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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve tried to find a way to turn off videos but I don’t think it exists

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Oct 24

For #InternationalSnowLeopardDay :
Insignia Badge with Snow-Leopard Decoration
Korean, Chosŏn dynasty, 19th c.
H. 21.5 x W. 18.8 cm (8 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Harvard Art Museums 2002.254:
harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...
#SnowLeopardDay

Insignia Badge with Snow-Leopard Decoration:
polychrome silk-floss embroidery in satin stitch on a dark blue silk damask ground and gold thread border

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Jan Dickey @jandickey.bsky.social · 16d

Opening Oct 17 2025 at Art Cake in Brooklyn, NY

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · 17d

At the 96th St Q train and Hudson Yards stations, there’s just so much space. Not sure for what

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · 26d

Had a student ask me “what’s your Starbucks order” and i was like 🤷🏻‍♂️. So many other better options

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Sep 26

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Sep 26

5 gallon bucket ceramic sculpture with maroon and white glaze on brown clay

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Sep 26

Detail of a new stoneware 5 gallon bucket. See it next week Oct 2-4 at the new Split Level Art Fair in Manhattan with Morgan Lehman Gallery.

Maroon and white crawl glaze on a stoneware 5 gallon bucket sculpture by Matthias Merkel Hess

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BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy Friday to our fellow #FindsFriday enthusiasts! 🏺

This week has left us feeling like this 18th c. BCE Syrian figurine...

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Sep 3

Always an honor to work with Studio Valle de Valle on their projects. We collaborated on this fireplace surround and I also made the tiles for the table. Honored to see it on the cover of AD

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Sep 1

Be dazzled!
Charles Burchfield, "Gateway to September", 1945-1956, Watercolor on joined paper, 42 1/2" x 56"

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Aug 29

This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.

Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/1996...

The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins

Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.

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AIC: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @aicamericas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Vessel in the Form of an Animal with Four Legs and Long Tail https://www.artic.edu/artworks/22350/

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Aug 26

Muji?

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Aug 24

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Aug 24

My kid did the scavenger hunt today with a friend. So cool! Still in high school and he was out knocking on doors during the primary too.

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Jeremy Wilcox @jeremywilcox.bsky.social · Aug 24

ABC 7 is here, and I saw the NY Times talking to folks too.

It’s just unbelievable what a savvy (and fun!) idea this scavenger hunt was on the part of the Mamdani campaign.

#ZcavengerHunt

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AIC: Arts of the Americas (Bot) @aicamericas.bsky.social · Aug 21

Handle Spout Vessel in the Form of a Seated Man Carrying a Jar https://www.artic.edu/artworks/3631/

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · Aug 14

Photo of a 3 Mile Island souvenir lamp with a picture of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor on the shade and the base made to look like a cooling collar with Three Mile Island written on it I don't know the photographer or the source for this

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Matthias Merkel Hess @merkelhess.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thought this combo was nice

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · Aug 10

Given the increasing authoritarianism in the UK, and threats against peaceful protest, I’m reminded of this project by Tamás St. Turba, Czechoslovak Radio in 1968. As possessing a radio was banned, he painted bricks to look somewhat like them, which were then banned also.