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Art historian & former prof; material culture & sculpture enthusiast; putting one foot in front of the other jenniferwingate.hcommons.org/public…

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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
PAD at SECAC, CAA, call for Founders' Award nominations, public art advocacy, and more...
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Damn
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Good grief.
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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POTUS As Home Decor: An Interview with Art Historian Jennifer Wingate
It's giving 'facile generalization' to say that Americans have a funny relationship with authority. Declarations of independence, Backing the Blue, Don't Tread On Me, Amendments 1 and 2, everything th...
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
This man is responsible for designing the 21 new hood ornaments in Freedom Plaza for which the National Park Service paid $10M. People have been saying the Garden of Heroes is not possible, but the speed with which Freedom Plaza was realized should be a wake up call. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
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The Artist and Filmmaker Helping Trump Reshape Washington
Matthew Taylor, a conceptual artist and political strategist, made influential ads and documentaries produced by Steve Bannon. Now he’s assisting the White House.
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Public Art Dialogue @publicartdialogue.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
This is in Brooklyn, NYC.
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I will be in conversation with artist Colleen Mullins about her beautiful photo book, Expositions are the Timekeepers of Progress, and my book, At Home with Political Portraits, at the Old Stone House on Friday August 21. www.eventbrite.com/e/us-preside...
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US Presidents in Myth, Memory, and Art
A Conversation with Colleen Mullins & Jennifer Wingate
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/07/2026
It remains a mystery why Platner has to resign for sexual impropriety and Trump doesn't
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Public Art Dialogue @publicartdialogue.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Public Art Dialogue Summer News & Call to Action www.publicartdialogue.org/news
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Newsletter — Public Art Dialogue
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Public Art Dialogue @publicartdialogue.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
No public art proposal is in greater need of dialogue. This is a great guide to how to learn more and have your voice heard regarding the Trump administration's proposed 'monumental arch.' Deadline is July 8th.
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Monumental Arch | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Members of the public have the opportunity to provide input on a proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, near Arlington National Cemetery and along the P...
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
💔 💔 🕊️ www.blackenterprise.com/danny-simmon...
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Beloved Artist Danny Simmons Has Transitioned, Leaving A Profound Legacy Behind
Danny Simmons was the older brother of 1980s rapper-turned-clergyman "Rev Run" and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 05/06/2026
Here are the quotes Trump's NPS is trying to erase at the Bunker Hill Monument. Congress must not fund Trump's campaign of censorship.
Poster that reads "Colored Americans were here that day fighting with other patriots, our own ancestors, of whom we are justly proud and on whom we base our claim for full liberty and equality as citizens." - William Monroe Trotter, Activist and Editor of the Guardian, Bunker Hill Day Address, June 17, 1925.

"We find, upon reflection, that our duty to our country has not ended...We as Vietnam Veterans, strongly feel that the United States should cease to build memorials to death and begin to glorify life" - Arthur Johnson & Bestor Cram, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Letter in the Boston Globe, May 23, 1971.Poster that reads, "Now that a public orator has declared that foreign-born men have no association with the men of the Revolution, it is our duty to show that in love of freedom and loyalty to the Republic, the citizens of foreign birth take no second place..." - "To Our Irish Societies," The Pilot, May 8, 1875.

"The battle is celebrated for the justice of the cause, which, because it was just, was triumphant. The woman suffrage battle is like that of Bunker Hill-not won today, but sure to be later. Meantime, Bunker Hill Monument is our Monument." - Lucy Stone, Suffragist and Newspaper Editor, Woman's Journal, June 22, 1889.Poster that reads, "The Bunker Hill Monument is finished. Here it stands...it rises over the land, and over the sea...it stands a memorial of the last, and a monitor to the present, and to all succeeding generations." - Daniel Webster, Bunker Hill Monument Dedication Oration, June 17, 1843.

