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Azure Chi Art

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Artist and History of Art Enthusiast studying at the University of Oxford. My life consists of art, photography, video and tabletop games, D&D, EDM, cats and good food.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 02/09/2026
We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship of the Society. Next closing dates: 5 Oct and 14 December. Fellowship is open to those who've made a scholarly research contribution to #history in all sectors (within & beyond higher education) in the UK/worldwide bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians
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Apply for Fellowship - RHS
Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 5 October and 14 December 2026   Fellowships are awarded to those who have made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically through the a...
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 02/09/2026
Volunteer at Conference 2026 🤝 Fancy attending this year’s conference for free in exchange for lending us a hand? If you’re a museum studies student, current museum volunteer, front-of-house worker or unwaged then this opportunity is for you. Apply now to join us in Birmingham on 2-4 November 👇
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Volunteer at Conference 2026 - Museums Association
If you are a museum studies student, current museum volunteer, front-of-house worker or unwaged then this opportunity is for you. We are recruiting volunteers to help at MA Conference 2026, which take...
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Kelly Bastow @moosekleenex.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
*Call for Papers closes 25 September 2026* 'The #Renaissance beyond Borders' #conference from @srsrensoc.bsky.social takes place 30 June - 3 July 2027 here in the Warburg. Proposals for papers across Renaissance studies are invited until 25 September. Learn more & submit your paper ➡️ buff.ly/91FCXvj
Image: Firenze, Toscana, Itália. Credit: Bruna Santos  / pixels.com
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arnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 24/08/2026
News | Workers at V&A’s London sites vote in favour of strike action Dispute continues over pay, working conditions and heatwave policy
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Workers at V&A’s London sites vote in favour of strike action  - Museums Association
Dispute continues over pay, working conditions and heatwave policy
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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
enshittification ouroboros
the anti-ai symbol, where ai is depicted as an ouroboros, defecating and devouring it's own feces, while stabbing itself through the heartthe anti-ai symbol, where ai is depicted as an ouroboros, defecating and devouring it's own feces, while stabbing itself through the heart
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Tarot "was probably used as a fun Humanist teaching tool for the Italian elite...and it became a popular game for others as well...By the time the occultists saw it, it had lost its tie to the game."
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Tarot Was a Courtly Card Game. How Did It Become a Tool for Divination? (Gift Article)
A Morgan Library & Museum exhibition explores the origins of a popular tradition that has drawn occultists and everyday people alike.
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 21/08/2026
News | Derwent Pencil Museum prepares to write new chapter in larger premises The Lake District attraction is moving closer to Keswick town centre
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Derwent Pencil Museum prepares to write new chapter in larger premises  - Museums Association
The Lake District attraction is moving closer to Keswick town centre 
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Join us for 'From Skin to Script', a hands-on workshop in traditional parchment-making – one of the UK's most critically endangered crafts Explore how living craft knowledge affects how we understand medieval manuscripts 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2026 bit.ly/4gcqbRn (limited places)
From Skin to Script is a practical workshop in traditional parchment making.
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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Now that Pomona is settling, the financial crunch of her illnesses has hit my bank account. We are down nearly $2500 after all the vet visits, which is a little mind boggling So I'm hosting a "We Love Pom" 25% off everything sale at my shop: samanthamash.etsy.com Please share if you can🧡
Photo of a gray kitten with medium length hair laying on prints and stickers of art with her tongue out a littlePhoto of a gray kitten with medium length hair playing with prints and stickers of art
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“You’ve made a rookie error there mate. Always do them skin side down.” - 15th century, Kraków, MNK 3025 I, p. 460 @MedMilMedicine #globalmuseum #medieval #humour #humor #manuscripts
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My friend and colleague @vevianzaki.bsky.social wrote a wonderful blog about "Cats on Mount Sinai". Highly recommended read for all lovers of cats and ancient monasteries 🐈‍⬛🐈
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Cats on Mount Sinai
Stories of the Monastery’s Furry Residents Years ago, when I visited St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, among many impressive things about this monastery, the cats who lived their caught my attent…
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our friends @antiquaries.bsky.social have asked us to share the follow CFP: Lines of Enquiry: Graphic Arts and the Afterlives of the Material Past Friday 6 November 2026 at Burlington House, Piccadilly and online CfP deadline: 2 September 2026
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Call for Papers - Lines of Enquiry: Graphic Arts & the Afterlives of the Material Past - Society of Antiquaries of London
A CfP for 'Lines of Enquiry: Graphic Arts and the Afterlives of the Material Past'.
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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Not long now until this gorgeous thing is out in the world. I am so privileged to have had the chance to work with ten amazing women whose writing bristles with passion, creativity, anger and courage. Pre-order now! Publishing 6 August.
An image of the front cover of a book called Women, Walking. The cover is a design of rock strata in greens, blues, tans and creams, with copper foil. The image gives a publication date of 6 August.
