Glenn Adamson

Curator and writer, no longer posting on Twitter. Instagram: @glenn_adamson

[The Magazine ANTIQUES @AntiquesMag]

This week on #CuriousObjects it's all about leather with @GlennAdamson! Click to listen now: https://t.co/89BYTxVV0T

[Material Intelligence @MaterialIntel]

“The physical properties of obsidian, a hardness greater than that of ordinary steel and the ability to cleave to a fine edge, have made obsidian a prized material for millennia.”—Anita Grunder

Read more from the #MaterialIntelligence issue on #obsidian: https://t.co/rLi134lagd

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✨ The fifth issue of Material Intelligence examines #obsidian, a naturally-occuring glass formed upon the sudden cooling of liquid hot magma. https://t.co/iNkf5FOaTj

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No longer posting on Twitter. Follow me on Instagram: @glenn_adamson

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@HistPhilosophy Guilty as charged 🦒

[Brendan Cormier @BrendanCormier]

A great piece by @GlennAdamson on Omer Arbel’s ‘Material Experiments’ intervention which we staged at the V&A this September for LDF, including some broader thoughts on collections, time, and materiality. https://t.co/ctHJXmwHfe

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

It‘s here! My new book on Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy.

https://t.co/vRsAlSVJav

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"Attention to materials is the first step in giving voice to makers and their work."

Edward S. Cooke, Jr, on the need for material literacy in the global context.

https://t.co/qGQ3fi5yx9

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

It's Buster Keaton's birthday! He would be 127 years old today.

Why not celebrate by watching my favorite of his shorts, "One Week"? 23 minutes of pure cinema magic and humor.

https://t.co/ysyvjPCLZF

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Applications are now open for the the Lenore G. Tawney Fellowship at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Artists and scholars working across disciplines encouraged to apply.

https://t.co/fZz2zwGZLT

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The World Around has launched a new prize for 25 climate designers under the age of 25. See here to apply or nominate: https://t.co/j1Y7nDTkOE

@TheWrldAround

[The Magazine ANTIQUES @AntiquesMag]

The sweeping lines and geometric forms of this necklace are indicative of the intersecting movements and cultures which shaped Art Smith’s work.

Art Smith, Necklace, c. 1958.

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#AntiqueOfTheDay

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Postdoctoral fellowship from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and the Yale Center for British Art. Deadline Nov. 15.
https://t.co/IwslDNpWdt

@YaleBritishArt

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Dissertation fellowships in American Art! Apply now for major PhD support, from the Luce/ACLS. Deadline Oct. 27. https://t.co/hliZZCgEQL

@LuceFoundation @ACLS1919

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

We're back! With a look at Frantz Fanon's incendiary reaction to colonialism, "Wretched of the Earth".

https://t.co/I60xbNQ8zO

[Peter Adamson @HistPhilosophy]

The podcast starts up again this coming Sunday! Here is a look at what's coming up between now and the end of 2022:

https://t.co/ADnEaqyiPU

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@MarinRSullivan @veracherilynn And look at Nicole Cherubini - she’s Italian American and draws a lot on the Italian baroque.

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@MarinRSullivan @veracherilynn Voulkos had an important visit to Italy and encounter with Pomodoro’s work - I mention it in my Back to Black essay in the Breakthrough Years catalogue.

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Imogen Stuart, Frog Box, 1948. Carved yew. 🐸

Delighted I’ll be interviewing the artist (now 95 years young) as part of the annual conference Making In, hosted by Joseph Walsh at his studio in County Cork, on Sept. 10. For more details see https://t.co/uN65Y5v30Z.