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I may be all about that bass, no treble life, but that was categorically too much bass…
Edward Kienholz - The Illegal Operation.

Her body, her choice - period.
February 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Joe Ray - US.

This painting was made in 1993, after Rodney King’s beating and it made me think about Ross Gay’s ‘A Small Needful Fact’, which is about Eric Garner.
February 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Rene Magritte - The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe).

So… what am I looking at here??? 🤔
February 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Lyonel Feininger - Village in Thuringia.
February 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Camille Pissarro - The Path to Les Pouileux, Pontoise and Peasant House at Eragny.
February 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Henri Matisse - Tea.
February 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Morgan Russell - Sketch for Synchromy in Blue-Violet.
February 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Andre Masson - The Vertigo of the Hero.

Did I mention I like colour? I don’t always need a Pollock like bukkake - a good mix is enough!
February 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Or these cool urban sketches by George Grosz!
February 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The main collection also has some works worth going for alone.

Take this prophetic painting from 1913…

Ludwig Meidner - Apocalyptic Landscape.
February 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yasmine Nasser Diaz - Hanna bint (daughter of) Ghamar.
February 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sherin Guirguis - Storming Parliament I.
February 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lalla Essaydi - Reclining Odalisque.
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Gulay Semercioglu - The Flower Inside Me.

Is that a little Georgia O’Keeffe?
February 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Laila Shawa - Disposable Bodies 4 (Shahrazad).

Shades of Damien Hirst to me…
February 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hayv Kahraman - Search and Indian Poker.
February 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Women Defining Women was also great, and showcased Islamic women’s art.

Shirin Aliabadi- Miss Hybrid No. 3.
February 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Because these still life paintings are not just studies, but displays of wealth, stolen from colonized worlds.

And it made for an interesting way to learn how to view these works.

Willem Kalf - Still Life with a Porcelain Vase, Silver-Gilt Ewer, and Glasses.

Willem Claesz - Tobacco Still Life.
February 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
And the spoils of empire just kept rolling in.

Man’s Tunic, Peru.

Abraham van Beyeren - Banquet Still Life.

Which lends a new meaning of reclamation in modern reinterpretations of this art period.

Sithabile Mlotshwa - A Phoenix of the Dutch Republic.
February 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And reinforced views of superiority via religious art.

Antonia Tempesta - God Creating the Birds and the Fish.

Jan Pietersz, Saenredam - Adam Naming the Animals.
February 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
And their understanding of the world grew with contact with new countries, at the expense of the indigenous populations of those places.

Great Tulip Book: Admirael der Admiraels de Gouda, and Gesner’s Tulip, Ichneumon Fly, Kidney Bean, and Scarlet Runner Bean.
February 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Items like these boxes flooded in from the Ryukyu Islands and Turkey, respectively.
February 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hendrick Doncker - A New Map of the Whole World by Frederick de Wit.

And then they set their eyes on the outside world, to apply the same tactics the Spanish had used to enrich themselves and play ‘catch up’ with the rest of Europe.
February 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Jan van de Velde II - Water.

These were the beginning of the exhibit, setting up how the Dutch tried to assert a unified identity after gaining their independence from Spain.
February 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Armorial Tapestry, France or Flanders.
February 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM