As part of our #MetAccess program, every month we invite Disabled and Deaf artists to respond to works in The Met collection that spark curiosity or inspiration. This month Nasreen Akhalteeb reflects on Iris van Herpen's 2011–12 ensemble from The Costume Institute, writing: https://t.co/HZEOghN8Fk
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A romantic setting, but the hippies are fighting, 2021 © Albert Willem https://t.co/HTTqxUte7V
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"Anselm Kiefer: Exodus" is on view at Gagosian at Marciano Art Foundation! The large-scale paintings in the show employ a wide range of materials including paint, terra-cotta, fabric, rope, wire, found objects, sediment of electrolysis, and metal: https://t.co/V43wtjlpQ5 https://t.co/aqAX7FHa5r
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Incorporating drawing, sculpture and collage, José Bedia's installation “The Things That Drag Me Along” is an intricate display of the artist’s mastery of his chosen visual languages: African, Afro-Carribean, European, and Amerindian motifs. https://t.co/wdYaAwj0Yd https://t.co/WIpH4wAFd4
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Manet and his peers purposely invented impressionism to rebel against tradition. Their radical new approach involved using unblended colors and fleeting depictions of natural light.✨
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“Pain cannot be measured by a doctor, or witnessed by an onlooker. For those of us held captive, witnesses lack the system to understand, until they see bone or blood. Pain is a lineage of privilege.” /3
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Space Crystals, Me, Acrylics on wall, 2015
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Mediterranean Idyll: A Sunny Street in Italy, me, watercolour, 2020
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Summer Stream, Me, mixed media on board, 2022
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Quantum, Me, Linocut Print, 2023
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It’s interesting to think about how paintings can connect people across time. Generations have been able to appreciate this bouquet by Manet since 1882. Yet, it's even more interesting to think about this: many people did not like this painting at the time it was completed... 🤯
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A Breath of Fresh Air, Dangiuz, 3D Art, 2023
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A museum in Spain has relinquished two 15th-century icons attributed to the school of a Flemish master after they were deemed to have been looted from Poland by Nazi forces. https://t.co/UNuIf5YViy
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Untitled, Me, Oil, 2023
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