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Celebrities Need Passport Photos, Too

This is pretty great. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/b...

Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago, Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal), A bronze lion, deep green and muscular, looks out in the distance from its pedestal in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal), by Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907)
American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886)
Chicago
1893

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/656

Archibald John Motley Jr. (American, 1891–1981), Nightlife, Painting of a crowded bar scene where African American people dance and drink together, some sitting at the bar, some at small tables, and many on the dance floor.

Nightlife, by Archibald John Motley Jr. (American, 1891–1981)
1943

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/117266

Space hugs rule.

Hold my beer....

Open Access Images | The Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago offers free, unrestricted use of over 50,000 images of works in the collection under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) designation and the Terms and Conditions of this websi...

If you want something nice and connecting for your day, might I suggest browsing Open Access Art Museums online? I specifically like the Art Institute of Chicago a lot: www.artic.edu/open-access/...

It's like we made a Golden Retriever the general manager of an Arby's and then were surprised when we came back and the restaurant was on fire and all the roast beef was gone.

From the MoMA website: "F-111 was painted in the middle of one of the most turbulent decades in US history." I just read that and thought, "Buddy, you ain't seen nothing yet"

We all deserve space hugs.

A photo of the lunar surface showing the crater soon to be named Carroll, in honor of Reid Wiseman's late wife.

Carroll ♥️

What a beautiful moment.

As someone who works remotely 99% of the time, this is pretty much me when I work from the museum.

A membership at the Art Institute is one of the better ROI’s in this city. Member only hours especially

Van Gogh's Bedrooms | The Art Institute of Chicago Presented only at the Art Institute, this exhibition is the first dedicated to the artist's three "Bedroom" paintings, presenting an in-depth study of their making and meaning to Van Gogh.

All displayed together in 2016. www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...

Pam bondi ignoring Epstein survivors

may this define her for the rest of her life.

she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired.

girl, bye.

Coop from Interstellar piloting a spaceship and saying "This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years"

your grandparents voting for reagan

Elderly woman pushing a rolling walker, to which is attached a protest sign that reads OFF WITH HIS HEAD

My queen today

Our most fearless journalists these days are our cartoonists.

LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

This is NOT posted to her FB account.

Bruce Goff: Material Worlds | The Art Institute of Chicago Celebrating the unbounded creative practice of American architect Bruce Goff, this retrospective features over 200 works including architectural drawings and models and a selection of Goff’s ambitious...

The Art Institue's Bruce Goff exhibition closes Sunday. I'm hoping to get downtown later today to see it before it's too late. www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...

Four portraits of Minnesota residents inside and outside their homes. From left to right: A woman in a hijab, an older woman wearing a red whistle, an elderly couple in winter coats standing in the snow, and a woman wearing a buttoned-up cardigan and dark blue jeans.

The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis.

My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at @propublica.org, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives?

So I picked up my camera 👇

bonus if it's a radio broadcast.

This small oil on a thin wood panel is one of 24 painted studies Georges Seurat made while conceiving the large, celebrated painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. Although at first glance, the panel seems close to the larger canvas, its 20 or more figures have little to do with the final composition. The trio at right, for example, with the elderly seated figure, was completely rethought in the final composition, in which a man in a top hat and a woman walking a monkey convey a sense of grand solemnity and wry humor—a sophisticated irony that is completely absent in the clumsily positioned figures of the oil panel. Gift of Mary and Leigh Block

Oil Sketch for "La Grande Jatte" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/61616/

The entire state of Michigan is in the CBP 100 mile zone. That means that the federal government claims the power to conduct warrantless stops at any point. I live in an ag county with a high Latino population. Shit's real here too.

Jesse Plemmons in CIVIL WAR

"What kind of TSA PreCheck Member are you"

That’s a good rim!

Wife just told me this one:

What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam?

Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.