rachel
@rrharmeyer.bsky.social
art historian / visual artist
opinions here entirely my own
opinions here entirely my own
I hope it’s not too niche to suggest Kasimir Malevich would have been a great artist to represent the Epstein Files.
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I hope it’s not too niche to suggest Kasimir Malevich would have been a great artist to represent the Epstein Files.
I was looking up Classic English Christmas Carols on Apple Music because I was looking for something like the Coventry Carol and the top results were Mariah Carey and Wham! Ah yes, the ancient ballads of yore.
December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I was looking up Classic English Christmas Carols on Apple Music because I was looking for something like the Coventry Carol and the top results were Mariah Carey and Wham! Ah yes, the ancient ballads of yore.
I know it’s not possible to learn everything from history but could we learn one thing from history?
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I know it’s not possible to learn everything from history but could we learn one thing from history?
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There are two basic reactions people have to ChatGPT
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
There are two basic reactions people have to ChatGPT
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
1) OMG I USE HIM FOR EVERYTHING AND WE’RE GETTING MARRIED
2) I preferred Google when it used to work.
You know which one you are. Every human being on the planet already knows.
This is where we are.
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is where we are.
Me, who can never remember which way to turn the faucet: Hey, it this the hot?
My husband, who never forgets: That’s hot.
Me: Thanks, Paris Hilton.
My husband, who never forgets: That’s hot.
Me: Thanks, Paris Hilton.
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Me, who can never remember which way to turn the faucet: Hey, it this the hot?
My husband, who never forgets: That’s hot.
Me: Thanks, Paris Hilton.
My husband, who never forgets: That’s hot.
Me: Thanks, Paris Hilton.
Cincinnati Art Museum last week, I really enjoyed having time to wander through.
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cincinnati Art Museum last week, I really enjoyed having time to wander through.
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The Land of Cockaigne, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1567
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Land of Cockaigne, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1567
They’ll take my IKEA from my cold, dead hands! Also we sadly do not have an IKEA in my state.
September 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
They’ll take my IKEA from my cold, dead hands! Also we sadly do not have an IKEA in my state.
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The Massacre of the Innocents, by François Joseph Navez, 1824, 📸 by @lindseywasson
August 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Massacre of the Innocents, by François Joseph Navez, 1824, 📸 by @lindseywasson
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Descent into Hell, by Duccio, 1308-11, 📸 by Noe Llamas
July 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Descent into Hell, by Duccio, 1308-11, 📸 by Noe Llamas
Our founding forefathers and foremothers opposed tyranny so that one day our dogs could be photographed in these costumes. #dogsofbluesky
July 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Our founding forefathers and foremothers opposed tyranny so that one day our dogs could be photographed in these costumes. #dogsofbluesky
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It is Insect Week, which seems like a good time to mention a forthcoming book about an important entomologist's art & art-historical significance:
Maria Sibylla Merian
by Catherine Powell-Warren
www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Pubs, Sept 1, 2025
#womenartists
Maria Sibylla Merian
by Catherine Powell-Warren
www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Pubs, Sept 1, 2025
#womenartists
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It is Insect Week, which seems like a good time to mention a forthcoming book about an important entomologist's art & art-historical significance:
Maria Sibylla Merian
by Catherine Powell-Warren
www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Pubs, Sept 1, 2025
#womenartists
Maria Sibylla Merian
by Catherine Powell-Warren
www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Pubs, Sept 1, 2025
#womenartists
I realized the reason I don’t like AI is that it’s just like being given a group assignment in grade school: I always get a better result when I go it alone.
June 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I realized the reason I don’t like AI is that it’s just like being given a group assignment in grade school: I always get a better result when I go it alone.
I spend way too much time as an art historian questioning the creative decision to make Donatello the one who “does machines” instead of Leonardo, which would make way more sense. #tmnt #millennial #art
June 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I spend way too much time as an art historian questioning the creative decision to make Donatello the one who “does machines” instead of Leonardo, which would make way more sense. #tmnt #millennial #art
Amazing name and concept for an exhibition!
