Thrilled to share that I have been named Beinecke Fellow at the Clark Art Institute. I will be in residence in its Research and Academic Program for the fall 2026 semester. www.clarkart.edu/About/Press-...
Hi folks -- Next Monday (April 14) at 7pm, is the NYC launch of my new biography of Albert Barnes, at PowerHouse Arena in DUMBO. I'm especially pleased that the great Alexi Worth will be talking through the book with me! Come one come all! powerhouse-books.ticketleap.com/book-launch-...
You’re so welcome, Blake. It’s a wonderful read (I reposted it as I had too many typos in my original).
@blakegopnik.bsky.social’s terrific essay on Marcel Duchamp. A retrospective of the artist’s work opens at @moma.bsky.social tomorrow.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/a...
If you're in NYC on Friday, come check out the Columbia Symposium, "Unsettled in Dakar" Architectural Modernity in 20th-Century Dakar." I'll be presenting with a host of others. The event is in-person only (and I don't know if it will be recorded).
buellcenter.columbia.edu/programming/...
It really isn't. With few exceptions, I see a lot more activity on Threads.
The cognitive dissonance is real.
GOP: the mail is secure enough to receive your photo ID, social security card, your debit and credit cards, your stimulus checks, and your tax returns
Also GOP: the mail is not safe enough for voting
That feeling when someone who constantly insists that you get their name right constantly gets yours wrong.
Honestly, it’s a train wreck. But I can’t stop.
True confession: I have watched every season of @netflix.com’s “Love Is Blind.” Having done so, I really enjoyed artist Paul Chan’s essay on the show in 4Columns.
www.4columns.org/chan-paul/lo...
You were repeatedly warned. If you believed Trump’s promise that he wouldn’t drag us into endless wars, that’s on you.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
In 1973, a veto-proof majority of Congress took the position that POTUS’s constitutional powers to use military force are limited to:
1) declaration of war
2) specific statutory authorization
3) national emergency triggered by attack on U.S., its territories or possessions, or armed forces. 1/n
In closing its museum, which exhibited the work of scores of Chicago and underrepresented artist and stands as an important part of art and art historical training, DePaul University shows its lack of commitment to the full range of the arts.
www.depaul.edu/news/dpam-20...
I'm giving a keynote lecture titled, "Why the Underground Railroad Matters," at the Barnes Foundation tonight. The event is in person and virtual.
www.barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/tal...
Seeing a conference presenter who is using lots of air quotes. #caa2026
Given our current political climate, I am deeply honored to be the recipient of the 2026 College Art Association Excellence in Diversity Award, which recognizes outstanding efforts in arts programming, projects, and/or scholarship to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
I once saw a speaker who was accompanied by a drummer. I was super jealous not to have thought of it first.
I arrived at a conference yesterday, and it was so weird not writing a paper on the plane or pulling an all-nighter in my hotel room (I'm not actually giving a paper, so there's that).
College Art Association Annual Conference reminder.
Following an example I saw at a conference in 2022, I’ve been known to use a tambourine. It’s super effective.
ACLS and several of our member societies signed on to a @penamerica.bsky.social letter to the Texas A&M Board of Regents defending academic freedom and urging them to rescind censorship policies: bit.ly/4bJ12fo
PSA
I only ever had TAs as back up dancers/models once.
wins the internet
That way there is time enough for my question.
Well…it’s more of a comment.
He also conducted a wedding, so yeah
See also: Your portion of the meeting agenda that said you only needed 10 minutes for.
Also applies to proposal defenses.
