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Alexander Adams

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Alexander Adams

@AdamsArtist

British artist-writer, author of "The Naked Spur" and "How to Start a Dissident Art Movement". No LLM/AI posts. View art at alexanderadams.art

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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Mar 17
Thank you to all of my new followers for liking and sharing my recent art posts. For anyone new to me, I am an artist, critic and author. My income comes from art and writing. If you appreciate what I do and would like to support me, below are some ways you can do that. (1/5)
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Oct 28, 2023
I cannot think of any image that has more completely vindicated all our predictions. This is the face that will launch a renaissance of cultural resistance and creativity.
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Aug 4, 2025
Replying to @zarathustra5150
Rene Magritte, The Future of Statues, 1932. His sister-in-law sold plaster copies of the mask in her art shop. I discuss this in my book on Magritte.
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Jul 20, 2023
Pleased to share that Amy and I got married this week.
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Mar 6, 2025
As we celebrate the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo, never forget how his masterpiece - the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel - was grievously damaged in a botched restoration. Please share this thread. Many people do not know this story. 1/5
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Dec 5, 2023
The winner of the annual Turner Prize, the leading contemporary art prize in Great Britain, has been announced as Jesse Darling. What won was worthless. That is the point. You are supposed to despise it. It is a chance for elite radicals to humiliate you and your ideals of
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Apr 4, 2025
Remember that the art institutions you once respected and were built by great men are now run by people who loathe you, consider your culture a joke and are intent on humiliating you. Never forget.
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Oct 23, 2025
With all due respect to the team, I believe this laudable attempt falls short. If one wishes to convey "guardian of liberty" then different symbolism should have been devised. To portray effort, add strain and stress to the anatomy - show sinews straining and veins raised. If a
Atelier Missor
@AtelierMissor_
Oct 23, 2025
After months of hard work, we’re proud to unveil the statue we’ll build to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States. The Guardian of Liberty. What you see here is just the scale model. The real one will be gigantic, the tallest statue in the West. So many people have
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Sep 9, 2025
Delighted to present my most personal and provocative book, "How to Start a Dissident Art Movement", published today. Seeing the crumbling of the public arts and political consensus – and encountering writings by perennial traditionalists – meant I had to rethink who I was and
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Apr 17, 2025
Replying to @AcademicAgent_X
I don't understand why - politically speaking - neglecting the largest faith in GB was considered viable? What would the govt lose by simply putting out a general easter greeting?
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Jul 4, 2025
We are proud to announce “Power & Intimacy” an exhibition of art by Alexander Adams, Ryan Daffurn, Ferro and Sam Wild, plus special guest artists. New paintings, drawings and sculptures will be exhibited in central London 7-12 October. Our statement: The definition of the
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
May 25, 2025
Replying to @MorgothsReview
Amy and I send our best wishes. Thinking of you.
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
May 23, 2025
Today sees publication of The Naked Spur, my first novel. Proud to share it with you and really looking forward to your responses. "The Naked Spur" (Exeter House, 2025, pb, £15.99/$20) follows the life of a painter in London slipping into failure and anonymity. He rejects the
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Alexander Adams
@AdamsArtist
Mar 26, 2025
Carlyle is not amused. I am unfollowing everyone who posts a Studio Ghibli AI. Every single one of you.
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