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James Wagner 1940-2026

@jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social
1.6K followers 1.2K following 7.3K posts

cranky radical, fussy aesthete, humanist, generalist, partner of @bhoggard

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 23/06/2026
James Wagner, beloved New York art collector, has died at age 85. He and his husband, Barry Hoggard, were collectors and art aficionados well-known within the New York gallery world, having built a collection of over 1,500 works largely acquired from the Brooklyn art scene via their social circles.
hyperallergic.com
James Wagner, Insatiable Art Collector, Dies at 85
“His pursuit of knowledge knew no bounds, and he represented the very best of what might be considered the true collector’s spirit,” says artist Man Bartlett.
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Barry Hoggard @bhoggard.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
There are a lot of people here whom we know only online, so I wanted to let everyone know that @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social passed away on Sunday from cancer. He was in hospice at home. I wrote about his final day. jwhealth.us/update/2026/...
James Wagner sleeping in a chair beneath a photograph called "Max is a Bachelor" by Chris Verene. He is embraced by his partner Barry who is leaning over him, face not visible. The table in front has flowers, a newspaper, and small key lime pies.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
thecrimson.com
Harvard Legal Fees Surged to $126 Million in Fiscal Year 2025, Tax Filings Show | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard spent more than $126 million on legal fees in fiscal year 2025, a sharp increase from the previous year as the University battled the Trump administration in court over federal research fundin...
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
the best
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
the best
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
new shirt alert
bearded white guy on patio in ballcap jeans and tank top that says Jamaica with a scuba diver hooked up to a bottle of Red Stripe
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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We've finally won the war against woke
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Trump White House freaked out so much at the political disaster they created for themselves with Minnesota and other viral images of their roving, trigger happy crackdowns that they were forced to make their secret police force more secretive, but they’re still committing lawless abuses and…
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Zero Art Fair, and the other really good work its founders, our friends, do, is a brilliant project, and Felix’s Salmon’s piece in Business Week should help give it more of the visibility it deserves, and also inspire similar initiatives anywhere art is appreciated www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
The High-End Art Fair Where Everything Costs $0
There’s too much good art going unseen. At this event, artists are happily giving away their work.
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I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com · 12/05/2026
www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnim...
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From the AdviceAnimals community on Reddit: This oligarch douchebag is the poster child for “Tax Billionaires out of Existence.” Wants to take YOUR money so “America doesn’t go broke.”
Explore this post and more from the AdviceAnimals community
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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Disenfranchisement is the name of the game. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Supreme Court Unblocks Alabama’s Racially Discriminatory Map, Showing That Alito Was Lying
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a stay on an old Alabama...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is what parliament would look like if the only people who could vote were most of the people who bear children, do most of the unpaid work and are most likely to experience male violence. And it is the party most supportive of trans people’s human rights.
HOUSE OF COMMONS IF ONLY WOMEN (18-50) COULD VOTE
Party
I Green
Labour
Conservative
Lib Dem
Plaid
SNP
Reform
• Other
2025
4
404
116
4
9
8
33
2026
482
Seat change
+ 478
÷ 320
÷ 106
÷ 20
1 9
1 6
$ 32
SOURCE: YOUGOV
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The Classics Library @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Roman woman's remains found during Colchester hospital dig
bbc.co.uk
Roman woman's remains found during Colchester hospital dig
The lead coffin found in Colchester contains the remains of a high-status woman, experts say.
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The Classics Library @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasite www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
livescience.com
Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasite
Chamber pots from the frontier of the Roman Empire have provided the world's earliest evidence of humans infected with the Cryptosporidium parasite.
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
one plane
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
detail of the floor tiles outside the entrance to our apartment (Chelsea, ,mid-30’s, Art Deco)
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This is about a 32-year-old man who earns $200K a year and is now CONSIDERING moving out of the Bushwick co-housing space he shares with 17 roommates. I have so many questions. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
How a Geologist Lives on $200,000 in Bushwick, Brooklyn
After starting a new job, Daniel Babin can afford to shop for a pricey vintage guitar and rethink living with 17 roommates.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Mother's Day by Dorianne Laux www.divasofverse.com/2020/10/moth...
divasofverse.com
Mother's Day by Dorianne Laux
Mother's Day I passed through the narrow hills of my mother's hips one cold morning and never looked back, until now, clipping her tough t...
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Barry assembled last night’s dinner: an al dente Setaro ziti, with Eataly’s luscious sugo alla bolognese, prezzemolo and
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ted and Jane an excellent adventure
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
