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[free-parking-blog]

Francis Alÿs, Nightwatch, 2004.  

Surveillance cameras observe a fox exploring the Tudor and Georgian rooms of the National Portrait Gallery at night.

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L'ala nera o Il tocco dell'angelo by Roberto Ferri

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“I studied art in Florence, that’s why I thought a lot about the meaning of this painting and I thought she’s the perfect woman. So, I talked to myself ‘Why not?’ Why can’t I be Botticelli’s Venus? I can be perfect even with all my imperfections. In the end, all women can represent this figure.”

Trans model Lea T for ELLE Brazil.

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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (detail). By Rembrandt, 1632

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[neshamama]

nina simone performs “i wish i knew how it would feel to be free” at the montreux jazz festival, 1976, switzerland

[mabellonghetti]

Eartha Kitt backstage at royal show rehearsal, 1958

[filmswithoutfaces]

Daughters of the Dust (1991) dir. Julie Dash

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[deuxniel]

Nina Simone by Michael Ochs, 1967

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[englishproblems]

Bringing this gem back

Black Lives Matter

[anyahita]

“ In 1950, Ms. Ruby Brown became one of the first black women to manage a no-kill animal care facility. She ran a National Humane Education Society’s Peace Plantation Animal Sanctuary for more than 30 years until her death in 1984”

[ladybegood]

Eartha Kitt with her cat Jinx in her dressing room, 1953

[fyeahfemaleartists]

Art Is…  Lorraine O’Grady

[jazminesullivan]

BILLIE HOLIDAY at The Apollo

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Here’s your Black History Month reminder that this Billie Holiday song about the lynchings and hangings of black people during the Jim Crow-era south resulted in the FBI and music industry trying to silence her and ruin her career.

[theambassadorposts]

fine af

[electripipedream]

The Black Panther, 1971 Emory Douglas