wales’s most beloved museums

www.theguardian.com

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Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · 2d

Cool cool
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Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 2d

@acls1919.bsky.social has just released its response to Trump's so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”.

"No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it." #ACLS #HigherEd

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 2d

#SkyStorians, I'm looking for #MedievalSky and #EarlyModern paintings, engravings & other visual sources that depict screws.
(N.B. I'm not looking for depictions of screws in technical sources on this topic).
If anyone has come or comes across them, I'd love to know! #HistSci #HistTech #ArtHistory

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