can anyone explain to me why the commodification-of-a-body argument about sex work doesn’t apply to the entertainment industry as a whole?
Ethel Gabain (French/English, 1883 - 1950): Diana Wynyard in 'The Silent Knight' (1938) (via ArtUK)
Marie Bashkirtseff (1858-1884) "The Umbrella" (1883) Oil on canvas Located in the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
today i bought my first domain and posted some art up there; 18x24 posters & some cute socks 🥰
this is the beginning of a long road but i’m gonna share more from now on ♡
hello!! I turned 30 years old on Sunday (yes, I am a tumblr elder now)!
AND we are about $430 away from being able to fund this EP project fully. the official fundraiser is over, but if you’re inclined to support my musical journey (which is my entire heart) or just happy I survived three decades on this planet, my venmo is @ lindsayholi 💜
Rachael Robinson Elmer (July 28, 1878 – February 13, 1919)
Woolworth Building June Night (1916)
Postcard
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Woolworth Building June night" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8d8f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Recent commission done for a mutual friend. She wanted me to make her D&D character, who is a vampire.
Dante Ruben - Two Women Carrying Fish
South African, b. 1962
Oil on canvas
I feel ecstatic when I learn that an artist was born in the same general area I live (midwest america *thumbs down*). I live inside my head despite the reality of living in a place where people don't go anywhere beyond the soy bean fields. To prevent it from killing part of me I study art.
I was especially happy to find a female surreal artists, Dorothea Tanning, was born in northwest Illinois. She was married to Max Ernst, but she is often overshadowed by him. I would love to see her art in person one day.
Birthday, 1942, Philadelphia Museum of Art (source)
Voltage, 1942, Dorothea Tanning Estate (source)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music), 1943, TATE (source)
This is only a few examples of her paintings, she also did sculpture, printmaking and writing.
Bronski Beat still remains the first and only band to unapologetically sing about being gay in the 80s right?
