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Lil i am

@lilforeal

punny, camera shy museum persona: art, food, music & cycling addictions, astute witicisms, sharp observations, quick retorts, random thoughts. own views.

Joined February 2016
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Another interesting & ambitious take on visible #storage this time at the @V_and_A theartnewspaper.com/2023/05/… #whenyouworkinamuseum
Victoria and Albert Museum's ambitious east London storehouse is finally complete

Victoria and Albert Museum's ambitious east London storehouse is finally complete

The Art Newspaper goes on an exclusive tour around the building which will open to the public in 2025

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sigh #whenyouworkinamuseum #museumlyfe (as inspired by 'fun_conservators' on insta)
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This is now on my virtual #readinglist . Virtual because I'll virtually get to it by Christmas
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amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BTXCX5HW #Museum #Textbook
The Museum of Forward Planning: Real stories from our imaginary museum

The Museum of Forward Planning: Real stories from our imaginary museum

Opened in 2020 at the height of the global pandemic, Geoff, his team of volunteers and the Catering (Pork Scratchings) Sub-committee, work hard to ensure every visitor is happy. Now they share their...

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The ✏🖍🖌is mightier than the sword #colormehappy
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@AFP26 May 2023
VIDEO: In a dimly lit corner of Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Mohammad Rafi is surrounded by all colours of the rainbow in his tiny shop that sells nothing but art pencils. The world may have gone digital, but Rafi has stayed true to his passion of the past 35 years.

The pencil seller bringing colour to Tehran's bazaar

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🤗 #Zoolander meets Queen (the band that is) #Croatia #Eurovision2023
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Ancient stolen treasure to be returned to Nepal by Art Gallery of NSW smh.com.au/culture/art-and-d…
Ancient stolen treasure to be returned to Nepal by Art Gallery of NSW

Ancient stolen treasure to be returned to Nepal by Art Gallery of NSW

A centuries old sculpture stolen in 1975 will be returned to Nepal by the Art Gallery of NSW as part of a global push to repatriate plundered treasures.

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#ARCAuNZ ARC Members Meetup Session is on via Zoom! 👉 Fri 12 May 2023 11:30am to 12:30pm AEST | 1:30 to 2:30pm NZST #registrars 🤓#collectionmanagers 🖥️🧤#exhibitionmanagers ⚱️🦖#Australia #NewZealand #Asia #Oceania #museums #galleries #collections #exhibitions #logistics 🚚🛬
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Its a dessert & a main #clarsy
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🤗 Here's me kickin some #raku kiln butt💪🔥 for #mobclay #actionshot #shouldnturaku #australian #ceramics #MakeitMayco
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Ah yeh, so this is happening soon & that's my #handbuilt #ceramic 🍯🤗 titled ' #shouldntyouraku ? appearing in the @MuseumofBris display ' #Commune ' . Fired it in my own bin #kiln 🔥 in a suburban #Australian backyard! (exterior glaze #peacockmatte by #makeitMayco )
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1/3 Can you guess what’s inside this giant foil bubble?
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Australia’s museums contribute to 1.1 billion-object global database

Australia’s museums contribute to 1.1 billion-object global database

The Australian Museum is part of study to combine more than a billion scientific objects in collections across 73 museums in 28 countries.

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#TheHungerGames meets #Survivor ? 🤔🤔🤔As long as the 'contestants' don't have to vote each other off the island...or get a Bottox options...oops that's #MAFSAU #sorrynotsorry
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Seven artists will compete on reality TV to show at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, US, along with a US$100,000 cash prize. artshub.com.au/news/news/new…

New reality TV show where the jackpot is a major museum survey

Would you participate in a reality TV show for the chance to put on a survey exhibition at a national museum?

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Since it's #InternationalMensDay, here's a thread of every part of the gynaecological anatomy that is named after a man, with a bit of trivia about each man. Some of the bits are very specific. Before you ask, there are no parts of the gynaecological anatomy named after women...
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Can a National Museum Rebuild Its Collection Without Colonialism? nytimes.com/2022/11/09/magaz…
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The last laugh? EU rules in favour of challenged Banksy trademark

The last laugh? EU rules in favour of challenged Banksy trademark

Overturned ruling allows Banksy to continue to conceal his identity, according to a trademark lawyer

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💫‘Mythic figure’: William Robinson and the true guiding force behind his art theguardian.com/artanddesign…

‘Mythic figure’: William Robinson, his friend Quentin Bryce and the true guiding force behind his...

Featuring more than 50 of his works, Love in Life & Art is a homage to Robinson and his late wife Shirley’s ‘exceptional union’ and the role she played in his art

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We moved 180 works in 10 days - 81 of these are in this current show #andlmspent
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