Excited! Mira Nair is making a movie about Amrita Sher-Gil, "the Frida Kahlo of India." You may know Nair, the mother of NYC's mayor, from Mississippi Masala and Salaam Bombay. Can't wait to see AMRI!
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Julia Margaret Cameron's (#BOTD in 1815) May Day is the photographic corollary of Dante Rossetti's The Beloved. She created #PreRaphaelite paintings on film.
Faith Ringgold's The Flag is Bleeding (1967).
#FlagDay
From Rachel Ruysch (#BOTD in 1664) grande dame of Dutch flower painting, a summery posy AND a self-portrait.
It's International #HugYourCatDay. What a marvelous day! Here are some huggable felines (from upper right) by Berthe Morisot, Lilla Cabot Perry, Suzanne Valadon, and Lotte Laserstein.
#MaryCassatt (#BOTD in 1844), whose father was disappointed that she was not a more beautiful woman, supported her parents and sickly sister, fought for suffrage, and introduced the elements of Japanese art to the western world through her paintings. #Impressionism
Here are Margo in an Orange Dress, by Mary Cassatt, and Portrait of Jeanne Pontillon, by Berthe Morisot, dressed in orange For #GunViolenceAwarenessDay They're VERY weary from hearing about too many episodes of gun violence!
Artist and Child (1988), a self-portrait of artist Karen Winslow and her baby, Annie. Whether you're a creator of art, life, or both, #HappyMothersDay!
For #AsianAmericanAndPacificIIslanderHeritageMonth, here are two San Francisco artists: Bernice Bing (here is one of her landscapes melding #AbstractExpressionism and Chinese calligraphy, Mayacamas #6) and wire-weaver Ruth Asawa (portrait by Imogen Cunningham.)
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Focusing on the Pacific Heritage aspect of #AsianAmericanAndPacificHeritageMonth, here is a sculpture by Samoan artist Paula Schaafhausen, Kapa (tapa cloth made from bark) by Hawaiian artist Maile Andrade, and La Famille Pomare, an appliquéd quilt by Tahitian artist Aline Amaru.