[1] This banning of social media, for minors, really irks me. It’s indicative that democracy is being usurped by tech barons. I know plenty of children less impressionable than journalists, for instance. Previously censorship was of the publication, now it’s of the people. The correct…
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Ireland will 'go it alone' if no EU deal on social media
Ireland will go it alone if agreement is not reached at EU level to ban social media for children under 16, the Minister for Communications has said.
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
inside her thing, which is both day bed and carriage
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sally 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
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
the 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...
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Someone asked a bunch of kids what the first thing was that cane to mind when they thought about Trump. Their answers are priceless. Check out the video.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
WE ARE A DIRECT ACTION GROUP COMMITTED TO OPPOSING, DISRUPTING, AND DEFEATING ANY GOVERNMENT ACT THAT THREATENS DEMOCRACY, EQUALITY, AND OUR CIVIL LIBERTIE
RISEANDRESIST.ORG
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disiterate.bsky.social @disiterate.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Piercing the Veil, 2025 because we need to be present as witnesses in these dark times. willing to pimp this piece out for an art show if needed. powerfully silent but forever watchful and can even see in the dark!
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disiterate.bsky.social @disiterate.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
many of you know the work i do as an art/a/v/installation/computer/web tech but lesser known are my mending skills - its how my grandparents survived when they immigrated to this country. its sweet notes like this that make my day! to know i help extend the life of things, and the histories we carry
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
the French have always understood the automobile better than any other culture. specifically its utility for both the most modest parts of society and the grandest
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Tom @twal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#SouthAfrica Today a song scrolled down which reminded me of one of the most astounding theatrical experiences of my life. 1975 Cape Town Ipi 'N Tombi performance. Warriors dance with spears ending up pointed at the audience as the music stops. The message explicit; correct the wrong or else.
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Ethan Shoshan is one of the most wonderful artists I have ever met I use the adjective both spontaneously and advisedly he is also a beautiful, generous, pretty great human being, a Mensch
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
very personal tabletop assistant
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
the Founding Fathers weren’t even agreed on whether the government of the new nation should even have an executive today, effectively its only government, its entire government, is executive the people have disappeared
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The Needling @theneedling.com · 30/04/2026
‘White Female Mamdani’ Mayor of Seattle Caught Blowing Taxpayer Money on Personal Limousine: tinyurl.com/3n2k7jsv
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson wearing luxury sunglasses and fur coat as she waits to board Route 8 bus
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
the long gallery, as a light box, above and across from parlor as sleeping chamber, at 4 am, friends quietly dance together
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
the midnight grabber surprised by the parlor sleeper (who might as well also be described as ‘parlous’ sleeper)
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Bruce Hodges @brucehodges.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Christian Mason’s piece, composed for the Sinfonietta in 2008 and repeated now, entwines and enlaces a group of nine professional musicians with thirty-six volunteers playing harmonicas." ~ @disgwylfa.bsky.social on "In Time Entwined, In Space Enlaced," on 11 June with the London Sinfonietta
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Article: We Play, You Play by Paul Griffiths - London Sinfonietta
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
lovely
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
wow
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
actual kings get it early no one is king because they say they are king no one stays king because they insist they are king the job security, historically, can be pretty iffy
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Charles extolling tolerance, executive restraint, interfaith understanding, decency, international peace......Half expect him to chant "No Kings" at any moment.
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
best of all, I’m in our breakfast room, at the window opening onto our own garden
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
the W tells me I’m still here my second morning coffee pulled by my favorite barista, (also my favorite everything)
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This discussion with @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and @samwang.bsky.social should be excellent! www.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
princeton.edu
Joshua Weitz (University of Maryland) and Sam Wang (Princeton Neuroscience Institute): A Dialogue on the Future of Science
A timely public discussion about the impact of attacks on science and medical research.
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James Wagner 1940-2026 @jamesarthurwagner.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
we love Yma Sumac
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Jim Parrett 🍁 @jymn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Yma Sumac
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
ok so I just learned that foxes live all over london and are very common. is this true? and if so, how do yall get any work done at all?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/04/2026
I’m fascinated by how obsessed Trump is with his ballroom but still unsure why he wants it so bad. There is definitely an untold story there that goes beyond him just wanting a larger event space.
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