Reposted by Larisa GrollemondGetty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Our medieval art curator rates every scroll emoji. 📜 35323
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026sometimes eduroam works like it’s supposed to and it’s always a little bit of a miracle 050
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Today in cute medieval skeletons, these two little buddies from Henri de Mondeville's La Cyrurgie (BnF fr. 2030, ca. 1314-20) 0104
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 31/08/2026one thing about me is that I WILL be getting pumpkin cold foam in a world historic LA heat wave bc it is spooky season no matter what 030
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Imagine thinking this is an accomplishment when they can't even stop without launching themselves into a crashpad and breaking their arms off 151
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 18/08/2026we did it, joe. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/s...nytimes.comWhat’s the Best 🏛️ Emoji? Getty Museum Curators Have Thoughts. (Gift Article)In a series of recent social media posts, curators at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles are rating the best variations on art-adjacent emojis. 052
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 04/08/2026One of the biggest scams of the last few years is the rebranding of 100% polyurethane pleather into "vegan leather." 290
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This article needs a trigger warning for the video that's just a close up shot of book after book getting its spine cut off 033
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 10/07/2026my hottest medievalist take is that "accuracy" in any fictional media that engages with history is not only impossible, but it's never the point anyway, and we shouldn't care about it at all 0142
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 07/07/2026If only we could figure out how to convert the hot takes about AI on LinkedIn into a fuel source, we’d solve the energy crisis for generations 082
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026writing good alt text is really an art, and I am Not Good at it I fear 000
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026cursed object spotted on my 405 commute home: an electric green cybertruck with “cyberbeast” blazoned across the back in metal font 050
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A reminder to submit your 15th-century problems to the class for RSA 2027--deadline is July 15th! www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...rsa.orgRenaissance Society of America 001
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 16/06/2026the algae is really so funny, the perfect metaphor for the administration and probably the state of the country 060
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 15/06/2026LA! I'm doing a Q&A with director Caroline Golum after the screening of her new film, "Revelations of Divine Love," about your favorite anchoress and mine, Julian of Norwich, on June 23rd @2220arts.bsky.social --come see it! rotations-la.net/screenings/c...rotations-la.netcoming soon — Rotations a film series 001
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026normalize translating passages of Middle English even in writing that’s meant for other scholarssss omg 0152
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The AI that lives in my Outlook like a gremlin and goes by the name Copilot is always prompting me "Give me 3 things to do," by which it means it will read all my email and give ME 3 things to do, and I couldn't hate anything more 051
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Resident medievalist/goth the venn diagram is often a circle 1112
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 14/05/2026🚨CFP: Fifteenth-Century Problems at Renaissance Society of America 2027 in Philadelphia! Do you work on the 15th century and frequently get irrationally angry at discussions of attribution, style, workshops, anonymous masters, and the fact that Vasari ruined everything? 185
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Met gala stylists should’ve talked to some art historians…these looks are…bad? They all seem quite effortful and sort of sadly literal 071
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 05/05/2026always talk to art historians www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comWhy Lauren Sánchez Bezos is storming the gates of the Met GalaAn art historian explains why Sánchez Bezos "will never be elegant." 050
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 25/04/2026“Why does the sphinx have toes? Will it tickle me?” -my 5 yo out here asking the important questions on a Saturday morning 040
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Here's a beautiful thing for your Thursday, a German artist working through drawings of bookbindings and studies of Christ's loincloth, ca. 1490 194
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Medieval folk and especially medieval literature folk: looking for recs for recent writing/theorizing on the intersection of castles and sex/sexuality, could be medieval-y or medievalism-y 000
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 16/04/2026JD VANCE says that the POPE should be CAREFUL when talking about THEOLOGY. If you're ever embarrassed about anything ever again, just remember that JD Vance once told the Pope to be careful when he talks about theology. I'll never get over this lol www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...nytimes.comVance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology 1101
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 08/04/2026me writing my little emails and reading my little books 051
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Jonathan lives! www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWorld's oldest known tortoise, Jonathan, still alive despite reports of deathA widely circulated social media post purporting to belong to the tortoise's vet has been revealed to be a hoax. 1113
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Not to be dramatic but this ruined my day and probably my year www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...usatoday.comWorld's oldest known land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, dies at age 193Jonathan the tortoise, the world's longest-living known land animal, has died at an estimated 193 years old, according to his caretaker. 250
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The comments on NYT cooking recipes need to be studied. Like, if you see a recipe for a Double Coconutty Coconut Cake, why would you comment "I don't like coconut, any suggestions for substitutions?" Just don't make this COCONUT cake, Jan! 2202
Reposted by Larisa GrollemondJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever. 125140254032
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 23/03/2026pleased (?) to report that AI does an absolutely terrible job of transcribing medieval manuscript text 0120
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 13/03/2026AI in the healthcare claims submission process means it's now taking twice as long and is at least 120% more circuitous, repetitive, and annoying thanks I hate it 010
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 06/03/2026If you missed our program with Harmonia Rosales and want to check it out, it's up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBZ...youtube.comCreator/Creation: Conversation with Harmonia RosalesYouTube video by Getty Museum 010
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 04/03/2026love being an art historian and all but damn, copyediting image captions have got to be one of the top 5 worst academic tasks 140
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 04/03/2026SCRIBE: hey man you know how to draw a frog right ARTIST: um yeah totally they have spots and long fingers and also an underbite with teeth SCRIBE: and they're small? ARTIST: no huge with arms and legs like people SCRIBE: yes exactly 2204
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 03/03/2026this is wild and totally outrageous, boomers have to get out of the way 052
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I know everything has a price but the thought of dinosaur skeletons at auction evokes a deep sense of melancholy 0122
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 18/02/2026my inbox currently has emails about bloodletting fleams and 14th century urine flasks, so I think I'm doing this whole medieval thing right 2110
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Lovely to chat with Eva Baron of My Modern Met about Beginnings! mymodernmet.com/beginnings-g...mymodernmet.comHow to Reimagine Middle Age Creation Myths for the Contemporary World [Interview]At first glance, the exhibition 'Beginnings' may seem familiar. But thanks to the vision of the curators, there's a contemporary twist. 010
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 16/02/2026A+ that single person bobsled is called “monobob” and that the announcers have to say it over and over with a straight face 070
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Cosmetic shade names are endlessly amusing to me, but goth cosmetic shade names go so hard. Like something called “unearthly doom” but it’s just a purple lipliner 😂 140
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Beth and I joined Tyler to talk about Beginnings on the latest Modern Art Notes, which also features Harmonia Rosales discusses her work in the show 010
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Beth and I will be in conversation with Harmonia Rosales about how her work in our exhibition "Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages" reframes familiar Creation narratives--online and in-person March 1st! www.getty.edu/calendar/har...getty.eduCreator/Creation: Conversation with Harmonia Rosales | Getty TalksDiscover the ways medieval imagery influences Rosales's practice, and how this produces paintings that challenge and reframe historic works. 010