Profile avatar
sunnyjen409.bsky.social
Professor | Yogi | Lover of cats, flowers, museums, and good food.
6 posts 26 followers 44 following
Regular Contributor
Posts 12 Comments 4

'The forgotten Monet': How masterful paintings by the artist's stepdaughter are finally getting recognition by Lucy Davies for BBC www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.

submitted 49 days ago • 64 comments

St Patrick with a Group of Figures and an Irish Wolfhound, n.d., by #MargaretClarke (nee Crilley; Irish, 1884-1961). Held by the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social, onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/1415... #artherstory #womenartists #HappyStPatricksDay

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

UVA’s Fralin Museum of Art received a rich collection of modern and contemporary Haitian artworks, including pieces by Myrlande Constant, who depicts Haitian history, religion, and daily life through large-scale beaded embroidery of traditional Vodou flags.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Self-portrait, c. 1830, by #SarahMiriamPeale (American, 1800-85), who died #otd, Feb 4. Held by the Maryland Center for History and Culture, www.mdhistory.org/resources/se... #artherstory #womenartists

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

The “Roman salute,” often cited by fascists, including Hitler, was not an ancient gesture but a modern invention, shaped by art and cinema.

submitted 110 days ago • 11 comments

Still Life with Rose Branch, Beetle and Bee, 1741, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held by Kunstmuseum Basel, sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMP/eMuseumP... #womenartists #artherstory #InternationalFlowerDay #flowerday

submitted 117 days ago • 2 comments

Silly kitty.

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Horace Pippin's Holy Mountain series are signed and dated. The dates align with significant days in WWII. The first in the series dates to June 6, 1944, D-Day. Here is our new video about it: youtu.be/UiIXJfrbOCI

submitted 126 days ago • 1 comment

Spend a few minutes with Dame Barbara Hepworth's sculpture, Pelagos, 1946; today is her birthday. smarthistory.org/hepworth-pel...

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments