https://bsky.app/profile/blakegopnik.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakegopnik.bsky.social/post/3mhzwizztkc2oso happy to read this from @greg.org : “John Chamberlain’s foam sculptures are some of my favorite works of art in existence.” — couldn’t agree more. Chamberlain once said that his dealer “forbade” him from continuing to make them; collectors only wanted his crushed cars.27 Mar 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:7jpqebw4wcd3xt4ybe4kmf63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzwizztkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/blakegopnik.bsky.social/post/3lmfyjxy76s2dHi folks -- Next Monday (April 14) at 7pm, is the NYC launch of my new biography of Albert Barnes, at PowerHouse Arena in DUMBO. I'm especially pleased that the great Alexi Worth will be talking through the book with me! Come one come all! https://powerhouse-books.ticketleap.com/book-launch-the-mavericks-museum-by-blake-gopnick/dates/Apr-14-2025_at_0700PM09 Apr 2025 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:7jpqebw4wcd3xt4ybe4kmf63/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfyjxy76s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakegopnik.bsky.social/post/3lloufvi65c27This @nytimes.com article explains a lot of our current, Trumpian problems, IMHO: we are a wildly rich nation, but the vast majority of Americans don’t profit from it: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/economy/wealth-cash-inequality.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=g&pvid=EFDE4A19-D179-41DC-876A-910DBB07AE5231 Mar 2025 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:7jpqebw4wcd3xt4ybe4kmf63/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloufvi65c27https://bsky.app/profile/blakegopnik.bsky.social/post/3lkokb63jtk2rMy biography of Albert Barnes is officially published by Ecco Books TODAY! You can AT LAST go out and buy copies for all your friends. See the Q&A in today's Philly Inquirer, or come hear me talk Th at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Links to my coverage are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1kkzB6jHQe7BOhGovz6vG4WGV2BjDkzRn18 Mar 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:7jpqebw4wcd3xt4ybe4kmf63/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkokb63jtk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/blakegopnik.bsky.social/post/3ljqiacvydk2tVery pleased and proud to say that my Albert Barnes biography, due out on March 18 from Ecco Books at HarperCollins, has already been named one of Town & Country's "Must-Read Books of Spring 2025." Couldn't have written it without the Barnes Foundation folks.06 Mar 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:7jpqebw4wcd3xt4ybe4kmf63/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqiacvydk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/blakegopnik.bsky.social/post/3lgygqvpy4u2wMy first BlueSky post! My review of the great Dawoud Bey @seankellygallery.bsky.social show got nice play in @nytimes.com today: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/design/dawoud-bey-sean-kelly.html I expanded on one thought -- on how the video and prints interact -- on my Web site BlakeGopnik.com.30 Jan 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:7jpqebw4wcd3xt4ybe4kmf63/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgygqvpy4u2w