Kimberly Van Munching
@herdarkmaterials.bsky.social
I’m trying to make all the things. This is my note pad. 🪡🧵🧶🌈🇵🇸🌹
An illustration from Christine de Pizan's “The Book of the City of Ladies,” 1405 (thank you JSTOR)
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
An illustration from Christine de Pizan's “The Book of the City of Ladies,” 1405 (thank you JSTOR)
Reposted by Kimberly Van Munching
I am putting my art up in public for everyone. Pen and ink and color pencil on cardboard. Abolish ICE.
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am putting my art up in public for everyone. Pen and ink and color pencil on cardboard. Abolish ICE.
A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas, April 28, 2025 (© Reuters/Paul Ratje) via Hyperallergic
December 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas, April 28, 2025 (© Reuters/Paul Ratje) via Hyperallergic
The mister and I just finished our weekly grocery deliveries to ICE-effected families. Loads of college kids on winter break pitching in. It was lovely. ❤️
December 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The mister and I just finished our weekly grocery deliveries to ICE-effected families. Loads of college kids on winter break pitching in. It was lovely. ❤️
Reposted by Kimberly Van Munching
URGENT ACTION! #SaudiArabia: Stop deportation of Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi from #Bulgaria and address serious deterioration of his health
On 26 March 2025, Sofia Administrative Court ordered his release but he's still suffering in a deportation centre. Let him go free!
gc4hr.org/actions/stop...
On 26 March 2025, Sofia Administrative Court ordered his release but he's still suffering in a deportation centre. Let him go free!
gc4hr.org/actions/stop...
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
URGENT ACTION! #SaudiArabia: Stop deportation of Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi from #Bulgaria and address serious deterioration of his health
On 26 March 2025, Sofia Administrative Court ordered his release but he's still suffering in a deportation centre. Let him go free!
gc4hr.org/actions/stop...
On 26 March 2025, Sofia Administrative Court ordered his release but he's still suffering in a deportation centre. Let him go free!
gc4hr.org/actions/stop...
Victorians designed the best Christmas cards
December 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Victorians designed the best Christmas cards
Kent Monkman
Miss America
2012
Miss America
2012
December 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Kent Monkman
Miss America
2012
Miss America
2012
Shahzia Sikander
Fleshy Weapons, 1997
Acrylic on Linen
8.5 X 5.5 Feet
Fleshy Weapons, 1997
Acrylic on Linen
8.5 X 5.5 Feet
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Shahzia Sikander
Fleshy Weapons, 1997
Acrylic on Linen
8.5 X 5.5 Feet
Fleshy Weapons, 1997
Acrylic on Linen
8.5 X 5.5 Feet
W. E. B. Du Bois's “Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America” is one of the books on my Christmas list.
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
W. E. B. Du Bois's “Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America” is one of the books on my Christmas list.
What power art thou, who from below
Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow?
See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,
I can scarcely move or draw my breath?
Let me, let me freeze again to death.
youtu.be/uwbFDoXpDZU?...
Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow?
See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,
I can scarcely move or draw my breath?
Let me, let me freeze again to death.
youtu.be/uwbFDoXpDZU?...
Purcell: The Cold Song (What Power Art Thou) - (Neil Balfour)
YouTube video by Neil Balfour
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What power art thou, who from below
Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow?
See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,
I can scarcely move or draw my breath?
Let me, let me freeze again to death.
youtu.be/uwbFDoXpDZU?...
Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow
From beds of everlasting snow?
See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old
Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,
I can scarcely move or draw my breath?
Let me, let me freeze again to death.
youtu.be/uwbFDoXpDZU?...
The woman sitting next to me in this doctor’s waiting room has not disengaged the texting sound on her iPhone and I am outraged.
PS She’s texting madly right now LADY COME ON
PS She’s texting madly right now LADY COME ON
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The woman sitting next to me in this doctor’s waiting room has not disengaged the texting sound on her iPhone and I am outraged.
