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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sunset in Collioure. And the Moon at the end of my street.

Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The hills above Collioure. I am here with a bunch of incredible people, before spending 3 weeks on my own, just writing about colour and light.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Have arrived in Collioure and opened a window.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Quite a weekend in London: Went to the Royal Academy for a wee photo shoot for an Angelica Kauffman feature, and got off at Bond Street. #007

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This was not on my Bingo card for today's visit to the @ftweekend.com Festival: Finally got to have a chat with Helena Bonham Carter about THAT photo shoot with The Book of Colour Concepts (TASCHEN) for Larkspur & Hawk. She is a treasure.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It's been a week of dragons at work, William Kentridge/Monteverdi at Glyndebourne, Zurbarán at the National Gallery, Simon Schama and @lachlangoudie.bsky.social discussing great art @thamesandhudson.bsky.social, and the first figs in my Sussex garden. (Oh, and a new book deal.)

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A wild birthday week, during which I had Dover Sole with a Knight, enjoyed a London nocturne, the Brighton Gay Men's Choir sang Happy Birthday for me in the Royal Pavilion, and Kiki Dee treated me to Amoureuse. Also: the gift of lemons and a raku pot (oh, and a new book in the pipeline).

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

And here we are, clearly colour-conscious:

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

London-bound for this @thamesandhudson.bsky.social mash-up at the Mountstreet Neighbourhood festival at 6pm: The Artist's Palette meets @lachlangoudie.bsky.social's The Secrets of Painting. Should be colourful!

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Es werde (Neon)licht. For most of the last 90 years there has been some form of Persil sign atop the Wilhelm-Marx-Haus (Düsseldorf’s first high-rise, built in 1924).

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Free colour talks this weekend and next at Brighton's Artists' Open Houses.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Art Herstory has begun the 2026 edition of our annual post about exhibitions of art by women of the 16th to c. mid-20th centuries! Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2026 artherstory.net/museum-exhib... We'll continue to add entries to this list as art museums announce new shows.

A square grid of 9 details of artworks, presented in 3 rows of 3. Details are from paintings mostly - including portraits, religious works, still lifes, among other types - and also one engraving and one sculpture.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

So very proud of my friend Simon Schama. Saw him between shoots for this film, and remember how hard it was for him, and how dedicated he was. Bravo!

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

When a friend puts you up in a hotel by a lake - as a surprise. Good morning, Griebnitzsee. Near Potsdam.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Blue things are coming: brightonmuseums.org.uk/into-the-blue/

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Recent shoot in the Pavilion for an upcoming gala with The Adelaide Salon. Sumptuous pictures by Joe March.

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We're at the @forarthistory.org.uk conference again today! Visit our stand at the book fair to say hello, browse our recent titles, and make the most of our conference offers.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Into the Blue! A new display, curated by me, with works on paper from Brighton & Hove Museums' collections in many shades of blue. Opens 2 May Edmund Dulac's Ice-Maiden, 1915 Small landscape by Frank Brangwyn, undated South Galleries, Royal Pavilion, 1826 brightonmuseums.org.uk/into-the-blue/

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Centre for Life History & Life Writing Research, Sussex Uni @clhlwr.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Finding the grave, name and last will of a Georgian woman: Life Writing research by our Associate Director Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social published in the April 2026 issue of The Burlington Magazine: Finding Miss Gartside: www.burlington.org.uk/current-issue

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

After a magical 'Owl Sunday', which involved long discussions about writing inks, I sourced a rare bottle of Diamine 'Writer's Blood' (now sadly renamed 'Ox Blood'). Also Teal and Sapphire Blue. Because you need different colours for different lines of thought. #amwriting #tothinkinink

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A bibliophile's dream come true. Was gifted life membership of THE London Library and converted my reader's card today. I have been dreaming of libraries (Borges-style) for pretty much all my life, and have used and visited many. This one is very special indeed. #Silenceisrequested

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Been taming dragons for several days now. Fierce beasts. Exhibition opening soon at the Royal Pavilion. brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/dragons/

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Preston Manor will reopen on 14 March and I am just carrying a ghost up the stairs in preparation. The picture, taken by David McHugh, made it into The Times. brightonmuseums.org.uk/preston-mano...

