Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Curators shape cultural memory—they often determine what histories are preserved and centered. Hear from LeRonn P. Brooks, curator of African American collections and acquisitions at Getty, on a new book "Black Curators Matter: Conversations on Art and Change": gty.art/3VC7wXc 1345
Reposted by Marc Grobman David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years.🥺 most years i read tom junod's falling man out of respect/grief for the victims. my memories of the day are mixed with sadness/anger for what our govt did after, parts which i know too well. this is well known but worth remembering, i think 47837
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What happens when you combine one of Sophocles’ classics with pre-Hispanic art, music, and poetry? You get #Antigone: In the Language of the Kings! Witness the timeless story of love versus tyranny reimagined in pre-conquest Tenochtitlan, Mexico. Presented by Latino #Theater Company and Getty. 23612
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The brushfire north of the Getty Center has been contained. Thank you to LAFD for their hard work, and to staff and visitors who evacuated safely and swiftly. The Getty Center will resume normal operations tomorrow, and will open as usual at 10am. 769988
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Explora el rico entramado de diálogos culturales y artísticos que marcaron la historia de la #fotografía en México. Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography reúne obras de algunos de los artistas más destacados de la fotografía mexicana del siglo XX. ➡️ www.getty.edu/exhibitions/...getty.eduInstante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography | Getty ExhibitionsWorks by 13 photographers trace Mexico’s evolving visual culture across a creative century. 151
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Explore the rich tapestry of cultural & artistic dialogues that shaped Mexico's photographic history. 📸 Featuring photographs spanning the years 1920-2017, Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography features works by some of the most prominent figures in 20th-century Mexican Photography. 2203
Reposted by Marc Grobman W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused. 4049152534
Marc Grobman @msgquixo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I'm excited to check out this exhibition! Some of the imagery is so dark and creepy, with textures I want to see in person. Also intrigued by the range of different styles, including the bright colors. Can't wait. 000
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Dreamlike, colorful, mysterious... and notoriously difficult to define. Perhaps that was the point all along. @franceinla.bsky.social asked a group of Getty visitors what they saw in Odilon Redon’s fantastical work. Their answers? Enigmatic, sacred, intriguing… and creepy? 👀 1259
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Somehow ancient history feels good in a place like this. We took the Getty Villa's experts to see Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey to get their initial reactions. 29799144
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Stop your doomscrolling. It's time to bloomscroll. 🌱🧵 Starting with the Tender Foxglove, which is a rare breed! It's a cross between Common Foxglove and Canary Island Foxglove. 26114
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 07/07/2026What are a surfboard and a box of punk flyers doing at Getty? They're all from the archive of Raymond Pettibon, a Hermosa Beach-raised artist inspired by surf culture who designed the logo for Black Flag and album covers for bands like the Minutemen and OFF!. 614134
Reposted by Marc Grobman Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 04/07/2026James Forten heard the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & fought for its ideals long after the war. A skilled entrepreneur & ardent abolitionist, his wife & daughters founded the 1st interracial antislavery society for women. 91460354
Reposted by Marc Grobman Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 03/07/2026During the American Revolution, Cuffee Saunders (born in Guyana) was an enslaved medical assistant who served with the Patriots. He treated the wounded & purchased his freedom with his enlistment bounty. His son, Prince Saunders (pictured), a Dartmouth grad, was Haiti's attorney general. 421871
Reposted by Marc Grobman Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Austin Curtis an enslaved jockey whom E. Hotaling calls the US’s “1st truly great professional athlete” was granted freedom after hiding horses from the British during the American Revolution. NC legislature added his former owner's surname in his emancipation record hence "Austin Jones" in his obit 02512
Reposted by Marc Grobman Christina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Lemuel Haynes was a Revolutionary War veteran & the 1st Black (mixed-race) man to be ordained as a minister in the US. He argued for universal rights in his 1776 antislavery tract, Liberty Further Extended, challenging the pretense of a nation fighting for its own freedom while denying it to others. 13018
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Preserving a once-censored mural in the heart of Los Angeles. How a new generation of Angelenos is working to keep the story of El Pueblo alive: www.getty.edu/news/the-unw... 1550124
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 26/06/2026How curators around the world have brought works on paper to new audiences through Getty's Paper Project initiative (Thread) 1112
Reposted by Marc Grobman Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Looking for more art and culture in your life? There are Getty events for you: concerts, workshops, artist talks, and more! www.getty.edu/calendar/ 1354
Reposted by Marc Grobman ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/06/2026Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin shot. Revisit @deldeib.bsky.social's story, a Sidney Award winner:propub.liBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. 43722336
Reposted by Marc Grobman ShePlays Inc. @sheplaysinc.bsky.social · 13/03/2026#ShePlaysNWSL is back for 2026! If you want to play #fantasyNWSL: 1️⃣Go to sheplays.com.au to make an account (it's free!) 2️⃣Start building your NWSL fantasy team 3️⃣Play with friends, family, and teams from all over the world! The Round 1 deadline is Friday March 13 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PTsheplays.com.ausheplays-web 152
Reposted by Marc Grobman Grace (Schrödinger's Canadian) @gaudynight78.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I am once again asking why people are treating a gradual, voluntary reduction in human population as some kind of enormous fucking problem when in fact it's one of the best news stories of the 21st century. Yes, we will have to rethink how our economies and societies work. We were massively 616430
Reposted by Marc Grobman FOREVER WARS @forever-wars.com · 03/01/2026"After a very long period of pretense, there is clearly no distinction between America First and neoconservatism," writes @attackerman.bsky.socialforever-wars.comA Criminal EmpireThe United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream 1038495
