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Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Dating from around 1865, this hooded parka from the Aleutian Islands in southern Alaska is made from seal intestines, a naturally waterproof & windproof material. Both robust & decorative, these seal gut parkas would have been used daily to keep warm & dry in this harsh environment.
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Wrapped lemon trees at Villa Medici, Rome.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Wrapped lemon trees at Villa Medici, Rome.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Me on my bike
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Me on my bike
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"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-pyrotechnics #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/picturing-pyrotechnics #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
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Alexander Calder's 'Mailbox', 1963 Apr.. Howard W. and Jean Lipman papers, 1848, 1916-2000. Archives of American Art
July 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Alexander Calder's 'Mailbox', 1963 Apr.. Howard W. and Jean Lipman papers, 1848, 1916-2000. Archives of American Art
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July 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
increasingly, if an author’s name, and date of publication are not at the top, I am resistant to reading it
July 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
increasingly, if an author’s name, and date of publication are not at the top, I am resistant to reading it
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Renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt, who has contributed significantly to photography and commercial photography.
New York City, 1949
#ElliottErwitt #Photography
New York City, 1949
#ElliottErwitt #Photography
July 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt, who has contributed significantly to photography and commercial photography.
New York City, 1949
#ElliottErwitt #Photography
New York City, 1949
#ElliottErwitt #Photography
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Alfred Eisenstaedt,
Alma Mahler listening to Leonard Bernstein conduct her husband's 2nd Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 1960.
Alma Mahler listening to Leonard Bernstein conduct her husband's 2nd Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 1960.
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Alfred Eisenstaedt,
Alma Mahler listening to Leonard Bernstein conduct her husband's 2nd Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 1960.
Alma Mahler listening to Leonard Bernstein conduct her husband's 2nd Symphony at Carnegie Hall in 1960.
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how the fuck is it possible to be this bad at drinking coffee
June 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
how the fuck is it possible to be this bad at drinking coffee
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old ads used to be so cool. baffling lie. four kinds of typesetting. ends in a demand
May 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
old ads used to be so cool. baffling lie. four kinds of typesetting. ends in a demand
my ~5yo stuck his finger at every painting in a room at the Smith College art museum and said, clear and confident, NOT IMPOTANT. We were the only visitors. Guards almost died.
I went to the Tate Modern yesterday. In the Rothko room with all the Serious Art Connoisseurs there was a ~5 year old kid who walked up to each painting, pointed at it and shouted 'RECTANGLE' at each one in turn, then left the room.
April 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
my ~5yo stuck his finger at every painting in a room at the Smith College art museum and said, clear and confident, NOT IMPOTANT. We were the only visitors. Guards almost died.
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Le petit dejeuner, 1920 by Daphne Maugham Casorati
April 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Le petit dejeuner, 1920 by Daphne Maugham Casorati
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Paris, the city that displays its own pollution map on billboards in its streets !
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Paris, the city that displays its own pollution map on billboards in its streets !
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American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
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Firefighters rest after fighting a subway tunnel fire at West 55th Street and Broadway, 1915
March 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Firefighters rest after fighting a subway tunnel fire at West 55th Street and Broadway, 1915
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Use shops, use cinemas, use pubs, cafes and restaurants. Use grocers, use markets, use libraries, use museums, use galleries.
The internet will not sustain us.
The internet will not sustain us.
March 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Use shops, use cinemas, use pubs, cafes and restaurants. Use grocers, use markets, use libraries, use museums, use galleries.
The internet will not sustain us.
The internet will not sustain us.
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A #Roman #glass flask in the shape of a #fish. We don't know what flasks in the shape fishes were used for. Maybe the shape relates to the content (garum/fish sauce),maybe they were used to hold oil.
On display at Pierides Museum, Larnaka, Cyprus. Photo: Jeff Amadon via Flickr
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On display at Pierides Museum, Larnaka, Cyprus. Photo: Jeff Amadon via Flickr
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February 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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The Bibliophile, 1911 by Félix Vallotton
January 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Bibliophile, 1911 by Félix Vallotton
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French village’s squiggle road design to slow speeding vehicles goes viral.
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French village's squiggle road design to slow speeding vehicles goes viral
In a bid to combat speeding and ensure road safety, the village of Baune resorted to an unconventional method creating a squiggle road
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January 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
French village’s squiggle road design to slow speeding vehicles goes viral.
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Cul de Sac, and Adjacent Places - Richard Thompson, ~2010
December 6, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Cul de Sac, and Adjacent Places - Richard Thompson, ~2010