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Michele Bogart

@urbaninsideout.bsky.social

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xProf: art history, advertising, things NYC. Swimmer, civic cultural advocacy; statue, parks, and advert buff. Author Sculpture in Gotham (Reaktion Books, 2018).

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · Jan 23

My latest “call for action”—this time regarding the Taber Sears #mural in #NewYorkCity Council chambers of #CityHall—in the February 2025 issue of the New Criterion. (Paywall) #publicart #CityBeautiful #conservation #preservation newcriterion.com/article/muni...

“Municipal decay,” by Michele H. Bogart

Michele H. Bogart on the Taber Sears mural in the New York City Council Chambers

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 9h

No. As I understand it, it’s the person who’s been overseeing GSA collections for a number of years—an actual professional who cares about the art. Fingers crossed.

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 9h

This is front page news? Doh!! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 9h

Sharp-eyed photogs with long lenses remain undefeated

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 13h

Close-up photos have revealed the prepared list of put-downs that Pam Bondi brought to use against senators during her Epstein hearing.

Bondi Accidentally Reveals Her Burn Book for Fiery Epstein Hearing

The attorney general chose to lash out rather than answer questions from lawmakers about the late pedophile.

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 2d

Informing people that my work exists, and is relevant to various kinds of issues that interest some people. I have used social media for education and advocacy purposes (monuments, public art), but it’s much harder to do that now, I find, esp on this site. I don’t think many see my posts anyway.

Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 2d

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Your Guide to NYC’s Ballot Questions for 2025

Voters will weigh in on housing reforms, a change to election years and an Olympic Sports Complex in upstate New York.

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 3d

On a positive note, I’ve just seen notice (from a week ago) that the Fine Arts Specialist for the GSA is returning to work there. Of course now there is the shutdown, but still, someone will be paying attention.

Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 3d

If you care about #NewDeal #art, socially conscious art, #BenShahn, or federal #architecture #history, read this story. A flood of complaints, on the record, can’t hurt. #Academicsky
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The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 3d

The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of Mike Wallace! Reflections on the Gotham trilogy from Michele H. Bogart youtu.be/MpJwd-7_quc?... via @YouTube

Reflections on the Gotham trilogy from Michele H. Bogart

YouTube video by Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

Hey everyone, @yusuketrade.bsky.social is impersonating a Princeton grad student and posting some vile right-wing garbage in their name, so please do the world a favor and report and block @yusuketrade.bsky.social

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 9d

#horrorfilm #EvilDead #livemusic www.thetownhall.org/event/evil-d...

EVIL DEAD IN CONCERT • The Town Hall

<p>Evil Dead In Concert, a live-to-film experience that thrills and chills, resurrects Sam Raimi’s beloved cult classic in a way audiences have never seen before — in this lifetime. </p>

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 9d

I didn’t rank him the first go-around, finding him to have been untrustworthy and quixotic as Borough President. Still, it’s sad—lost possibilities. Apart from bad apples, there were some good people working for him. Good luck to them.

Robert Shields @rshields37.bsky.social · 9d

I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers.

Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 10d

Have you seen Jon Gould’s new book?

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GothamToGo @gothamtogo.bsky.social · 10d

The Jewish Museum to Debut Newly Transformed Collection Galleries & Learning Center gothamtogo.com/the-jewish-m...

The Jewish Museum to Debut Newly Transformed Collection Galleries & Learning Center - GothamToGo

The Jewish Museum debuts its reinstalled and reimagined collection galleries and new learning center on October 24, 2025. Marking the most significant renewal to the Jewish Museum in over 30 years, th...

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 12d

A painting to usher in the weekend—and perhaps provide a tiny bit of solace: Vincent van Gogh's 1889 "View of Arles, Flowering Orchards," from collection of Neue Pinakothek, Munich www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/R...

Painting of three trees, with landscape seen through spaces between them, including orchard and view of a walled city

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 12d

I walked a mile to get mine. Worth it.

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foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social · 12d

Got COVID vax at Walgreens on Broadway (Astoria). Mother with kids ahead of me. Walk-in or online appointment. Got same-day appointment. Very easy.

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 12d

Modest mention of heroic work. #monuments #statues #conservation #ArtsandAntiquities #Urbanism+ #NewYorkCity @nycparks.bsky.social

Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 12d

From the newsletter of the Department of Arts and Antiquities @nycparks.bsky.social , (which never seems to mention the amazing #conservation work and #publicart programming done by #JonathanKuhn and team). The latter also here celebrates the amazing #PhyllisCohen, deserving of a medal.

Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 14d

Figurative #monuments are still very much relevant in the twenty-first century. #statue #GardenofHeroes #monument www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

A Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Is Removed From the National Mall

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 14d

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Your Vaccine Questions, Answered

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 16d

Fascinating discussion of possibilities with #livingwalls #architecture #climatechange
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When Walls Breathe: The Rise of Engineered Living Materials

The Regenerative Strategist Welcome and thank you for reading The Regenerative Strategist. A weekly update on harnessing the power of decarbonization, digitization, and enhanced data collection, deliv...

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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 16d

October 1 at 8! EVIL DEAD IN CONCERT • The Town Hall. (Cult #horrorfilm is not usually my thing, but my son’s the violist for the live #music portion.) Plot description hilarious. #EvilDead www.thetownhall.org/event/evil-d...