Blondes (Autoportrait a la chevelure iconique) by Elene Usdin, 2018 (photography) Photoseries of the photographer disguised as famous men
#eleneusdin #selfportrait #photography #art #parody

Today in Labor History January 20, 1925: Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician was born. Cardinal was a liberation theologian. He also founded the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived from 1965–1977. When the Sandinistas (FSLN) took power, they chose him to be minister of culture from 1979-1987. He quit the FSLN in 1994, protesting the autocratic rule of Daniel Ortega. Cardinal called it "a dictatorship not a revolutionary movement."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nicaragua #ernestocardenal #sandinistas #Revolution #dictatorship #poetry #poet #books #art #solentiname @bookstadon

Minpsysia
Deliciosa (1888) by Edward Lear, from Nonsense Botany.

Source: New York Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/485714eb-64de-4e64-a7ea-7c8588f6824e

#nature #botany #food #nonsense #taxonomy #flora #flowers #plants #art #publicdomain

https://storyseedlibrary.org/de/ ist dank @TannersAndRodents nun auch auf Deutsch verfügbar!

(this post was sponsored by my poor German!)

#solarpunk #art #illustration #Deutsch #Deutschland #sustainability #climate #climateChange

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📰 Register now | Fashion’s Real Reset Starts Now, Live Webinar
Join us on February 12 to discover how fashion’s creative shifts are shaping the industry’s future.
🔗 https://www.vogue.com/article/fashions-real-reset-starts-now-live-webinar

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🎭 Jimmy Fallon Teases Trump Over Secondhand Prize
The “Tonight Show” host joked that President Trump hung his new Nobel Prize on the wall “right next to his McDonald’s customer of the month plaque.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/arts/television/jimmy-fallon-trump-nobel-prize.html

January 20th is, for many, a normal day.

However, we must acknowledge that a year ago today, the US saw a shift in power which has (unfortunately) rippled across the globe.

A year on, we think it's fair to say that, whilst we are still horrified by the decisions, language, and actions of the US administration (and beyond), the initial hopelessness is beginning to dissipate.

We're fighting back, finding new ways to come together, and staying strong.

#Jan20 #SocialWeb #Hope #Fediverse

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📰 Tommy Hilfiger New York Fall 2026 Menswear

🔗 https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2026-menswear/tommy-hilfiger-new-york

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📰 Canali Fall 2026 Menswear

🔗 https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2026-menswear/canali

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📰 How to Merchandise a New Creative Director’s Collection
As luxury brands undergo creative resets, merchandising bridges creative ambition and commercial reality. Here’s how to get it right.
🔗 https://www.vogue.com/article/how-to-merchandise-a-new-creative-directors-collection

The Art of Not Letting Go: The Mondrian Trust claims a 1930 painting is still protected—citing "dual copyrights," Spanish law, and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Familiar playbook. None of it holds up.

Full story, up now on Copyright Lately:

https://copyrightlately.com/mondrian-public-domain-controversy/

#copyright
#art

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📰 Can the Creative Reset Help Fix Luxury’s Pricing Problem?
Luxury prices have climbed to new highs in the past few years. Will that change under the new crop of creative directors?
🔗 https://www.vogue.com/article/can-the-creative-reset-help-fix-luxurys-pricing-problem

Ice on the window this morning.

#art #photography

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📰 Ellen DeGeneres Speaks Out About ICE Killing of Renee Good: ‘I’m so Sad and so Angry’
The comedian shared a series of posts on Instagram reflecting on Good's murder and the ICE takeover in Minnesota
🔗 https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/ellen-degeneres-renee-good-ice-statement-1235501694/

Here lies our land: every airt
Beneath swift clouds, glad glints of sun,
Belonging to none but itself.

We are mere transients, who sing
Its westlin’ winds and fernie braes,
Northern lights and siller tides,

Small folk playing our part.
‘Come all ye’, the country says,
You win me, who take me most to heart.

Kathleen Jamie

This is the poem chosen by a panel of judges, and by popular vote, to be inscribed on the rotunda on the site of the Battle of Bannockburn.

#poetry #scotland #freedom #art

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🎭 Rewatching ‘Mad Men’ From the Outskirts
The series was known for its sharp scripting, artful acting and attentive wardrobe and set design. But it brought little of that meticulousness to its Black characters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/arts/television/mad-men-black-characters-carla.html

new in the Step in the Arena archive #streetart #graffiti #eindhoven #berenkuil #photography #streetphotography #acdsee #acdseephotostudio Visit the archive: https://eu.zonerama.com/fransvanbeers/Album/115954

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📰 One Brand’s Secret to Lower Prices? Off-Peak Production
Palome only manufactures during off-peak factory times, helping it keep prices much lower. Here’s how it’s hoping to scale.
🔗 https://www.vogue.com/article/one-brands-secret-to-lower-prices-off-peak-production