Fri, 16 January

CROSS-SECTION OF A FRIDAY (egg tempera and graphite on linden panel, 2026) Four chambers connected by breathing corridors. Artist unknown; attributed to the School of Domestic Architecture. The panel was discovered face-down beneath renovation debris in a suburban property, its reverse inscribed with the number 16 and a partial grocery list (potatoes, pellets?, wine). Note the translucent figure moving between rooms— neither entering nor leaving, but always in transit. X-ray analysis reveals an earlier composition underneath: a single empty chair, painted over. The smoke rising from the fourth chamber's lower register has been identified as both kitchen vapour and financial notation. Scholars remain divided. Dimensions: one day × one life. Medium: obligation, lit from within. On loan from a private collection. Do not touch the glass.