The title of this exhibition at #risdmuseum was Inherent Vice, the term used by conservators for objects whose own materiality causes its deterioration. Textiles and dress are especially prone, this mid #1850s gown a victim of time but clinging on still #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
June 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Amazing name and concept for an exhibition!
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Death in the Sickroom, by Edvard Munch, 1893, 📸 via @answerdavebrown
May 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Death in the Sickroom, by Edvard Munch, 1893, 📸 via @answerdavebrown
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Judith Leyster and Art Historians Who Intentionally Misattribute Women's Artworks To Men Because They Believe Women Are Incapable of Creating Anything Great and Want To Make More Money | @ahimaov.bsky.social blog
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Judith Leyster and Art Historians Who Intentionally Misattribute Women's Artworks To Men Because They Believe Women Are Incapable of Creating Anything Great and Want To Make More Money
When you hear the term 'Dutch Golden Age’ you likely think of the many great paintings that have been used as the cornerstones of the period’s canon, such as Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson of Dr.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Judith Leyster and Art Historians Who Intentionally Misattribute Women's Artworks To Men Because They Believe Women Are Incapable of Creating Anything Great and Want To Make More Money | @ahimaov.bsky.social blog
ahimaov.substack.com/p/judith-ley...
ahimaov.substack.com/p/judith-ley...
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Sold today by Christie's -
Angelica Kauffman's double portrait of Anne Stewart, née Dashwood, Countess of Galloway with her daughter, Lady Susan Stewart, later Duchess of Marlborough
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
Result: US $65,520; estimate range, US $30,000–50,000.
Angelica Kauffman's double portrait of Anne Stewart, née Dashwood, Countess of Galloway with her daughter, Lady Susan Stewart, later Duchess of Marlborough
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
Result: US $65,520; estimate range, US $30,000–50,000.
May 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sold today by Christie's -
Angelica Kauffman's double portrait of Anne Stewart, née Dashwood, Countess of Galloway with her daughter, Lady Susan Stewart, later Duchess of Marlborough
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
Result: US $65,520; estimate range, US $30,000–50,000.
Angelica Kauffman's double portrait of Anne Stewart, née Dashwood, Countess of Galloway with her daughter, Lady Susan Stewart, later Duchess of Marlborough
www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
Result: US $65,520; estimate range, US $30,000–50,000.
I miss my old friend, the card catalog.
May 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I miss my old friend, the card catalog.
Anyone else grade finals to the Les Mis soundtrack or is it just me?
May 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Anyone else grade finals to the Les Mis soundtrack or is it just me?
If you’ve been meaning to get around to researching your family’s genealogy but haven’t had time, just become the pope and someone else will do it for you.
May 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
If you’ve been meaning to get around to researching your family’s genealogy but haven’t had time, just become the pope and someone else will do it for you.
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Is it just me or is Jane Eyre haunting my ginger? The bonnet, the dropped shoulder line, the bell skirt....
April 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Is it just me or is Jane Eyre haunting my ginger? The bonnet, the dropped shoulder line, the bell skirt....
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Visual Arts Review: “Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver” — Surrealist Sorcery
by Lauren Kaufmann for @theartsfuse.bsky.social
artsfuse.org/308561/visua...
by Lauren Kaufmann for @theartsfuse.bsky.social
artsfuse.org/308561/visua...
Visual Arts Review: "Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver" -- Surrealist Sorcery - The Arts Fuse
Reluctant to explain the meaning of her art, Leonora Carrington chose to let the magic and mystery of her inner life reveal itself through the imaginary animal/human creatures and fantastic landscapes...
artsfuse.org
April 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Visual Arts Review: “Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver” — Surrealist Sorcery
by Lauren Kaufmann for @theartsfuse.bsky.social
artsfuse.org/308561/visua...
by Lauren Kaufmann for @theartsfuse.bsky.social
artsfuse.org/308561/visua...
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Self portrait, 1649 by Flemish painter Michaelina Wautier, recently recognized as an outstanding Baroque artist. Her paintings were previously attributed to male artists, including her brother, as happened to other past female artists #womensart
March 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Self portrait, 1649 by Flemish painter Michaelina Wautier, recently recognized as an outstanding Baroque artist. Her paintings were previously attributed to male artists, including her brother, as happened to other past female artists #womensart