"As we drew near Boston, there stood Bunker Hill Monument, towering up towards the heavens, as if in silent, bitter mockery of the millions of slaves guarded by the professed lovers of Liberty, who reared its lofty column." - G.B. Stebbins to William Lloyd Garrison, Letter in the Liberator, May 22, 1846.
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/o...
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Opinion | This Is What Happened When Trump Abandoned the World’s Poorest Children
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Damn. In case anyone didn't believe the higher ed landscape is changing irreparably...
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I have been so buoyed up by the news out of Hungary. Their solidarity, their joy, their clearheadedness. There is so much to be done, and it won't all get fixed right away. And yet. The obstacle felt insurmountable. Until it didn't. Thank you, Hungary, for showing us how to stay focused.
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Giovanni di Francesco di Piero, "Can you hear this? No? How about if I turn it up?" 1454-1459
Giovanni di Francesco di Piero, Virgin and Child, 1454-59, Tempera on wood, 105 x 59 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence). The Virgin and child enthroned in a gilt background and two cherub with swags. The Madonna looks ready to give someone the finger. Yeah, I'm in 7th grade.
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Public Art Dialogue @publicartdialogue.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Public Art Dialogue journal is hiring an art director. A small honorarium is attached to this role. This is an entirely remote position, joining the editorial team of an international group of Editors and will begin immediately. think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#nokings nyc
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Pat Oleszko: Fool Disclosure at the Sculpture Center in LIC
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
March 20, 2026
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March 20, 2026
On Wednesday, Israeli forces hit Iranian facilities in the South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, shared by Iran and Qatar.
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Public Art Dialogue @publicartdialogue.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Here's the link to a selection of PAD journal open access articles. Article submissions are welcome. www.tandfonline.com/action/showO...
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I saw it in the theater with four women colleagues. All of us professors in our fifties. We had to see it. Not because cinema, but come on.
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Casey Doherty @caseydoherty.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We at @americanprogress.bsky.social are gathering stories from disabled voters about voting accessibility (particularly looking for folks from IN, MO, MN, RI, TX, UT, & WY). Please complete this Google form if you're interested in sharing your story: #CripTheVote
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Share Your Voting Story
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is seeking to understand disabled people's voting experiences. Rarely are disabled voters highlighted when talking about their right to vote. CAP's Disability Ju...
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
What schmucks.
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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At Home With Political Portraits: Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents
From the publisher: Focusing on photographs depicting the domestic display of three US presidential icons—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama—Jennifer Wingate examines everyday...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
A budget is a moral document.
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Joanna Gardner-Huggett @jogardnerhugg.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
This 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...
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Why the arts still matter at DePaul
Economic constraints that suffocate creative expression and access to artistic skill and imagination are now at the front door of DePaul University.
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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 25/02/2026
The President just gave himself a big round of applause for 2 hours. He doesn’t deserve a round of applause, he deserves to be fired.
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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FULL VIDEO: Gov. Spanberger's Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Okay, folks- I know we all have plenty to do, but if you're at all concerned about the White House & historic preservation, please consider submitting public comment on Trump's ballroom project; info in this thread. First, a direct link for submitting written statements: www.ncpc.gov/participate/...
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Sherrie Levine, Presidents (various), 1979
Silhouette of George Washington with fashion modelSilhouette of George Washington with fashion modelSilhouette of Abe Lincoln with fashion model
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
An excellent review of Christian Marclay's Doors by Stony Brook U. PhD candidate Sangyoung Nam appears in this month's Brooklyn Rail brooklynrail.org/2026/02/film...
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Christian Marclay: Doors | The Brooklyn Rail
In Doors, each passage through a door opens onto a new narrative, with the editing forging a perceptual link between otherwise unrelated spaces. This motif of ceaseless metamorphosis functions as an a...
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses? People
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Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
My excellent and smarter colleague Kyle Sandler and I said a few words about the Shakers, thanks to the kind folks at New Hampshire Public Radio!
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Make art. Support artists.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
This should really be the image of this year's US semiquincentennial. Perfectly fitting, hands down, no notes
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Feminist Collages NYC @feministcollagenyc.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Renee Good was murdered! She deserved to live a long and full life. We will not stop fighting for the end of ICE and femicide! #rennegood #ice #femicide
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Käthe Kollwitz, "Woman Sharpening a Scythe," 1905, from Walker Art Center collection, Minneapolis
Dark image of a woman sharpening a scythe, seen close-up
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I know there's a lot going on right now, but please consider taking just a minute to sign this petition to prevent the Trump administration's sale or demolition of a major monument of New Deal public art: www.change.org/p/save-the-w...
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Sign the Petition
Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Look I'm just an art history professor posting on social media so you can take what I say with a grain of salt, but it's clear to me that 1) the US needs a general strike very soon, and 2) sadly Americans do not seem willing or capable of coming together to make that happen right now
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Damn
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
If this practice interests or perplexes you, you might want to read At Home With Political Portraits, available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/at-home-w... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/w...
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Wise Man? King? In Naples, Trump Joins Jesus in Nativity Displays.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
This is why I remind my students to be careful of using the phrasing "of course"—and why historical consciousness is important as well. There were generations of artists, from Ashcan School to Abstract Expressionists to East Village artists in 1980s, who found NYC an affordable place to live & work
Of course, New York has never exactly been a cheap place to make art, and creative workers have always come and gone. But something different is happening.
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Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Congratulations to @MTAArtsDesign on the amazing accomplishment of 40 years of fantastic art work in our subway system!!! #publicart It’s all kind of miraculous.
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
I've visited twice now, and I'm pretty sure I could watch Christian Marclay Doors @brooklynmuseum.org all day. If leaving my job at 53 feels like "hell in a hallway" (HT Augusta Palmer), Doors keeps busting through with promise. www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
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Christian Marclay: Doors
Passing through decades of film history and countless portals between on-screen universes, “Doors” is Christian Marclay’s latest cinematic exploration of the meaning behind everyday objects.
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Today's mood: Martin Wong, The Flood, 1984
Painted scene of a flooded cityscape with firefighters and the Statue of Liberty's hand & torch apparently built of brick
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Jen Wingate @wingatejen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
In advance of my book's publication, I'd like to try to crowdsource examples of the domestic display of political portraits. I'll start with a photo I took in Brooklyn, NY, on Sunday. #athomewithpoliticalportraits @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
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