Art Contents Archive

rather be dead than cool, me, oil on paper, 2023

let’s build lego flowers together 💐 https://t.co/r2Sgs3eDKD

"I suppose it is the best thing I have done," wrote #JohnSingerSargent to The Met in 1916, offering to sell his portrait of Madame Pierre Gautreau, noting: "I should prefer, on account of the row I had with the lady years ago, that the picture should not be called by her name." https://t.co/qGUtaA3kde

🍎 Explore the life and work of #PaulCezanne 🍏 From self-portraits to local landscapes, Cezanne's artwork gave painting a new lease of life. 🎨 Discover for yourself in The EY Exhibition: Cezanne at #TateModern. https://t.co/A6allqO2tS Part of The @EY_UKI Tate Arts Partnership https://t.co/4Fls1PFhKZ

Did you know kids 16 and under always get in free? Spend a day experiencing the Museum together with special audio, gallery labels, and hands-on activities in our Heyman Family Art Lab that let you draw, move, and imagine with art. Plan your visit → https://t.co/37YzZvjsBa https://t.co/JUURZj7k1E

Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts a bourgeois lady, but the stifling interior restricts her space, just like that of the parakeet when confined to its gilded cage. Learn more: https://t.co/24Iv9ryHgB 🎨: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, "Woman with Parakeet," 1871 https://t.co/08AYaE3XtZ

soft landing, me, digital, 2023

The painting had previously been the subject of great scandal—Sargent's original portrait featured one of her gown straps slipped off the shoulder, seen here in 1884. It caused such an uproar that Sargent re-painted the strap. https://t.co/4Uy0cJCQ72

In between providing humanitarian aid and food disaster relief to citizens around the world, @chefjoseandres stopped by to pay us a visit and spend some time with paintings created by John Singer Sargent—an artist who was deeply inspired by his extensive travels through Spain. 💛 https://t.co/p8raj4tez6

Have you already immersed yourself in the award-winning digital project MESOPOTAMIA? This immersive experience brings objects from ancient Mesopotamia to your screen in fine detail through video and 3D imaging. https://t.co/Vm5y8Lf51w https://t.co/GGeUc3RdW0

What do you make of today’s #artworkoftheday? “The Unicorn in Captivity” 🎨 1495–1505 🏛️ @metmuseum https://t.co/cmJ7uFGdSv https://t.co/g83MXdLJWs

Water lilies 2, me, acrylic, canvas, 2023

The Ponte Salarico, Hubert Robert, Oil on Canvas, 1775

Hank Willis Thomas’s “The Embrace” in Boston Common envisions a future of loving mutuality that M.L.K. Jr. and Coretta Scott King were resolutely committed to. https://t.co/f9Ug4xBRZj

But the infamous strap isn't the only change he made. Today on Sargent's birthday, explore how scientists used X-radiography, infrared reflectography, and more to uncover his changes, his techniques, and what's below the surface: https://t.co/msayjGfBeJ https://t.co/3MHbBO8RKr