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Mysticism & Lived Experience Network @mlen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Our CFP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2027 is out! We seek papers challenging the solitary paradigm of mysticism and sainthood, repositioning them as communal. Abstracts for “You'll never walk alone: exploring the communal nature of mysticism” are due Sept. 14, 2026. #IMC2027 #Mysticism #medievalsky
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Three cats start intently at a finch on a string with a card in its mouth, a detail from the portrait of Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792) by
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), Spanish, 1787–88
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Jan van Kessel the Elder, a descendant of the Brueghels, was a meticulous chronicler of the natural world. Here’s his ‘Insects & a Sprig of Rosemary’ (1653), where you’ll find butterflies, a bumblebee, beetles, a moth & a cockchafer, with realistic shadows (NGA, Washington)
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Peer review [“Le Manuel des Péchés” (Handbook of Sins), late thirteenth century, University of Nottingham fol. 48r.]
Two grumpy-looking demons show a list of sins to a miserable-looking guy on his deathbed
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Azure Chi Art @azurechi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Forgot to post the last #ArtFight2026 attack: Nebula by obsidixnHxllhound. It was a lot of fun to experiment with pinks and purples to create a semblance of galaxies! Rosa watercolour, Sakura Gellyroll pens, Staedler fineliners, custom metallic watercolours #art #traditionalart #watercolor
An androgynous individual made of astral matter. They are dressed in a white shirt, light blue vest with gold decor, grey trousers and blue thigh-high boots. They have gold-rimmed round spectacles and a little gold string tie. They also have a tail with a fluffy tip.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Landscape near Rome during a Storm (ca. 1786–1806), by Simon Denis. From a selection of rainbows in art, spanning 800 years: publicdomainreview.org/collection/r… @metmuseum
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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’m approaching 50 of these, does anyone want to print them nicely into a book and send them out to my low double digits marketable audience for me?
4 drawings of bryony vines in blue
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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) (ca. 1510–1515) by Master of Claude de France, from Book of Flower Studies. Source: @metmuseum.org Available to buy as a print. pdimagearchive.org/images/7167bb62-… #insects #spring #botanical-art #butterflies
Painting of flowers
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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Spectral Guide - watercolour and acryla gouache on Arches This piece was created for Commander Sealed, and the original painting is now looking for a home!
A knight and his guardian angel face off against an unseen enemy together
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💀🐺🌱ArtofMaquenda🍄🩸 @artofmaquenda.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Sluguenda yokai :3
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The COVID brain fog explained. The COVID-19 virus binds to the ACE2 receptor to enter cells. Dopamine producing neurons are rich in the ACE2 receptor. The virus causes disruption in the dopamine network in the brain. 🧪 tech-paper.com/scientists-f...
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Scientists finally have a biological explanation for why long COVID patients lose motivation and can't think clearly. They scanned their brains and found the dopamine system was physically damaged - T...
Millions of people with long COVID report the same cluster of symptoms: a crushing lack of motivation, an inability to think clearly, memory that slips, movements that feel slower than they should. Fo...
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Thomas Ragon @thomasragon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Walter H. Everett (1880-1946)
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There’s a timely new (open access) volume out today charting ways forward for the humanities. I’m pleased to have contributed a chapter on the role of the @britishacademy.bsky.social liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
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Humanities Forward | Home
Opportunity, Innovation, Policy in the 21st Century
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Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I recently had an article on food and patronage by women in late antique and early medieval Iberian monasteries published in the newest issue of Medieval People. ☺️ scholarworks.wmich.edu/medpros/vol4...
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Monastic Patronage by Women in Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia
This article explores monastic patronage by women in sixth- and seventh-century Iberia. It presents literary (hagiographic, epistolary, poetic) and epigraphic evidence of women exercising various form...
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Rhys @rdpphoto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Please enjoy a full minute of Shropshire Hares chasing & boxing. You're welcome 😊 #ukwildlife #shropshire #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #Hares #mammals #photography #video
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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
#StainedGlassSunday 🪟 🌸🌷🌻🌼🌺 📍St Materiana's Church • Tintagel ⛪️ #Cornwall #History
Stained glass window. Showing bright colourful flowers. Stained glass window. Showing bright colourful flowers. Stained glass window. Showing bright colourful flowers. Stained glass window. Showing bright colourful flowers.
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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
For #CoffeeWithACodex (12pm ET, on Zoom) on July 30, @leoba.bsky.social will show us several fragments from books of hours, and will talk about a relevant creative project she has been working on: the Frankenbook of Hours. #medievalsky Register here: bit.ly/4wglY4R
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Coffee with a Codex: Fragments and Franken-Books of Hours
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Cover illustration for 'The Odyssey' by Homer that I had the immense pleasure of painting for @wraithmarked.bsky.social 's Special Limited Edition 🏺🌊
Cover illustration for the Special Limited Edition of 'The Odyssey' by Homer painted by Eleonor Piteira for Wraithmarked Creative, showing a strong Odysseus with grey streaks in his hair and short dark beard, wearing golden armour and holding a spear and a shield, while standing in the sun before a mural made of mosaics featuring Athena and ships in the sea. There are branches of olive trees on the foreground.
