Swinging between Spinoza and Schopenhauer. Art, culture and interesting facts.

Joined January 2013
Barbara Krueger - Untitled (1984)
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Looking into remote Master’s programs in Arts Managemen. Any recommendations or experiences worth sharing?
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In 2005, a group of artists in Italy built a giant 71 meters long plushie rabbit in the countryside and just let it there
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Alberto Giacometti, Self-Portrait age 20 (1921)
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The transformation of Utrecht, Netherlands. (1982, 2026)
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Kawase Hasui — Road to Nikko (1930)
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Pablo Picasso was famously unimpressed by the moon landing. They asked him in 1969 and humanity reaching the Moon simply didn’t interest him.
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The Azorean hood, or ‘capote e capelo,’ was a traditional garment commonly worn in the Azores, particularly on the island of Faial, until the 1930s
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Stonehenge: 1877 and 2026
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Thursday evening mood: Sleeping boy in the hay (1897) by Albrecht Anker
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William Adolphe Bouguereau - Study of the Head of a Blonde Woman (1898)
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Hilma af Klint - The Swan (1914)
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Long exposure photograph of a crowd near the entrance to the Vasileostrovskaya subway station in Saint Petersburg (1992) by Russian photographer Alexey Titarenko.
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This is the Pythagorean cup; it's designed to empty completely if you pour in too much liquid.
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The unassuming sky in "Covent Garden" (1934) by Donald Chisholm Towner (1903–1985) currently on display at @TullieCarlisle
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The trees in "Saturday Morning at Priory Park" (1952) by Leo Hardy (1905–1989) on display at @BeecroftGallery
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Jane Gifford (b.1955) began recording her dreams in a written form on a daily basis in 1994. This painting ("Dream Inventory January 1997") provides a visual record of her dreams over the course of one month
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How it feels like spending a morning reading a new engaging book whilst it's cold outside 📖 A Chapter of Accidents (1880) by Godfrey C. Hindley (active 1873–1914) on display at the @SundMuseum
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Lady posing with her Ercoupe, an early plane design to be own by regular people, circa 1940s
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"The First Day of the Year" by Konstantin Gorbatov (1876-1945)
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