Reposted by Marin R. SullivanAlexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Lucas Museum really unlocks *men’s* desire to pose for a photo 0171
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanRobert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bunch is also the former president and director of the Chicago History Museum. 37019
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sigh. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/a...nytimes.comKennedy Center Removes ‘Blue’ Sculpture That Was an Artist’s GiftThe towering artwork, added to the campus in 2019, was targeted for elimination after President Trump’s takeover of the center. 130
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121535979
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanCBS News Chicago @cbschicago.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The Illinois Institute of Technology has laid off around 160 faculty and staff members just before the start of the fall semester, according to published reports.cbsnews.comIllinois Institute of Technology lays off about 160 faculty, staff members, reports sayThe Illinois Institute of Technology has laid off around 160 faculty and staff members just before the start of the fall semester, according to published reports. 1136
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanSteve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Unless you have a ticket to the Grand Prix in DC that will go near the National Gallery of Art , you can’t visit the National Gallery on August 22 and 23. Crazy 66525
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanBrian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social · 24/07/2026If you ever thought Trump's architectural shenanigans were abt populism & giving people what they want, then trying to gut Section 106 is all the evidence you need that this has never been abt democratizing anything. Gutting Sec 106 would destroy key means of public participation in the built envt. 143
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Honestly, thrilled this abomination will no longer be in the lobby. Let the Lippold shine! 000
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Nice to see a review of 'Isamu Noguchi: "I am not a designer"' in the @wsj.comwsj.com‘Isamu Noguchi: “I Am Not a Designer”’ Review: An Innovator’s Enduring FormsAtlanta’s High Museum of Art presents an exhibition of the artist’s category-defying work—including sculpture, furniture, appliances and more. 031
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 28/06/2026We can always count on the World Cup to give us truly, laughably unhinged sculpture… 121
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 12/06/2026After a nearly ten hour delay, gate A6 at the Albany airport erupts in cheers like it’s game four at the Garden when the agent announces: “We are now heading to Chicago.” 020
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Officially out today! The catalogue for Isamu Noguchi: "I am not a designer," featuring new scholarship from seventeen contributors, including @langealexandra.bsky.social, and some pretty fantastic images, all weighing just under 6 lbs 😉bookshop.orgIsamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer”“I am not a designer” 1144
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 13/04/2026It's giving fascist Live, Laugh, Love 110
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Celebrating Hungary with a little Moholy-Nagy 🇭🇺 0417
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Today, Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer” opens at the High Museum in Atlanta. Words cannot convey how much this project has meant to me and how much it has exploded everything I thought I knew about sculpture. Grateful to my co-curator Monica Obniski and everyone involved with the exhibition 1226
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanAndrew Russeth @russeth.bsky.social · 20/03/2026RIP Calvin Tomkins, the great art writer of postwar America. His lucid writing speaks for artists, while welcoming all interested readers into the world of contemporary art. He was 100. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...artnews.comCalvin Tomkins, Who Chronicled Generations of Vanguard Artists, Dies at 100Calvin Tomkins, a longtime New Yorker art writer and the biographer of Marcel Duchamp, has died at 100. 14013
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanJoanna Gardner-Huggett @jogardnerhugg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026This oped by DePaul student Jessica Saunders says it all. If you wish to sign to oppose the closure of the DePaul Art Museum, you can sign a letter here (please note it requires a email verification, which often goes to spam): openletter.earth/letter-oppos...depauliaonline.comWhy the arts still matter at DePaulEconomic constraints that suffocate creative expression and access to artistic skill and imagination are now at the front door of DePaul University. 01610
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Please consider signing this open letter regarding the shameful closing of the DePaul Art Museum openletter.earth/letter-oppos...openletter.earthLetter Opposing the Closing of DPAM 084
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Truly a shameful decision by @depauluniversity.bsky.social - the closing of DPAM will be a tremendous loss to the university but also the broader arts community in Chicago depauliaonline.com/83058/news/d...depauliaonline.comDePaul Art Museum to close this JuneAs the university continues to struggle with financial challenges it has decided to close the museum at the end of the academic year. 1105
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 21/02/2026I CANNOT with this headline. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...nytimes.comBench Presses, Pull Ups … Kid Rock? The White House Had a Very Manly Week. 020
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Well this was a lovely preview... "Isamu Noguchi: 'I am not a designer',"opening in under two months!architectmagazine.comThis Exhibition Changes How We Talk About DesignDiscover how Isamu Noguchi reshaped design, public space, and civic life in a landmark exhibition. Read why it matters now. 0206
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 21/01/2026oh man, the Walker Art Center is going to be closed on Friday (If you're not from the Twin Cities, this is like MoMA closing in support of a general strike—a very big deal)bringmethenews.comWalker Art Center joins growing list of organizations closing on Jan. 23"This reflects our institutional values to center our community, support our staff, and to approach our work with care and safety in mind," a representative says. 192638680
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 20/01/2026In these bleakest of times, I remain utterly amazed and deeply touched by the utter generosity and humanity of archivists, registrars, and collection managers. 0102
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanJaneSlainLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Every woman has heard it. Your daughter, your sister, your mother, your wife. We have ALL heard it. 232132552
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 23/10/2025A must read for anyone connected to art history but also critical thinking...brooklynrail.orgWhy Art History Must Leave Home | The Brooklyn RailThere may have been a worse time in US history to be in higher education, but I’m not sure when. Working in art history, a field that faces constant skepticism even among those who claim to love learn... 052
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Weird to feel excited about anything these days, but grateful to have the "distraction" of working on a project I deeply believe in. Thanks to Getty for supporting books about women artists and excited to (eventually) see 'Structure and Flow: The Life/Work of Claire Falkenstein' out in the world! 2174
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Sitting here wondering how familiar the Waiting for Godot set designer is with work of inimitable postwar sculptor Lee Bontecou 6595
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Please tell me again how AI and Crypto is the future and totally justifiable… 082
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanLynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Taste of Chicago, in the great American city called “a hellhole” by a gangster President. 09721
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanLady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Still there. As of yesterday, at least. No telling what’s happened since, as I’ve been told that this majestic city is also somehow a hellhole. 4406
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/08/2025Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion. 7903930210137
Reposted by Marin R. SullivanDavid Platzker / Specific Object @specificobject.com · 22/08/2025We've reached the "Degenerate Art" stage of this Nazi administration. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...artnews.comWhite House Targets Specific Artworks at Smithsonian, Including Painting of Refugees and Fauci PortraitThe White House listed artworks at Smithsonian museums that it denounced, including a painting of refugees, a Fauci portrait, and more. 12916
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 20/08/2025What the what?! ‘One of the most notable tools is the AI grader agent, which Grammarly says can provide feedback based on uploaded course details and “publicly available” information about the instructor.’ 020
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I had the opportunity to spend a couple of days last week at Detroit's Hart Plaza, designed by Isamu Noguchi--a powerful reminder of the immense power and pleasure of public art (and huge props to the city for getting the fountain back up and running!) 0120
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Perusing archival photos of 'Sculpture by Harry Bertoia' (1975) at the Art Institute of Chicago and sort of losing it over the ashtrays placed on the benches (also so grateful to institutions, in this case @artinstitutechi.bsky.social for making exhibition archival materials available online!) 032
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 30/07/2025A young Eero Saarinen (front)… or a long lost Finnish member of the Beatles?! (Also, duh, but this freaking family 🔥🤯🔥 140
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social · 24/07/2025In other 👀 art news today...nytimes.comAmy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship 020