Remember for spring 2027 Hydrangea color depends on soil pH, which controls how much aluminum the roots absorb. Acidic soil (pH 5.0–5.5) unlocks aluminum for blue blooms; alkaline soil (pH 7.0+) blocks it for pink; transitional soils produce purple. 🌸 did you know You can get all pink flowers by planting hydrangeas in concrete pots or near stone walkways. Cement and mortar leach lime into the soil, keeping the pH high and blocking the aluminum.

Fredericke Maria Beer #artbots #klimt

Caravaggio : le velours et l’éclat

Nature's own color palette

A cup of Turkish coffee is on a patterned saucer.

Emilie Flöge, Aged 17 #artbots #klimt

Socketman.

This was painted in the 1420/1430s in a workshop in Flanders. The level of detail in the Ghent Alterpiece was very much unmatched at the time. Jan van Eyck truly was one of the greatest painters ever.

Firenze, Palazzo Pitti, 3.12.2026 - 1.3.2027 MAGNIFICO 1492. La collezione de’ Medici ai tempi di Lorenzo

Watercolour painting from the 'Leafscape' series, by Jessica Rosemary Shepherd, contemporary ethnobotanical artist #womensart #October

Cuando llegue al poder estas cosas van a estar prohibidas.

⭐ For the first time in history, see all of Jan van Eyck’s portraits together ⭐ Tickets are now on sale for our upcoming exhibition, 'Van Eyck: The Portraits'. Portraiture as we know it begins with van Eyck. His vision and skill launched painting into a new era of unrivalled realism. Though these people sat for their portraits 600 years ago, they feel alive today. Book your tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime exhibition: bit.ly/3MpPXFb 21 November 2026 – 11 April 2027. Members go free.

Literally impossible to eat healthy outside anymore.

Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament. 1856. Chromolithography. Four plates from a book that gathered patterns from architecture, textiles and decoration into a library of color and form.

Only 46 measures. Approximately 4 minutes. Mozart wrote “Ave Verum Corpus” in June 1791 — near the end of his life. So simple it's almost bare, yet it contains the heavens. Leonardo Bernstein conducted it at Waldsassen Cathedral in 1990 — slowly, lovingly, as if unwilling to leave each note. A miracle in a small package.

White paint. Monet used it for snow. Sargent used it for sunlit walls in Capri. In Staircase in Capri (1878), the walls may look white, but Sargent uses shades of grey and violet to paint the shadows. He was just 22 when he visited Capri. The trip opened up new possibilities. Monet painted snow. Sargent painted the Mediterranean sun. Both knew that white is never just white.

Has any artist ever defined a decade like Patrick Nagel did the 1980s?

How do we go back to being a society that builds train stations like spectacular Art Deco cathedrals? 30th Street Station, Philadelphia.

Sólo falta que el diablo presente su discurso contra el hambre mundial en la FAO. #FAO