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"This document is too tough to read! I need to get an AI to transcribe it" - foolish, decadent, a researcher unaware of the fragile beauty of the past "This tome is incomprehensible to me for now. I must study the ancient languages to learn its arcane secrets" - a wizened sage, their third eye open
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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Sporkle!
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Democracy only works when people have access to the facts. That's why I'm supporting @ChrisGPackham's petition calling for a UK-wide public briefing on climate and nature risks. Help us reach 100,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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penguinaph.bsky.social @penguinaph.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Early Science and Medicine Vol. 31, No. 3 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-history.bsky.social
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Azure Chi Art @azurechi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Another #ArtFight2026 attack! This time it is a feisty Poisoned Apple by JazzMinK. Rosa watercolour, Staedler fineliners, white Gellyroll pen. #art #traditionalart
A stylised depiction of an apple-like creature with 4 branch-like appendages. The apple is red-orange, with a large toothy grin and two carved eye cavities with light shining from inside. There is a bite on the top of the apple, to the left of the stem and a leaf; to the right of the stem, there is a large worm poking from under the apple skin. The apple is drooling hungrily.
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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Final days to apply ✍️ Join the ICS! We are recruiting a Project Conservator to work on the Ventris Papers: an archive of correspondence, papers, drawings, photographs, offprints & newspaper cuttings. Please share with anyone looking to gain further experience in conservation: shorturl.at/3uE5G
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Project Conservator:Warburg Institute
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Puré @komemerda.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
goat keychains! Available for a limited time! Goat keychains! Get them in the next two weeks or never!
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Azure Chi Art @azurechi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
More #ArtFight2026 !! This one is for @Choccy__milkk, their character Gaia who gave me antique vibes. Derwent pastel watercolours, Rosa watercolour, Staedler fineliners. @artfight.net #TeamMystery #art #traditionalart
An art-nouveau-esque half-body depiction of a woman with voluminous hair. She is dark-skinned and blonde, wearing a light-blue gown with a metallic chestpiece and collar. She holds a bouquet of yellow poppies. Her head is tipped up, eyes closed.
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Azure Chi Art @azurechi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Quick catch-up on #ArtFight2026 !! It was fun to create a character who would fit a fine set of playing cards! @artfight.net #TeamMystery attack @Anonymous_Angel Rosa watercolours, Staedler fineliners, Gellyroll golden gel pen. #art #traditionalart
A stylised medieval jester image. They are wearing white skintight trousers, a light-to-blue and yellow doublet wth a stiff frilled neckpiece. In the middle of their torso is a moon emblem. Their sleeves are puffy over the elbow and skin-tight toeards the wrist. They have a wide-petaled skirt sitting high on the waist in a whimsical fashion. They wear shoes in different shades of blue and their headpiece is also striped with lighter and darker blue ribbons. The headpiece has two ends, each  adorned with a jingling bell. The jester holds a bell in his hand; bells are also on the tips of high-curled shoes and ends of the skirt petals. The jester is wearing a white mask with a smiling expresssion, eyes closed. Their teeth are chipped, and their blush is blues.
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Public Domain Image Archive @pdimagearchive.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Mnemonic Alphabet (1482) by Jacobus Publicius, from Ars Oratoria. Ars Epistolandi. Ars Memorativa. Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive pdimagearchive.org/images/20f4242c-… #symbols #alphabets #language #memory #design #art
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 15/07/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Gloucester church gets £1m lottery grant for wall art restoration
Lottery funds mean experts can now study "internationally significant" murals in St Mary de Crypt.
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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Since the spring of 2023, I have been creating a non-violent art museum in Doom. My goal was to find art that engaged with the themes that informed Doom's creation, while also exploring the possibilities of virtual museum spaces. Please enjoy this museum. Download link below
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The Long Middle Ages @thelongmiddleages.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Long Middle Ages is back for another seminar series in Autumn 2026 at @leedsims.bsky.social ! If you are interested in participating, please send us an abstract (250 words) and a short bio to thelongmiddlesages@gmail.com by Monday 17th August! #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages
We are excited to announce that the Long Middle Ages, a
seminar series for postgraduate students and early career
researchers working on the Late Antique, Medieval, and Early
Modern Periods, will be returning for a second series in Autumn
2026!
We welcome submissions of 30 minute papers from
postgraduates and early career researchers working in any
discipline and on any topic related to the late antique, medieval
and early modern periods. Papers will be followed by time for
questions and further discussion.
Seminars will commence in October 2026 and run on a fortnightly basis
until mid-December.
If you are interested in presenting a seminar, please send an abstract of no
more than 250 words as well as a short biography to the organisers at
thelongmiddleages@gmail.com by Monday 17 August 2026.

All seminars will take place online. If you have any further questions,
please do get in touch.
We look forward to receiving your proposals!
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The International Council of Museums has adopted a revised code of ethics which addresses issues such as the rise of technology encompassing AI, the climate crisis and the legacy of colonialism. buff.ly/XbAkRwC
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