Tradition of African-American quilt-making by generations of women, Gee's Bend community, Alabama. The quilts of are unique, and one of the most important African-American cultural contributions to the history of US art #WomensArt
Hilma Af Klint and Piet Mondrian: ‘Forms of Life’ at Tate Modern
🎨@Tate Modern’s new exhibition pits two giants of abstraction against each other. In one corner, you’ve got Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian and in the other corner, you’ve got Hilma Af Klint, a Swedish painter
@jerrysaltz The transcendental Hilma Af Klint and Phil Guston. Didn’t think much of either before seeing their work in the flesh. Both had shows that knocked my socks off. Still flummoxed by Guston, but chills went down my spine.
@jerrysaltz The bust of Nefertiti. It was decades ago, but standing with her in a quiet room took my breath away and the whole history of art seemed to line up in my mind. It was just so incredibly beautiful tears welled up in my eyes. I’ve never forgotten it.
This is the Welbeck Street Car Park in London.
It was built in 1970 and knocked down in 2019, one of many Brutalist buildings demolished in recent years.
Love it or hate it, the destruction of Brutalism might turn out to be a mistake...
This is Alice Tan Ridley singing Midnight Train to Georgia.
You see the utter shock on people’s faces as they listen to her voice? It’s magical.
Oh, and she’s also the mother of famous actress Gabourey Sidibe.
Gunta Stölzl (1897–1983) was one of the most prominent Bauhaus women. She reinvented weaving, and turned it into the financial cornerstone of the Bauhaus. Her iconic designs changed the perception of weaving and helped it to be seen as the art.
The cave of Lascaux is a system of caves in Dordogne (France) where they have discovered significant samples of the cave and paleolithic art, dated 17,000 or 18,600 years ago (Magdalenian period) according to the analysis of a rod of reindeer antler.