Craig Eliason

An art historical gloss: for those who don't know, Guernica was held by MoMA in NYC for more than 40 years, as Picasso stipulated the painting should not return to Spain while Franco was still in power. It was finally unstretched, rolled up & sent back to Spain in 1981, as shown in this video

I don't know whether anyone will read this, but it is, of all the essays I'll ever write, the one I've been preparing for the longest: on the memoir by the guy from Tears For Fears philipchristman.substack.com/p/the-madnes...

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

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My Type@Cooper font history talk from this morning is already posted online! vimeo.com/1235184994

Don't Mention the War: Basil, gin, Kirschwasser, dry vermouth, cherry liqueur, maraschino liqueur, cocoa bitters. #cocktails #original #cheers

The weirdest thing is I don't understand well over half the words, and yet I sing along with the whole album.

Hi pals! I'm wondering if there are any avid collectors of type specimen PDFs AND if they happened to collect The Freight Collection PDFs that were on Phil’s Fonts?

Lecturing online on type history next Monday

Exactly this

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This from a man who has asked his son to monitor his on-line porn consumption.

This early 20c menu stationery has stripey patterns that serve as #penmanship guidelines (and perhaps even perpendicular slant-angle guides)!

Gohanami: Roku gin, Aalborg aquavit, homemade toasted basmati syrup, homemade sakura tincture, black walnut bitters, orange twist. #cocktails #original #cheers

john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.

I love these 15 seconds so much

I'm looking for a scholar who studies James Baldwin (broadly, his life and/or work) who is open to collaboration and computational methods. If you know someone nice, please let me know :D

Another Trader Joe’s run, another spotting of my Ambicase font in the wild!

Merriam-Webster's Time Traveler tool traces English words to the year each one entered the language, going back to before the 12th century. The writer checked his own birth year and turned up "twerking," "cornhole," and "awesomesauce.

Computer: say it. say the words. Me: can we not do this today? Computer: we do this every day. say it. Me: (*sigh) I would like to stay logged in on this device Computer: (*chuckling)

Imagine you heimlich donald duck and he starts talking normal

So excited that my department is hiring a new tenure line position! Please share with any great art historians you know who specialize in art of the Mediterranean region earlier than 1700! #arthistory #jobs

This was fun: stopped dead in my tracks at Trader Joe's endcap by some frozen food packaging featuring a typeface I designed! (Ambicase Fatface)

This is such a harrowing piece, beautiful in its honesty. Highly recommended.

Don’t live your life so that when you die people say “oh I was hoping it’d be the other guy, but I’ll take it”

Tannic! At The Disco: Scotch, tea-infused Cynar 70, chardonnay, salt, lemon twist #cocktails #original #cheers

Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint

Well, that was a fucking ride.

Sir Ian McKellen.

Mid-1800s Philadelphia dude was already selling adjustable standing desks! libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item...

Can't find the 2.0x speed button on the scaffold video

Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD

Hey, @hampshirecollege.bsky.social #HampshireCollege alumni! I'm working on a #podcast project about our memories of the school; DM me if you'd like to be part of it or learn more.

Your current weather, expressed as a Mark Rothko painting. rothko.joonas.wtf

Very taken by the way Eakins painted these glasses. @metmuseum.org

A little #MondayMorningMystery! 🔎 We've been contacted by someone hoping for help to identify the church in this happy wedding picture. Produced by early 20thC Edinburgh photographers the Thomson Bros, the brick-built church is most likely in Edinburgh or the Lothians. Does anyone recognise it?

Hello from Minneapolis.

Comic is by Lynda Barry. Here's a version of it with alt text. (Thank you @alex-awoos.bsky.social!)

Anne Hathaway, you will ALWAYS be that girl. 💙💛

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