Reposted by Katrina BrownRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 15hTl;dr: the Trump administration lifting sanctions against Russia in the week that Russia escalates its campaign of war crimes against Ukrainian civilians is disgusting but it shouldn't be remotely surprising. It's what Trump and his circle have always wanted to do. 426860
Reposted by Katrina BrownWill Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This by @benlukeart.bsky.social (one of many damning reviews by actual critics, as opposed to all the thoughtless love from influencers and platforms) is excellent at many of the issues. www.thenerve.news/p/review-the...thenerve.newsReview of the Week: The 90s: Art and FashionWe were due a rigorous cultural appraisal of an increasingly mythologised decade. Sadly, Tate Britain's jarring clash of modern masterpieces and glossy-mag photoshoots is not it, writes Nerve art crit... 051
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Happy 35th birthday to the mighty @womenslibrary.bsky.social 🎉 020
Reposted by Katrina BrownOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you are or will be in London, head to Gallery Ibraaz for Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy, Lawrence Abu Hamdan's Earshot and more. ibraaz.org/whats-on/a-l...ibraaz.orgA Lifework of Mourning | IbraazTo mark the opening of Gabrielle Goliath's Elegy at Ibraaz, Gabrielle Goliath, Christina Sharpe and Sara Nadal-Melsió join to discuss how mourning can facilitate a praxis of gathered grief, refusal an... 32719
Reposted by Katrina BrownJeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026'She looks like Eva Marie Saint in "On the Waterfront"…'youtu.beLloyd Cole and the Commotions - RattlesnakesYouTube video by LloydColeVEVO 4104
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This scene, in this film. Perfection. RIP Eva Marie Saint - whose name we were singing before we knew who she was, thanks to Lloyd Cole & the Commotions (listen to Rattlesnakes) 010
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Given to every school pupil in Glasgow in 1976 for Glasgow's 800th anniversary. 020
Reposted by Katrina BrownRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So much winning... 24815
Reposted by Katrina BrownBrian Ferguson @brianjaffa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Creative Scotland has triggered a new bidding process for the former CCA building in Glasgow - and revealed its “preference” is now selling the site or transferring ownership. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2657448... @heraldscotland.bsky.socialheraldscotland.comCCA building set to change hands as Creative Scotland triggers new bidding processCreative Scotland says its 'preference' is to sell or transfer ownership of the former Third Eye Centre and CCA building in Glasgow. 014
Reposted by Katrina BrownTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 10/09/2026“This is the museum event of the decade, possibly the century so far. Are we really to believe that a more ethical partner would not have jumped at the chance to be involved?” @benlukeart.bsky.social on the #BayeuxTapestry at the British Museum. www.thenerve.news/p/bayeux-tap... 39241
Reposted by Katrina BrownTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Actual headline: “Farage sold himself to one foreign based crypto millionaire & has now sold his party to yet another one”. What a surprise that a party with little concrete policy has very specific policies on… crypto tax cuts 2017954
Reposted by Katrina BrownOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Gloria Steinem died. 284
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Sadly spot on by Zoe Williams | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comFarewell Keir Starmer, a terrible politician whom we desperately wanted to be something more | Zoe Williams‘U-turn’ doesn’t do justice to the myriad ways he found to break a pledge. Now the former PM is resigning as an MP, why did I have such high hopes? asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams 000
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Scottish Govenrment has announced a pilot scheme for a Minimum Income for Artists. Could be good news - the devil will as ever be in the detail. There has been a lot of looking over to Ireland and how its basic income scheme has developed : www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukIreland announces scheme to provide basic income for artistsThe Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world. 110
Reposted by Katrina BrownTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026FT Editorial on Israel’s de facto annexation of the West Bank www.ft.com/content/9669... 33223
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Scotland this week, London in September | www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comThe ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abusesFrom killings in Gaza to the alleged use of a sonic weapon on a vigil in Belgrade, the Lebanese-British artist reveals how his work for activist group Earshot is inseparable from his art 010
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I mean .. is there any reaction other than "so what?" 000
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Looking forward to Lawrence Abu Hamdan being back in Scotland this week. Exhibition and talk (which I think is fully booked) @thecommonguild.bsky.social and performance on Sat with EAF | thecommonguild.org.uk/programmethecommonguild.org.ukProgramme entries — THE COMMON GUILD 000
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I used to have a photo of Felix Gonzalez Torres' cat that he sent me. Long lost 😫 020
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Such a good example of how city / mayoral government can achieve real positive change 011
Reposted by Katrina BrownMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible. 1563368974
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I couldn't love Deborah Levy's writing more 🍋 000
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 000
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Christine's Obituary in @theguardian by @sorchadallas - Image is of work that was commissioned for exhibition at Tate Liverpool in 1998 | www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comChristine Borland obituaryTurner prize nominee whose installations, sculptures and films returned repeatedly to the histories embedded within bodies 051
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 11/08/2026For years, I've been trying to avoid domestic flights, travelling by train. Last time I went to London my train ticket down cost £189. The train was cancelled, the later one was 30 mins late and 4 weeks later I am still waiting for refund. Just booked flight for next trip - £90. SORT THE TRAINS! 100
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Art trail" 😖 Wait til you see the Scottie dogs in Glasgow. 😖 010
Reposted by Katrina BrownRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The poor room looks like it has some sort of golden scabies. Gross to contemplate that this once dignified building is a ruin at one end and this Liberace nightmare rummage sale at the other. 81569129
Katrina Brown @katrinabrown.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Spot on - and an excellent reminder in eloquent text of how beautiful the building was, and would be again www.ft.com/content/2d1d...ft.comWhy the Glasgow School of Art deserves to be fully restoredYears after two devastating fires, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s art nouveau masterpiece faces an uncertain future. It’s time the government stepped up 100
Reposted by Katrina BrownDani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026A Pisan art student bumped into Keith Haring in Manhattan one day and said: “Why don’t you come and paint a mural in my home town?” So he did. It’s called Tuttomondo, it symbolises peace and is the second last outdoor work he created before his death a few months later in 1990. 0356