Ikr!!!

bolvig416:

Bless Service

soundgrammar:

Reuben Tam, The Shores of Light, 1960, oil on canvas, 44 x 50 in. (111.9 x 126.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1968.52.9

Texting M if we wants to go to bed early and read books in bed like he is not just in the room next door 🧺

Reading “All that Glitters” by Orlando Whitfield and I am so entertained!

I also was not aware that Portugal would feature so prominently early in the book and the way Orlando describes the Portuguese art dealers he encountered early is dealing career is hilarious - I can picture them perfectly in my mind

thunderstruck9:

Karl Mediz (Austrian, 1868-1945), Morteratsch-Gletscher mit Piz Bernina [Morteratsch Glacier with Piz Bernina], 1935. Oil on canvas, 88 x 125 cm.

nephritebabie:

oof

weepingwidar:

Vivien McDermid (Scottish, 1981) - Blood Flow Overflow (The Field Looks Nice and I Miss the Birds) (2024)

proserpina-granatum:

Central Europe, Selenus-Pattern Chess Set, early 19th century

Japan, Ecclesiastical Figures Chess Set, c. 1966

India, Playing Set, c. 1930

Peru, Incas, c. 1977

Mathilde Jaksch-Szendro (man. Augarten Wein Porcelain Factory), Figural Chess Set, 1926-1960

France, Figural Chess Set, 20th century

Irving Amen, End Game, 1960s

Personal highlights from the Maryhill Museum’s chess collection. The collection is cataloged here.