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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 15h

I was going to do the 9 Albums thing but then got offended that they didn't have an image of Dick Hyman's The Age of Electronicus.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The hill I will die upon is that "till" is a cash drawer, not the abbreviation of "until."

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here's another one for Black Dog Day, a woodcut by Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1781, from MFA Boston's collection:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's National Black Dog Day, and just look at this beautiful dog drawn in ink by Arthur Davies, late 1880s:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For all you Cooper Black fans out there:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Broccoli hair isn't a new thing! The Limbourg Brothers, c. 1412-1416:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here is why Roy Lichtenstein's sculptures are terrible! It is because what makes him great is how he deploys forms, lines, and colors in a rectangle (or circle) so fastidiously. Without that grounding in the formalism which makes his work... work, it's just kitschy elements pulled from his paintings

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't anybody tell them about GSA's Guston drawings.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Shooting Arrows at Father's Corpse, engraving by Mair von Landshut, c. 1495-1504:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ALL of my younger colleagues use ChatGPT constantly, and yet they also constantly make "Me/I" errors. It has become so common that it seems like a trend!

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The great Rupert Garcia was born on this date in 1941 and I hope he has a happy birthday. Since it's also World Heart Day, let's combine them both with Garcia's poster for The Mexican Museum in San Francisco, 1978:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's World Heart Day! Sacred Heart from the Index of American Design screenprint portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico," 1942. Major Keith Haring vibes!

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just saw another meta pharmaceutical ad where a bunch of actors are portraying actors auditioning for a pharmaceutical ad, but the name of the illness is difficult to pronounce and hilarity ensues as all the actors get it wrong and they laugh and laugh and say "Cut!"

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's Ask a Stupid Question Day! British recruitment poster, circa 1915, from the MFA Boston collection:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The great Hairy Who artist Karl Wirsum was born on this date in 1939. Lip Balm, acrylic on canvas, 1966, from the Smithsonian American Art collection:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a favorite in my "miscellaneous" section because not only do you hear the music boxes, but also Mr. Templeton talking about them, winding them up, walking from one to another, and even occasionally knocking things over. A uniquely weird LP from a major label in 1958:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's International Rabbit Day and I've always loved this thuggish chalkware rabbit captured in watercolor and graphite by Betty Fuerst for the Index of American Design, 1940. This rabbit cannot believe you just said that:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was disappointed when Reflecting Pool S02 went on hiatus, but Kennedy Center, with double the episodes, is eager to please. In the latest, it turns out that they were going to do the repairs, and then they didn't do the repairs so that they could shut the place down for the repairs. Abstract!

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love this portrait's linear qualities, but OMG the hands. The hands! 😱

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

People are really into Marie Laurencin's tacky paintings these days.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's the International Week of Deaf People and I was fascinated to learn that Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634), painter of so many exquisitely detailed Dutch Golden Age winter scenes, was mute and probably deaf. Winter Games on the Frozen River Ijssel, graphite, ink, gouache, and watercolor, c. 1626:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't you want to buy this Vanessa German doll from Rago Auctions? Yes. You do. And then you want to give it to me as a lovely gift. www.ragoarts.com/auctions/202...

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm not sure what to make of the Lucas Museum showing Mel Ramos's superhero paintings. Is it re-de-de-contexualization?

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Listening to my "Stereo Action" LPs from 1961-63. They are stereo demonstration albums with super high production values & heavy cardboard sleeves with peekaboo die-cut details. Fab, but each instrument constantly sweeping from ear to ear gets old pretty fast. "The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow!"

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

British artist Samuel Prout was born on this date in 1783. He was a bewilderingly talented draftsman and watercolorist. Laundresses before the Wasserturm, Nuremberg, undated, graphite and watercolor:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm starting to think that maybe people are right and I shouldn't vote for Hasan Piker. What's he running for, again?

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Listening to Cabaret Voltaire albums in chronological order, and their earlier albums still sound so good, while their later "dancey" LPs sound embarrassingly dated. An even worse example of this is SPK.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Don't worry, Aunt Fritzi; Nancy will still be eligible for a job at the FBI.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Phraseology fun fact: nobody knows who first said, "Put the pedal to the metal."

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nobody ever talks about how Mr. Sputter stole Betty Boop's hairdo.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's International Dot Day! Painting with Detail (Black), acrylic on two panels by Roy Lichtenstein, 1987, Meyerhoff Collection:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Modern Romance: "We both have the same favorite Febreze." "He loves Disney™ Star Wars©® and I love Disney™ Marvel©® so I guess opposites really do attract!" "We had a romantic night comparing our health care plans and realizing they were both terrible. Then we carefully had sex."

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Leon Berkowitz was born on this date in 1915, and let me tell you, people LOVE his work these days. With In, oil on canvas, 1985:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thank goodness for George Lucas for making Norman Rockwell popular for the first time ever.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Robert Indiana was born on this date in 1928. One of his wonderful, lesser-known screenprint homages to Marsden Hartley, 1990:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is how they talked about me in the big house

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

OK, well, I just got evacuated from my work. Happy Friday!

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Photograph by Gordon Matta-Clark, 1974:

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Lady, if you think people are still mad about incandescent light bulbs, you need to get out more.

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've been going through some more obscure artists for a project, and these really jumped out at me: drypoint prints by Roselle Hellenberg Osk, Bronx Express and The Sisters, both 1930s. Beautiful work!

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Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's National Ampersand Day! Vessel, pine, mesh, and tar sculpture by Martin Puryear, 1997-2002:

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