Writer, editor, educator, and Florida ex-pat. Author of The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America. Editor of vvvide.com. http://www.lo-b.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mm53ni5qgk2eA Dorothy Miller quote via MoMA / I feel the same: “If I hadn’t known any artists I wouldn’t know a damn thing about art. You simply have to know the people and see them working and let them tell you about their pictures." https://www.moma.org/interactives/moma_through_time/1940/new-american-artists-exhibitions/18 May 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm53ni5qgk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mlwlzgyeds2aHollis Robbins in the NY’er: We tell the student, “You’re special,” and we tell the faculty, “You’re not special.” This is the tension and the problem that is plaguing higher education and what’s made it so vulnerable to A.I. https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/why-the-future-of-college-could-look-like-onlyfans16 May 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwlzgyeds2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mljbrzk4ss2hShigeko Kubota’s Jogging Lady (1993). Inspired by The New Yorker's 1991 Mother's Day cover, the sculpture depicts a robot jogging with dumbbells, while screens embedded in her torso display videos of Kubota.10 May 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljbrzk4ss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mlcnvoh5fk2xBenny.08 May 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcnvoh5fk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3ml2rsmhedc2ebezos’s bozos04 May 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2rsmhedc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mkutyjmruc2n@charlesfinch.bsky.social on desiring an art criticism “with the energy of discovery, rather than the consecration of cliché.” Amen to that. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/books/review/how-it-feels-to-be-alive-megan-ogrady.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share02 May 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkutyjmruc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mkut6iyojs2nThanks, Tania—that was fun.02 May 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkut6iyojs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mks64e4q7c2vToday!01 May 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks64e4q7c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mkgq43rh2s25As Evergreen does to Hampshire, so Hampshire did to New College. But what will happen when there are no liberal arts schools left? https://www.evergreen.edu/admissions-and-aid/hampshire26 Apr 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgq43rh2s25https://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mkfinihbyk2gCloses tomorrow!26 Apr 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfinihbyk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mk6ttamw722bIncredible company! Thank you BPL!23 Apr 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ttamw722bhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mk3p5kocbs2zYou can find more forms of pushback against the current administration in pop culture (see Bruce Springsteen, dances and the secret handshake’s sculptures on the mall) than in the art world. I guess the art world really is the last to change, as Howardina Pindell once told me.22 Apr 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3p5kocbs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mjuevzz3ms2bPure hogwash! And not unexpected from this pub. "[T]he closing of a tiny, unique college is not a sign or a symbol or even a symptom of what is happening in American higher education. The death of a unicorn tells us nothing about horses." https://www.townandcountrymag.com/education-college/a71052326/hampshire-college-closing-opinion/19 Apr 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuevzz3ms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mjiangry7224RIP Hampshire.14 Apr 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjiangry7224https://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mj6c3b4alc2fCloses tomorrow!10 Apr 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6c3b4alc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mj6bbnitac2dThis is the message for the left. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CS1Ng3CcAOs&time_continue=444&source_ve_path=NzY3NTg&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fcom.substack.substack%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcom.substack.substack10 Apr 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6bbnitac2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mj5pxe7jv22jThere's a lot to say on this, but top of mind: I love it when people make smart work critiquing what needs to be critiqued, as in this brilliant documentary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5pxe7jv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mj5cj3pil225The joy & hope of being a member of my community garden. What should I plant this spring? I’m thinking lots of flowers. 🌸 🌱10 Apr 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5cj3pil225https://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mizi2g5c7s27A few more weeks to see the Vuillard show @ Skarstedt - probably the busiest place in Chelsea now for good reason! Interior with Mother and Child, c. 1899-1900 oil on cardboard08 Apr 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizi2g5c7s27https://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mipgmektjk2x“Note that the word mute (from Latin mutus and Greek μύειν) is regarded by linguists as an onomatopoeic formation referring not to silence but to a certain fundamental opacity of human being, which likes to show the truth by allowing it to be seen hiding.” - Ann Carson, Nox04 Apr 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipgmektjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mip6kvequc25I brake for Bruce: "l like the word, moth. I like the moth in mothering." https://www.textezurkunst.de/en/articles/bruce-hainley-trisha-donnelly/04 Apr 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mip6kvequc25https://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3milzqsqzs225And another!03 Apr 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3milzqsqzs225https://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3milzpx3qos25A new one on vvvide.com!03 Apr 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3milzpx3qos25https://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3miagcxejbk2fTake your kids to Pat Oleszko’s show. One of the best I’ve seen with my mine.30 Mar 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3miagcxejbk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenoneillbutler.bsky.social/post/3mi747q4q6s2oBobbie Gentry for your Sunday: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjNbeAFal8&feature=youtu.be29 Mar 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:7kyhya3an23zgntzvxofmwwq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi747q4q6s2o