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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Elisabetta Sirani, Timoclea throws the Captain of Alexander the Great down a well, 1659 (Naples, Museo di Capodimonte). Sirani died on this day in 1665 at just 27 years old, already successfully running a workshop and school in Bologna.

A painting of a young woman pushing a man in Roman costume, apparently mid-breakdance, down a well

The artist's signature and the date 1659

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

excited to share I’ve moved to Providence, Rhode Island, to start a PhD in History of Art & Architecture at @brown.edu this autumn 🤎 feeling very lucky to spend the next few years reading, thinking, and writing about the art I love (plus finally experiencing a proper New England fall) 🥹📚☕️🍁

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

so grateful for the chance to spend time with a newly accessible work by my favourite obscure artist as I prepare to start the PhD this autumn, and very much looking forward to reading the brilliant projects of my fellow awardees 🕵️‍♀️🎨

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart www.economist.com/christmas-sp...

Chart from The Economist showing the annual income in 1798 of various professions and of Jane Austen characters

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

a wonderful paragraph from Claire Tomalin’s biography of Jane Austen

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/10/2025

"Gilmore Girls" debuted 25 years ago. Still, every year, many fans make a TV pilgrimage to the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, as the weather cools and the leaves begin to change.

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Why ‘Gilmore Girls’ Became a Fall Tradition

The show debuted 25 years ago this week. Many fans still make an annual TV pilgrimage to Stars Hollow as the weather cools and the leaves start to change.

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

grateful for the chance to present my work on the reception of Italian Renaissance art in the Romantic period at #BARS2025 @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social 💌🎨

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 29/05/2025

But don't forget to read 😄

Peter Parker book meme. Cover: "How to write" Inside: "Write"

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

my first attempt to write Anna Tonelli back into art history 🥹

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

finally got approved for indefinite leave to remain in the UK 🫡

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

nothing soothes coursework stress like Gilmore Girls name-dropping my fave authors

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I have a strict ‘submit and forget’ policy, but today I couldn’t help but look at my mark. Never expected to go on a pilgrimage to a remote corner of Northern Italy but anything in the service of research!

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

so excited for the third in Elif Batuman’s quartet of campus novels

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I genuinely love leaving parties early like I can be in bed in 30 minutes while everyone is still miserable

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

one of the best things I’ve read this year is Andrew O’Hagan’s Caledonian Road (I suspect it’ll be adapted for TV pretty soon)

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Elena Bonacini @elebonacini.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Hey! I’m Elena - I’m an Art History student at Cambridge and these are some of the research projects I’ve been working on recently. My focus is on the intersection of literature and the visual arts!

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