Damn. In case anyone didn't believe the higher ed landscape is changing irreparably...

I have been so buoyed up by the news out of Hungary. Their solidarity, their joy, their clearheadedness. There is so much to be done, and it won't all get fixed right away. And yet. The obstacle felt insurmountable. Until it didn't.

Thank you, Hungary, for showing us how to stay focused.

Giovanni di Francesco di Piero, Virgin and Child, 1454-59, Tempera on wood, 105 x 59 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). The Virgin and child enthroned in a gilt background and two cherub with swags. The Madonna looks ready to give someone the finger. Yeah, I'm in 7th grade.

Giovanni di Francesco di Piero, "Can you hear this? No? How about if I turn it up?" 1454-1459

Public Art Dialogue journal is hiring an art director. A small honorarium is attached to this role. This is an entirely remote position, joining the editorial team of an international group of Editors and will begin immediately. think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

(First photo top left courtesy Jen Favorite!)

#nokings nyc

Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure at the Sculpture Center in LIC

March 20, 2026 On Wednesday, Israeli forces hit Iranian facilities in the South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, shared by Iran and Qatar.

March 20, 2026

Here's the link to a selection of PAD journal open access articles. Article submissions are welcome. www.tandfonline.com/action/showO...

At Home With Political Portraits: Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents From the publisher: Focusing on photographs depicting the domestic display of three US presidential icons—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama—Jennifer Wingate examines everyday...

today.williams.edu/books/at-hom...

I saw it in the theater with four women colleagues. All of us professors in our fifties. We had to see it. Not because cinema, but come on.

Perfect

Share Your Voting Story The Center for American Progress (CAP) is seeking to understand disabled people's voting experiences. Rarely are disabled voters highlighted when talking about their right to vote. CAP's Disability Ju...

We at @americanprogress.bsky.social are gathering stories from disabled voters about voting accessibility (particularly looking for folks from IN, MO, MN, RI, TX, UT, & WY). Please complete this Google form if you're interested in sharing your story:

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What schmucks.

At Home With Political Portraits: Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents From the publisher: Focusing on photographs depicting the domestic display of three US presidential icons—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama—Jennifer Wingate examines everyday...

today.williams.edu/books/at-hom...

A budget is a moral document.

Why the arts still matter at DePaul Economic constraints that suffocate creative expression and access to artistic skill and imagination are now at the front door of DePaul University.

This oped by DePaul student Jessica Saunders says it all. If you wish to sign to oppose the closure of the DePaul Art Museum, you can sign a letter here (please note it requires a email verification, which often goes to spam): openletter.earth/letter-oppos...

The President just gave himself a big round of applause for 2 hours. He doesn’t deserve a round of applause, he deserves to be fired.

FULL VIDEO: Gov. Spanberger's Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address YouTube video by MS NOW

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Okay, folks- I know we all have plenty to do, but if you're at all concerned about the White House & historic preservation, please consider submitting public comment on Trump's ballroom project; info in this thread. First, a direct link for submitting written statements: www.ncpc.gov/participate/...

Silhouette of George Washington with fashion model

Silhouette of George Washington with fashion model

Silhouette of Abe Lincoln with fashion model

Sherrie Levine, Presidents (various), 1979

Christian Marclay: Doors | The Brooklyn Rail In Doors, each passage through a door opens onto a new narrative, with the editing forging a perceptual link between otherwise unrelated spaces. This motif of ceaseless metamorphosis functions as an a...

An excellent review of Christian Marclay's Doors by Stony Brook U. PhD candidate Sangyoung Nam appears in this month's Brooklyn Rail brooklynrail.org/2026/02/film...

You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?

People

My excellent and smarter colleague Kyle Sandler and I said a few words about the Shakers, thanks to the kind folks at New Hampshire Public Radio!

Make art. Support artists.

This should really be the image of this year's US semiquincentennial. Perfectly fitting, hands down, no notes

Renee Good was murdered!

She deserved to live a long and full life. We will not stop fighting for the end of ICE and femicide!

#rennegood #ice #femicide

Dark image of a woman sharpening a scythe, seen close-up

Käthe Kollwitz, "Woman Sharpening a Scythe," 1905, from Walker Art Center collection, Minneapolis

Sign the Petition Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”

I know there's a lot going on right now, but please consider taking just a minute to sign this petition to prevent the Trump administration's sale or demolition of a major monument of New Deal public art: www.change.org/p/save-the-w...