Aug 3, 2025
Sketch of a female figure, Jan Matejko (1838–1893), National Museum in Warsaw.
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Sketch of a female figure, Jan Matejko (1838–1893), National Museum in Warsaw.
"Small boring tool" well that's rude, I mean sure it doesn't have a lot going on but it does its job!
Out of Flavour: Tasteless desires from an avaricious empire
Sue Kneebone, 2023, here shown at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for Twist.
In 1845, Sir John Franklin led a costly polar exploration in which no one survived. His wife, Lady Jane Franklin, financed numerous search parties, some of which left canned foods on the Arctic ice in the desperate hope that her husband would find them. Other strategies included capturing Arctic foxes to which notes were attached to tell any survivors where to find food.
When reports from later suggested the crew resorted to cannibalism, Lady Jane requested Charles Dickens redeem her husband's reputation by reporting the crew's remains were not mutilated, but they had died 'passively' from cold and hunger.
... While the cans reflect poverty and thrift, Kneebone's zoomorphic cutlery set evokes the unquenchable greed and folly of the British Empire ...
In 1845, Tasmania's ex-Governor Sir John Franklin travelled with his own personalised cutlery set on his costly and ill-fated Arctic expedition.
The litter piece references Lady Jane Franklin's travels through the wilderness of lutruwita/Tasmania, where she was carried by convicts on a sedan chair/litter.
Huh? Oh yeah, I guess the rest of the museum is cool. I guess. I’m just gonna stay here and…NOT…have unclean thoughts about knights. Mhm.
lil photo dump of the print and postcards i got from the david blackwood exhibit at art gallery ontario...
begging y'all to check out david blackwood and his work if you haven't already. so grateful that i got to see such a detailed exhibit showcasing blackwood's talent that explained his printmaking process, and featured portions of his personal archives!
My family was in town which finally gave me an excuse to visit the Met so
Some highlights
Allegory of Music, Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902), National Museum in Warsaw.
