Judith Barr

@jebarr.bsky.social

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@J_E_Barr at the other place. City of Angels. #Provenance with a dash of Pleistocene. Collector of images of dealer stamps and stickers. Bad photos of good art & all opinions strictly my own. #jhuprovenance

A tiny kylix filled with cheerios
Humans for scale - holding the kylix in a dress
A modern coffee cup for scale with an Antimenes P inspired boat on the little kylix
Sharpie and 3D printed kylix
Two 3d printed kylices, one very tiny
Aero theater marquee for the Odyssey
A painting of a child eating a metric ton of berries, universal constant
Reverse of an ivory with assortment of labels and numbers
Anthropeum results for today
Replica kylix with nobody buttons
The gentle art of faking by R Nobili, on a shelf of forgery texts
Big turtle with flat shell and narrow snout- kind of like a Chinese soft shell?
Hillside of native flowers including rampant poppies
Meme update of the ol’ I…worked on this INFERNO for a year…and…he just…he tweeted it out
Text message: Big news for King Henry VIII
Many popes have been entangled In politics. Here are 5 of them.
A vernal pool and the battered, beautiful, wildflower mountains of Malibu
captain sisko repping the Niners and a disparaging vulcan
Email header: testing chatgpt on the Beazley archive pottery database
Book on a pillow- jack mcdevitt’s SEEKER with a classic space opera cover
V day card of an anglerfish with heart shaped light: you’re my light in the darkness
Fresh punnets of gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, etc with a price sign and the heat of 75 degree sun making everything glow
Edited meme borrowed from tumblr that says I am really glad something good happened to you. It will happen to me eventually too I hope
View of verdant mountains, clouds, glistening water in the ocean off in the distance, clumps of downtown buildings dotting the landscape
Me looking jaded at the camera while wearing a beauteous Medusa hat and holding a Smilodon fatalis cast
Open book pages over a graphic of a wave and a man frozen in stone: nor at monsters! But you can stare all you want…
Pile of beautiful book covers featuring the Minotaur and gorgon in stunning blues and reds and yellows
Sticker of the Romulus and Remus haunted wolf mosaic with text I got that dog in me from archaeotees
A view from a trail in the palisades in 2016
Little bunnies holding up espresso cups and a polar bear coffee cup behind them, absolutely adorable
Detail from clues by Sam puzzle with a criminal asking if selling forgeries is really that wrong if no one spots the difference
Snippet of a book: much followed her line of thinking, too. Monroe leaned toward her conspiratorially. "Lots of backbiting and strange goings-on in the art world," he murmured in a low voice. "Would you believe that a person who resides right here in our very own Garden District once tried to palm off a sixteenth-century painting that disappeared from the collection of a prominent Dutch family during World War II?" He reared back and shook his head. "Shameful." "I hear a lot of stolen World War II artwork has resur-faced," said Carmela. Monroe grimaced. "Has for some time now. It just isn't discussed in polite society." "I'm getting that same feelin~
Pocket coffee box on top of a stocking
selection of watercolor winter cards like a snowman with chickens, wreath, snowy trees, and a gingerbread house
Terrifying close up of a blue cat glass ornament with demented red eyes and teeth that suggest it hungers
A crispy mini tahdig with saffron rice and spiced onions with barberries
Screenshot of critical need for donors landing page at American Red Cross with current freebies
Captain Sisko in a Niners jersey grinning
Donation proof for a monthly donation to Westside Regional Food Bank and a call to match up to $50 in donations from other folks
Me in sunglasses with a Medusa snake hat and out of sight the best snake caftan a girl could hope for
Captain Sisko delightedly grinning with a baseball
Tube of Daniel smith watercolor in mummy, bauxite
Mommy duck fake skeleton with BONE WEBBING, and a little duckling skeleton nestled on her back
Paint supplies- palettes, brushes, tubes- and in progress cat with a sea of colorful fish below
Watercolors of imaginary seas, with paint pans and brush
Oil pastels in color “Mummy”, a wildly horrific reflection of its origin as a color that incorporated mummified remains
Image of many, many Neferibresaneith ushabtis on a bulletin board
Cover of the grinch who stole Christmas in Latin
Detail of above manuscript page with very wide eyed marine life and a whale having some Regrets
Detail image of an etching with watercolor of St Peter’s with incredible added gilding, just shockingly precise
Detail photo of a transferware scene of elephant, civet tiger, and temple
Description of D8, loutrophoros now at Tampa, please let me know if you’d like the full text
Rack of oil pastels in all colors
Bad Watercolor of attic red figure fragments WHY ARE THERE SO MANY TINY LINES
Watercolor of a wooden box of flowers with thank you! Brought to you by not doomscrolling for an hour
2026 Society for American Archaeology Symposium International Cultural Heritage Restitution: From Provenance Research to Collaborative Return This symposium will explore the complexities of returning cultural heritage across national boundaries and in partnership with nations and communities of origin. Presenters are invited to share research, case studies, and reflections on the processes of provenance research, restitution negotiations, and collaborative models that foster ethical returns and sustainable partnerships and practices. The symposium seeks to highlight both the challenges of international restitution and the innovative approaches that communities, institutions, and scholars are taking to overcome them. Abstracts must be submitted to lstapleton@ucla.edu by September 1, 2025. We are looking for papers that explore: Provenance Research for International Returns Methodologies, case studies, and challenges in tracing histories of objects across borders. Negotiating Restitution Legal, ethical, and diplomatic hurdles in the restitution of international cultural heritage. Working with Nations and Communities of Origin Models for collaboration, relationship-building, and shared stewardship. Institutional Responsibilities and Practices How museums, universities, and collecting institutions are addressing international restitution. Collaborative and Multilateral Efforts Examples of international cooperation, intergovernmental agreements, and cross-institutional partnerships. Reframing Restitution as Reparation How returns contribute to healing, reconciliation, and establishing cultural connections. Please share this announcement with your colleagues. A call for papers can also be found on the SAA Collaboration e-Community. Email Lyssa Stapleton, lstapleton@ucla.edu, with questions or if you are interested in submitted an abstract for the symposium. Abstracts must be submitted to us by September 1, 2025.
Delicious box of drunken noodles, sorry, I think this place is better with more food!
Assistant Curator of Provenance, European Art Toronto, Ontario APPLY Description Requisition Id: 2025-134 Number of Positions: 1 Job Status: Temporary Full-Time Hours & Days of Work: 35 hours per week Minimum Rate: $42.82 Maximum Rate: $53.51 Target Start Date: 09/01/2025 Target End Date: 08/31/2027 Assistant Curator of Provenance, European Art Temporary Full-Time; 2 year contract (35 hours per week)
The details requested by the White House go beyond museum exhibitions and extend to organization charts, responses to visitor surveys, artists featured in galleries who have received a Smithsonian grant, a list of outside partners, and internal communications related to exhibit and artwork selection and approval. The museums are given 30 days to turn over requested materials for the initial request. The White House laid out a timeline for the Smithsonian to tap a representative to work with the administration on 250th anniversary planning. A team from the White House will also be conducting observational visits and walk-throughs of current exhibits to document themes and messaging, and voluntary interviews with curators.
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