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Jamie Dornan, Jessica Gunning, but most importantly: my super successful friend Jacquie at the Artios casting awards in London last night. Note the matching gold shoes.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Unusual to see A Cultural History of Color in the Age of Industry (Bloomsbury Academic) alongside The Artist's Palette (@thamesandhudson.bsky.social) in a bookshop. Still love both cover images. Kandinsky's Palette and George Field's colour wheel. Thank you, @waterstones.bsky.social Lewes.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I'm sorry, but I am in love with this pendant, for several reasons. Sorry to be a touch materialistic for once, but there is more to it. Also, it's Valentine's Day, so here's a heart for all of you out there.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

It's been a good day, with vintage colour, and vintage jewellery from a vintage ex-boyf. #Colourmania

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Delighted to have been interviewed by the German magazine Die Mappe (first published in 1881!) about the colour pink. Special edition on COLOR (2026). #Farbgeschichte #Rosa #Pink #colourhistory

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Quite a day at the Royal Pavilion and Brighton Museum yesterday: Sir Stephen Fry, sunflowers (Aesthetic movement and Regency), and a very well-dressed audience. Banyan by Zack Pinsent.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Bus(wo)man's holiday: taking my mother's favourite paintings to her new care home in Solingen. (I know, no gloves 🙄. None to be found.)

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Goodnight from my little monk's cell in Düsseldorf. Been a taxing few days, but now reading about Matisse's blacks.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

There were many beautiful moments in 2025, but this was the the most moving: 27 July in Shropshire. I found the grave of pioneering colour writer Mary Gartside, and her real name: Martha Gartside. With thanks to @sussex.ac.uk , @clhlwr.bsky.social, and many others. www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

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Finding Georgian colour theorist Miss Gartside

In July 2025 researcher Dr Alexandra Loske found the grave of the Georgian artist and pioneering colour theorist Miss Gartside - and her real name.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The opposite of writer's block: The Royal Pavilion: A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation, published this year by @yalebooks.bsky.social . A few signed copies available in the Royal Pavilion shop. Pics taken today by Adrienn Deutsch.

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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

ICMY, the full 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture, given by Sir Simon Schama on the topic of ‘Politics and the Poet’ and featuring poetry readings by Leanne Best, is now up at youtu.be/KtQVa_H0hEA. Read more about the lecture @livuninews.bsky.social: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/i...

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Annual Seamus Heaney Lecture (2025) - Sir Simon Schama - Leanne Best

YouTube video by Institute of Irish Studies, Liverpool

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Portrait (2025) with Martha (Mary) Gartside's colour blots from 1805. By Jane Palmer.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Well, this was a bit of a surprise: Helena Bonham Carter with my TASCHEN Book of Colour Concepts in a photoshoot for jewellery designer Larkspur & Hawk. I am thrilled. larkspurandhawk.com/pages/once-u...

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

When you get a free meal in a very nice museum restaurant because they have a dish on the menu that could have been named after your book. Thank you, Verde Miami at Perez Art Museum for The Artist's Palette 🎨! (Note the palette knife.) @princetonupress.bsky.social @thamesandhudson.bsky.social

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

On a sabbatical, in Florida. There is a lot of colour in Miami Beach - day and night.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The Colour exhibition at the Royal Pavilion may have finished, but there are some new and exciting colour projects coming up soon. Watch these pigments, Miss Gartside, and my green silk blouse... (Photo by Stephen Engelhardt)

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Portrait of Anna Boch holding a splendid neo-Impressionist palette, by Théo van Rysselberghe (1892), and an atmpospheric work by Anna Boch herself, titled Evening (1891). At the National Gallery's exhibition Radical Harmony.

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The COLOUR exhibition at the Royal Pavilion finishes soon, but I have one more #ColourConversation up my sleeve: Join me on 11 October, 11am for a talk on colour in the Royal Pavilion. There will be Prussian Blue, Chrome Yellow, Chinese Vermilion and more! brightonmuseums.org.uk/event/johndi...

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Gaga ooh-la-la. Mayhem at the 02 in London tonight. #LadyGaga

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Went to the @royalacademyarts.bsky.social London to sign a few books. Did not expect THIS. Signed copies of The Artist's Palette @thamesandhudson.bsky.social and both versions of The Book of Colour Concepts (TASCHEN) now available at the Academy. 🎨 🎨 🎨

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Stepping in for another speaker next week at the Regency Society, to talk about Georgian colour theorist Miss Gartside (and my holiday in Shropshire):

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Dr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

While searching for the 1819 grave of colour theorist Mary Gartside in Shropshire, I am unwittingly channelling Kate Bush in 1978.

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