Astounding painting, one of my favorites to teach. And the Titian "Rape of Europa" at the Isabella Stewart Gardner that V uses as Minerva's tapestry. Thank goodness it wasn't part of the theft...

enjoying the flowers

reading with Charlie and feeling much gratitude for the works of this legislator of the world @joriegraham.bsky.social

these posters sprouted up in DC, riffing on this guy’s grotesque treatment of women. 🔥☄️

you’ll need to include at least in an endnote

Very excited to be speaking about trans and queer art history tomorrow at George Washington University — with a focus on El Greco, the queerest of all early modern Spanish artists.

your Cavalier is so adorable and looks very happy! I’m awaiting a pup — will be ready in a few weeks and I’m so excited!

last night I dreamed I went to that bathroom again

Here’s Elwood P. Dowd 😊

Wonderful to see how the National Gallery in DC is acquiring more Renaissance and Baroque works by women artists. This is one of Fede Galizia’s exquisite still-life paintings, c. 1630, with some virtuoso handling of cucumbers