Michael Benson

Artist and writer focusing on the intersection of art and science

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

@PP_Rubens Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi! I suppose nominally one of the Three Kings, if we're talking ownership in that sense, in the Adoration of the Magi at the National Gallery in DC...

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

The closer RFK Jr is to MAGA and Russian talking points the more of a potential spoiler he is to benefit Biden, so we should hope he keeps his BS up. It's when he's (mis-)understood as an environmental lawyer, quasi-lefty activist, etc that this quack's a danger to the Dem ticket

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

@andrewsweiss Wait a sec. The closer he is to MAGA and Russian talking points the more of a spoiler he is in the election to benefit Biden, so we should hope he keeps this up. It's when he's understood as an environmental lawyer, quasi-lefty activist, etc that he's a danger to the Dem ticket

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

@ThirdWayMattB The closer he is to MAGA and Russian talking points the more of a spoiler he is in the election to benefit Biden, so we should hope he keeps this up. It's when he's understood as an environmental lawyer, quasi-lefty activist, etc that he's a danger to the Dem ticket

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

@IanGarside1 @NataliaAntonova Yeah, kind of like how George Bush felt he had no choice but to resign following 9/11. Of course, a functioning democracy would have had Al Gore in office, with half a million more votes. So your point stands. Now, about Netanyahu...

[Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 @KellyScaletta]

Has anyone else noticed that the people who say they need guns in case the US Government becomes too tyrannical and the people who say Ukraine should just roll over and surrender to a tyrannical government are the same group of people?

[Jason Corcoran @jason_corcoran]

A measure of the man: This is the queue to pay respects to Alexey #Navalny two days after his funeral.

[Anna Nemtsova @annanemtsova]

Two men, two funerals. Moscow, 1989: Russians said good bye to the human rights champion, Andrei Sakharov. Moscow today: Russians honoring Aleksey Navalny.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

"You were not afraid and we are not afraid"

[Konstantin Sonin @k_sonin]

Moscow, March 1, @navalny funeral. It is simply very dangerous to be there, yet thousands of people came.

[Natalka @NatalkaKyiv]

‼️ “Ukranians are good people!”

Wow! I didn’t expect to hear this at Navalny’s funeral.

I’m kinda speechless…

#Navalny #NavalnyFuneral #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

@anneapplebaum This is an extraordinarily important and timely Mayday of an essay, and I thank you for writing it

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

@olgatokariuk @t_bezruk Hemingway didn't exactly make war seem like a vacation, as Bezruk implies. "If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one... But those that will not break it kills." Farewell to Arms

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

@ivanastradner In 1989 the economy in Yugoslavia was far from fine, and to take that out of the equation as a contributing factor to what happened in ex-Yugo is simply wrong. This is not to remove any of the blame from Slobodan Milosevic and company — far from it.

[Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews]

Meanwhile in Russia: propagandist Sergey Mardan emphasized that Russia wants a lot more than just the restoration of the USSR and is striving to restore the Russian empire.

https://t.co/yyYPmE1wWk

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

Exact... Remarkable how a handful of words (only 17!) by the invaluable Julia Davis can crystalize exactly what's at stake, sweeping aside "useful idiot" blather parroting Russian disinfo. The only tweak I would make his to replace the second use of NATO simply with "Ukraine."

[Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews]

It was never about "NATO expansion," but rather NATO getting in the way of Russia's imperial expansion.
https://t.co/zTKyZB57kk

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

I had a great time last Monday talking 2001: A Space Odyssey with the very-informed & good humored @ScottAdlerberg, thanks to everyone for coming out with some great questions and observations! (Pic by Steve Lawrence)

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

And don't forget to see a crisp new print of 2001 at MOMI, the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, a good long run until August 27th.

https://t.co/YWKq7VgSFs

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

Hope to see you tomorrow in Bryant Park for my conversation with Scott Adlerberg on "2001: A Space Odyssey"... It's free and it's at 12:30!

https://t.co/KCZjvz62jV

[Michael Benson @BensonImages]

Talk about a thousand-yard stare!

[Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @PP_Rubens]

2/2 Jan van Scorel. Painter and pilgrim. Painted by himself as pilgrim. So serious! Bad haircut but it was the style.