The great thing about Ireland is we always call a cunt a cunt.
Aileen Pringle in “The Mystic” (1925).
Costume design by Erté.
Transformative.
Mammon
George Frederic Watts, 1885
Derry.
Gilles Peress, 1972.
“You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family.”
Charles Darwin’s father to his teenager son.
The Last Day of Pompeii.
Karl Bryullov (Russian, 1799–1852), 1830–1833
This is what power loves like.
“He (Warhol) invited her to accompany him and his assistant, Gerard Malanga, to France for the opening of his Flowers exhibition. They arrived on April 30, Edie in T-shirt, tights, and a white mink coat, and carrying a small suitcase containing, to Andy’s delight, a single item: a second white mink coat.”
One of they most amazing acts of defiance & courage I’ve ever seen. I’d like to think we all have a little Tank Man in us.
#tiananmensquare
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II.
The illusion of choice.