PS She’s texting madly right now LADY COME ON
PS She’s texting madly right now LADY COME ON
Chris Ofili
The Great Beauty (2020–2023)
The Great Beauty (2020–2023)
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Chris Ofili
The Great Beauty (2020–2023)
The Great Beauty (2020–2023)
Arthur Hacker
Annunciation
1892
Annunciation
1892
December 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Arthur Hacker
Annunciation
1892
Annunciation
1892
Goblin napping
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Goblin napping
Today the mister and I went to see Ursula von Rydingsvar’s gloriously heroic cedar sculptures at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT. The exhibit is worth the train ride from NYC.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: states of becoming,” curated by Margarita Karasoulas, November 28, 2025–May 10, 2026
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: states of becoming,” curated by Margarita Karasoulas, November 28, 2025–May 10, 2026
December 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today the mister and I went to see Ursula von Rydingsvar’s gloriously heroic cedar sculptures at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT. The exhibit is worth the train ride from NYC.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: states of becoming,” curated by Margarita Karasoulas, November 28, 2025–May 10, 2026
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: states of becoming,” curated by Margarita Karasoulas, November 28, 2025–May 10, 2026
Another mass shooting; this time at Brown. My son is safe, but I am sick at heart. And furious. Because nothing ever changes.
Antifa is not a terrorist organization but the NRA is.
Antifa is not a terrorist organization but the NRA is.
December 13, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another mass shooting; this time at Brown. My son is safe, but I am sick at heart. And furious. Because nothing ever changes.
Antifa is not a terrorist organization but the NRA is.
Antifa is not a terrorist organization but the NRA is.
“The Fucking-Up Ritual” by Gideon Kiefer
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“The Fucking-Up Ritual” by Gideon Kiefer
Hortensia Mi Kafchin
Duty to fix oneself, 2025
oil on canvas
Go see Hortensia Mi Kafchin’s
Paintings Made for Aliens Above
at PPOW
392 Broadway
October 31 – December 20, 2025
Duty to fix oneself, 2025
oil on canvas
Go see Hortensia Mi Kafchin’s
Paintings Made for Aliens Above
at PPOW
392 Broadway
October 31 – December 20, 2025
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hortensia Mi Kafchin
Duty to fix oneself, 2025
oil on canvas
Go see Hortensia Mi Kafchin’s
Paintings Made for Aliens Above
at PPOW
392 Broadway
October 31 – December 20, 2025
Duty to fix oneself, 2025
oil on canvas
Go see Hortensia Mi Kafchin’s
Paintings Made for Aliens Above
at PPOW
392 Broadway
October 31 – December 20, 2025
Claude Cahun
I Extend My Arms
1931 or 1932
Tate Gallery
I Extend My Arms
1931 or 1932
Tate Gallery
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Claude Cahun
I Extend My Arms
1931 or 1932
Tate Gallery
I Extend My Arms
1931 or 1932
Tate Gallery
My grandmother always called the tail of the turkey “the pope’s nose” and I think about that every Thanksgiving even if we’re having tacos.
a woman in an orange shirt is holding a dead chicken on a cutting board
ALT: a woman in an orange shirt is holding a dead chicken on a cutting board
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My grandmother always called the tail of the turkey “the pope’s nose” and I think about that every Thanksgiving even if we’re having tacos.
I’m watching Pluribus and so far, I’m team extraterrestrial. I’ve seen what our rugged American individualism has accomplished thus far and it leaves a lot to be desired.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’m watching Pluribus and so far, I’m team extraterrestrial. I’ve seen what our rugged American individualism has accomplished thus far and it leaves a lot to be desired.
Left: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Comtesse de la Châtre, 1789.
Right: Volker Hermes, Hidden Vigée Le Brun, 2019. © Volker Hermes
Right: Volker Hermes, Hidden Vigée Le Brun, 2019. © Volker Hermes
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Left: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Comtesse de la Châtre, 1789.
Right: Volker Hermes, Hidden Vigée Le Brun, 2019. © Volker Hermes
Right: Volker Hermes, Hidden Vigée Le Brun, 2019. © Volker Hermes
Franz Sedlacek
Twilight Song, 1931
Albertina Museum
Vienna, Austria
Twilight Song, 1931
Albertina Museum
Vienna, Austria
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Franz Sedlacek
Twilight Song, 1931
Albertina Museum
Vienna, Austria
Twilight Song, 1931
Albertina Museum
Vienna, Austria
“For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church.” —Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church.” —Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, Illinois
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25
Photo: AP/Erin Hooley 10/3/25