Art Contents Archive

From Bernie Sanders memes to Art Basel's postponement, catch up on this week's art world news: https://t.co/wZzBWCPdQ0 https://t.co/nolH5WWftV

Manet was born #OnThisDay in 1832. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life and his work, 'Music in the Tuileries Gardens' has been described as ‘the earliest true example of modern painting in both subject matter and technique’: https://t.co/K2OqqRxLw8 https://t.co/Lg92VTkCIp

When in doubt, write it out ✍️ On #NationalHandwritingDay, enjoy this wonderfully creative example tucked into the pages of a 1620 manuscript dedicated to penmanship. Check out more writing in art (we're talking desks, inkwells, scrolls, and more!) → https://t.co/RxEosnYURV https://t.co/8hImS2nz7m

jamesjeanart ✨💧✨ The Descendent in Marble #jamesjean

Work in progress- thoughts?

Smooth sailing from here on out ⛵ Edouard #Manet—born January 23, 1832—painted this summery scene while on vacation in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. Shown in the Salon of 1879, "Boating" was deemed "the last word in painting" by #Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt. https://t.co/uUzJV2uxSX

After many months working from home, Senior Library Associate Amy Hamilton recounts her first trip back to The Met's #WatsonLibrary, where she found: an ancient coffee cup, a sad office plant, and more than 3,500 books waiting to be processed! ☕ 🥀 📚 https://t.co/5nGUHHeBsl

'Friendship', Me, Watercolor, 2018

Train, Me, Digital, 2021

Medium Love Letter #1 by elmersfud #eddiemartinez

Tune in to the #MetCollection 🎧 Explore more than 3,000 audio guide recordings—including material for kids and families. Start listening → https://t.co/VnILDM8fs0 #MetAudioGuide https://t.co/H4C4fnPHvH

For 'Flags and Debris,' Doug Aitken's current exhibition at Regen Projects, the artist initiated a series of impromptu performances based on choreographies he developed working with LA Dance Project. A new multiscreen installation captures these mysterious and random encounters throughout an emptied out Los Angeles in which dancers wrapped in the artworks move through shadowland spaces like shrouded bodies in chrysalis. dougaitkenworkshop #DougAitken #FlagsandDebris #RegenProjects ladanceproject

'Catherine Opie,' a new publication by Phaidon, is now available for pre-order! A limited number of signed copies of the monograph, which includes contributions by the likes of Hilton Als, Charlotte Cotton, Douglas Fogle, Helen Molesworth, and Elizabeth A. T. Smith, can be purchased at phaidon.com/catherineopie with worldwide sales beginning June 2021. Link in our stories. phaidonsnaps csopie #CatherineOpieBook #CatherineOpie

Fly away, me, digital, 2020

This is the oldest known photograph of a U.S. presidential inauguration. https://t.co/BkgfpcoG4a