Kimberly Van Munching
@herdarkmaterials.bsky.social
I’m trying to make all the things. This is my note pad. 🪡🧵🧶🌈🇵🇸🌹
Bishop blessing an anchoress. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 079, f. 96r.
An anchoress was a religious woman who chose to be walled into a small cell in order to live a life of contemplation and honesty…I can see the appeal.
An anchoress was a religious woman who chose to be walled into a small cell in order to live a life of contemplation and honesty…I can see the appeal.
January 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Bishop blessing an anchoress. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 079, f. 96r.
An anchoress was a religious woman who chose to be walled into a small cell in order to live a life of contemplation and honesty…I can see the appeal.
An anchoress was a religious woman who chose to be walled into a small cell in order to live a life of contemplation and honesty…I can see the appeal.
Oasa DuVerney
Black Power Wave as Bodhisattva Manjushri Sankofa, 2023
Graphite on hand-cut paper (courtesy the artist and Welancora Gallery)
Wish I were in San Francisco for “Unbound: Art, Blackness, & the Universe” at the Museum of the African Diaspora (10.1.25 - 8.16.26)
Black Power Wave as Bodhisattva Manjushri Sankofa, 2023
Graphite on hand-cut paper (courtesy the artist and Welancora Gallery)
Wish I were in San Francisco for “Unbound: Art, Blackness, & the Universe” at the Museum of the African Diaspora (10.1.25 - 8.16.26)
January 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Oasa DuVerney
Black Power Wave as Bodhisattva Manjushri Sankofa, 2023
Graphite on hand-cut paper (courtesy the artist and Welancora Gallery)
Wish I were in San Francisco for “Unbound: Art, Blackness, & the Universe” at the Museum of the African Diaspora (10.1.25 - 8.16.26)
Black Power Wave as Bodhisattva Manjushri Sankofa, 2023
Graphite on hand-cut paper (courtesy the artist and Welancora Gallery)
Wish I were in San Francisco for “Unbound: Art, Blackness, & the Universe” at the Museum of the African Diaspora (10.1.25 - 8.16.26)
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
January 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
From the Daily Mirror, 1905.
Minnie Evans
Untitled (Day to Night with Beasts and Angels)
1966
See The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
Nov 14, 2025 – April 19, 2026
At the High Museum in Atlanta
Untitled (Day to Night with Beasts and Angels)
1966
See The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
Nov 14, 2025 – April 19, 2026
At the High Museum in Atlanta
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Minnie Evans
Untitled (Day to Night with Beasts and Angels)
1966
See The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
Nov 14, 2025 – April 19, 2026
At the High Museum in Atlanta
Untitled (Day to Night with Beasts and Angels)
1966
See The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
Nov 14, 2025 – April 19, 2026
At the High Museum in Atlanta
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, 1922/23
“Despite all my experiences, I’m stupid enough to believe in humanity.”
“Despite all my experiences, I’m stupid enough to believe in humanity.”
January 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, 1922/23
“Despite all my experiences, I’m stupid enough to believe in humanity.”
“Despite all my experiences, I’m stupid enough to believe in humanity.”
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)
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
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.
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
“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
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
Relieved that yesterday the CT Senate passed HB8004, a bill that adds courthouse and data protection provisions for immigrants to the Trust Act.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Relieved that yesterday the CT Senate passed HB8004, a bill that adds courthouse and data protection provisions for immigrants to the Trust Act.
Knitting and watching D.W. Griffith’s The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Knitting and watching D.W. Griffith’s The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
“I have not mutated myself in any way. Joel and I have this conversation a lot. He literally has to stop me physically from saying something to people — to friends who’ve had work. I’m so full of fear and rage about what they’ve done.” —Frances McDormand
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I have not mutated myself in any way. Joel and I have this conversation a lot. He literally has to stop me physically from saying something to people — to friends who’ve had work. I’m so full of fear and rage about what they’ve done.” —Frances McDormand
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes
Bruni, F. (2014, October 19) NYTimes