Nobody cares about Art

[Isabeau]

The Fake History Hunter (@fakehistoryhunter.net)

I don't think I've seen the Simpsons episode where Lisa got access to a time machine ;) Bronze statuette of a priest or offrant Etruscan 3rd–2nd century BCE https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246426

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Bronze statuette of a priest or offrant - Etruscan - Hellenistic - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.

www.metmuseum.org

 

[Casey Pelous]

JFC.

Man causes 'catastrophic damage' to Chihuly Glass Museum in Seattle

 

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I need something pretty to look at.

 

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I think this fits.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Mark mMothersbaugh has collected all kinds of weird stuff. Here's a video with Raymond Scott's "Electronium".


Raymond Scott was the guy who made half the background music for Loonie Tunes.


listen to that and tell me you can't see a cartoon dog chasing a cartoon cat:

 

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The Audacity of Art at the Obama Presidential Center

(Gift link to the NYT article; it may not last forever...)

 

[Cat Fratica]

Banksy strikes again...

 

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First of its kind queer museum in San Francisco Chinatown amplifies Chinese LGBTQ+ artists

A recently opened, first of its kind Chinese queer museum in San Francisco is already having an impact on the surrounding community.

apnews.com

On one side of the world, Xiangqi Chen can be punished for her LGBTQ+ activism. But on the other, the activist and artist is lauded as a trailblazer — the architect behind the first of its kind Chinese queer art museum.

The irony that she left her home in China and found a public platform for her LGBTQ+ artistic expression in San Francisco’s Chinatown — the country’s oldest — is not lost on her.

“Here in San Francisco Chinatown, I still continued my journey and met so many like-minded community members and friends,” Chen told The Associated Press through an interpreter. “It kind of actually encouraged me and gave me lots of strength to do what I know is my mission, my calling.”

The OUT Museum opened with a rainbow-ribbon cutting at the end of May — between Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Pride Month. Situated across from the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum, the bilingual museum is giving recognition to a demographic that has long felt invisible. It seems like an ideal fit in the progressive city at a time when some cities, states and the federal government are restricting or banning certain LGBTQ+ rights.

 

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[Sid]

Today I went on a day trip to Amsterdam, to visit the Rijksmuseum. It was more than 30 years ago, that I was there last time. So it was about time. What a museum, so many worldwide renown Dutch masters, china, silverware. I haven't seen half of it.
On the way back home while in the train, I realized that one sees for a several billion euro worth of art during such a visit.
Thank goodness these museum pieces will never be sold.

In a few weeks I hope to go back to enjoy the rest.
I have a train card now that allows unlimited traveling through the Netherlands for 96 euro a month, first class (senior citizen price).
And I obtained a museum card that allows free entrance to more than 500 museums in the Netherlands.
So I'll be busy this fall and winter, not only with Second Life. I will not make it to all of them, but I already have 10+ of them on my bucket list.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Also Amsterdam

Larrish 💙 (@larrish.bsky.social)

This mural is titled “𝙄𝙣 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙, 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙂𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨". It was created by Dutch street artist Leon Keer. It’s located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photo credit: Leon Keer (the artist himself) #art #mural #streetart #amsterdam #netherlands

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