Reposted by Marc Grobman William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 28/11/2025This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course. 17845841156
Reposted by Marc Grobman Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Can’t express in words how big this rally in Chicago is. The president’s fascist goon squad is not welcome here. 95119832296
Reposted by Marc Grobman Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 06/09/2025This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC 254168364880
Reposted by Marc Grobman Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20/08/2025an @lataco.bsky.social x @msnbc.com crossover is something I've been wanting to make happen for months. so much respect and admiration for what @eltragon.bsky.social and the team have been doing all summer documenting ICE raids in L.A. honored to have him on while I'm filling in for Steph this week. 39869270
Reposted by Marc Grobman United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025We feed you. They hunt us. 11933467714774
Reposted by Marc Grobman The Onion @theonion.com · 13/05/2025Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homelesstheonion.comGavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets HomelessSACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless populat... 439169442683
Reposted by Marc Grobman Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 07/05/2025this administration is such a joke omfg 410719
Reposted by Marc Grobman Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2025Van Hollen: "I'm very glad that the killed of Rachel Morin has been convicted in a court of law. That is how we hold guilty people accountable ... I'm not sure why Abrego Garcia's rights should be denied based on an awful murder he had absolutely nothing to do with." 443276095844
Reposted by Marc Grobman MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/04/2025WOW: Massive crowds in New York City right now for the 50501 National Day of Action against the Trump regime. 252132392702
Reposted by Marc Grobman Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/04/2025TODAY: It’s time to take to the streets nationwide to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission. Nearly 600,000 people are signed up to attend 1,400 events in every state and seven countries. Find out what’s happening near you and join us: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i... 1503065951
Marc Grobman @msgquixo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Everyone involved in rounding up and sending people to El Salvador, and any of the other illegal immigration actions will be criminally charged. You know the rules— it is the most basic part of our constitution. Law enforcement, leadership—you all know better. 100
Reposted by Marc Grobman Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 23/03/2025West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territorybuff.lyWest Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocideThousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brands 2615241070
Reposted by Marc Grobman Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 21/03/2025“They ordered all of us, men and women, to take off our clothes and to continue walking, ordering us to only look forward. I was walking naked between the tanks, not even wearing underwear..." 6215132
Reposted by Marc Grobman Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Roses are red Violets are blue 24686096513407
Reposted by Marc Grobman Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16/03/2025In this interview Schumer says he agrees with Trump’s decision to pull $400 million from Columbia. A university in his own state. And he’s unconcerned about the unlawful arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, one of his constituents. He is a traitor who needs to resign.nytimes.com‘The Interview’: Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown RetreatThe Senate minority leader discusses the backlash to his vote on the Republican spending bill, how he sees his role within the party and his new book. 717137103622
Reposted by Marc Grobman Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/03/2025We want Democrats to play hardball and use their leverage to stop the Trump-Musk coup. 912360561
Reposted by Marc Grobman Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 13/03/2025HAPPENING NOW: Police arrested hundreds of protestors including Jewish elders, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and students, dragging them out of a sit-in at Trump Tower by their arms and legs. Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine! 521940750
Reposted by Marc Grobman Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Trump Tower protest against Mahmoud Khalil’s detention ends in 98 arrests Jewish protesters gathered at Trump Tower to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist arrested by ICE. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...washingtonpost.comTrump Tower protest against Mahmoud Khalil’s detention ends in 98 arrestsJewish protesters gathered at Trump Tower to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist arrested by ICE. 18321
Reposted by Marc Grobman Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/03/2025We don’t know if the FBI will launch a sham investigation of us or what further threats will result from Elon Musk’s attacks. We do know this: It’s all intended to chill dissent. But we won’t cower. We’ve got bad news for Musk and his vassal in the White House: Our movement’s power is only growing.indivisibleteam.medium.comWe won’t be intimidatedOver the past month, Indivisibles have been busy: holding demonstrations at Congressional offices, flooding Capitol Hill with calls and… 532208512
Reposted by Marc Grobman Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/03/2025As a Jewish person it is so uniquely painful to exist in a world where Jews are the ones making lists of people for the government to target.forward.comJewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested himPro-Israel Jewish groups targeted Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University, days before ICE agents arrested him. 1214335721
Marc Grobman @msgquixo.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Anyone else follow the colombiana punk muralist Erre? www.instagram.com/erre.erre/ Her work just so fun and rebellious and makes me happy especially when I'm in the mood to see girls and their pets fighting the patriarchy, which is pretty much always.instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 120
Reposted by Marc Grobman Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 04/03/2025At some point the opposition needs to say what is happening here: Donald Trump is a tyrant in the full sense of the term, an American fascist dictator who believes the law flows directly from his command. And he is also a deeply unwell, unfit, and criminal man with nonsensical whims 1103536866
Reposted by Marc Grobman John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 31689269230849