James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 10/05/2026detail of the floor tiles outside the entrance to our apartment (Chelsea, ,mid-30’s, Art Deco) 031
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Barry assembled last night’s dinner: an al dente Setaro ziti, with Eataly’s luscious sugo alla bolognese, prezzemolo and 020
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Ted and Jane an excellent adventure 030
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026inside her thing, which is both day bed and carriage 140
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Sally visited me yesterday, along with her companion - and our treasured friend - John Powers fortunately she was able hang out here for five or six hours a sweet good girl, who seems far wiser than a creature who has been in this world only five months might be 120
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026the mid-70’s Renault 5, with its glorious, enormous snap-back fabric sunroof and its tight, close-coupled, but extremely smooth suspension, was also a great favorite of mine classicsworld.co.uk/guides/renau... 040
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026very personal tabletop assistant 020
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 02/05/2026the long gallery, as a light box, above and across from parlor as sleeping chamber, at 4 am, friends quietly dance together 020
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 02/05/2026the midnight grabber surprised by the parlor sleeper (who might as well also be described as ‘parlous’ sleeper) 010
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026the W tells me I’m still here my second morning coffee pulled by my favorite barista, (also my favorite everything) 121
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Barry made dinner tonight (hot dogs) 030
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 24/04/2026getting outside again after a full week whisked away yesterday afternoon from the Kimmel Pavillion and Tisch Hospital, NYC Langone 010
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026visiting some east side pansies nine days back 030
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026NYU Tisch hospital fare tonight short ribs, sweet potatoes, applesauce, prune juice, mascarpone cheese cake 020
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 22/04/2026NYU Tisch hospital dinner delicious and equally important, beautifully served 150
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026medical procedure required total fasting, and a rearranging of diet/scheduling of meals, and when nothing had arrived by 7:30 in the evening, 27 hours after my last bit of food, we managed to improvise this elegant evening dinner above the East River with snacks brought from home 5 days earlier 160
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 21/04/2026the older something the current NY Times the former Condé Nast 040
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 20/04/2026hospital decor mid-century stretching into the next mid -century 050
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 20/04/2026elevator buttons, gurney elevator 020
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Queens shore, dawn, from 16th floor above Kips Bay 030
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 19/04/2026visitor sitting beside the bed of my dorm roommate Calvin, reading a book in my imagination yes, I’m temporarily inside NY Langone, in akil’s Bay, above the beautiful East River, addressing some issues an extraordinary New York moment, among some wonderful New Yorkers 450
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026fast food heated fresh Whole Foods 365 quiche Lorraine, chopped parsley, chopped celery leaves; torn young Romaine lettuce, refreshed in ice water, some sliced celery stem, chopped parsley, chopped celery leaves, Maldon salt, Vietnam pepper, Cretan olive oil, Italian white wine vinegar 021
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Candyass Money 1994 glazed ceramic 3 1/4" x 1 1/8" x 1/2" one of many Cary Leibowitz/Candyass multiples "..that turns lemons into lemonade by declaring things currency and, when sold in a commercial art context, enables the artist to sell his 'loss' for profit.” magazine.art21.org/2014/04/01/m... 111
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026the world is still my oyster it sits on my MoMA shop desk 022
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Hudson River and New Jersey from the UWS of Manhattan 010
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 09/04/2026don’t usually set a pretty bedroom alarm on e parlor coffee table, but temporary mobility challenges have re-arranged my aesthetic 021
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026his last work, still works a print, in huge edition 041
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026and here the almost-lighter-than-air throw, tossed 000
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026and in the April morning light, the surprising beauty of the improvised sleeping arrangement was revealed to the relieved temporary invalid ˈ with many thanks to the nobleTibetan yak, and all who make it possible for us to enjoy its graces 100
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026compression yellow a small contemporary warm-yellow glazed florist vase resting on lower shelf of a mid-c American maple plant stand under a modest formal gilt/black lacquer 18th-c pier mirror (not pictured), whose original glass silvering has heavily - and ironically - romantically deteriorated 021
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Berliner Luft, table in the street, Mitte, July 19, 2019 at 9:59 pm 032
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 06/04/2026one house of an 18th century wallpaper of the 19th century removed in that 20th century resurrected in a 21st century gilt frame of the 18th century 050
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 06/04/2026normal size egg, undersize Rhode Island splint basket just another 1. January-31. December romance the basket'classic s most likely from the late 18th century 130
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 04/04/20265:25 Friday evening: sun, and a gentle breeze coming through the windows open to 23rd Street behind me, together with the happy chatter of pedestrian commuters passing below we are never alone, unloved or unloving ahead of me and behind me 010
James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 04/04/2026relaxing first time in a good while 141
