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Rock out—it's #NationalGuitarDay 🎸 This highly decorated instrument is an early example of a six-string, single-course guitar. The portrait on the guitar's back is believed to be the opera composer Giovanni Paisello, whose pieces were favored by 18th-century guitarists. https://t.co/u75Xs7TnLv

‘Fashion is a great unifier’: The artful couture of Yves Saint Laurent is bringing six Paris museums together in an unprecedented joint show: https://t.co/pfaKzLJg7X https://t.co/Y9OtNdzwYl

We had some special guests in the Gallery this week as we hosted the UK premiere of @TheDukeFilmUK! Starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, the film tells the story of the theft (and recovery!) of Goya's 'The Duke of Wellington': https://t.co/s2go7QRC6g https://t.co/wRRRPQGgrG

Learn about April Banks's work. Originally trained as an architect, April Banks is an L.A.-based artist whose career spans conceptual art, social practice, and exhibition design. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/Yxu44wFuEl

A man from Minnesota built an amazing 12-foot-tall, 23-foot-long T-rex made from snow. https://t.co/fThNjFj4bB

What can depictions of a key biblical scene tell us about perceptions of race in the Middle Ages? Unpack representations of the Black magus in European art on #MetPerspectives. https://t.co/2M66VtyRIs

The Maxxi museum in Rome is launching an ambitious project to build new museum spaces, become more sustainable and regenerate its neighbourhood https://t.co/BhYQoncHyD

Dancing Around the Art Gallery 🕺🏼 Installation by teekenng 🎵 Polo & Pan - Ani Kuni https://t.co/jnmybKyCHe

This Frieze Week in Los Angeles, Knowledge Bennett and Charles Moore present “BLACK,” an exhibition of 10 emerging artists exploring the color black. https://t.co/CC1HxehA7Y

MAXXI, a contemporary art museum in Rome, has received $17 million from the Italian government to build a new research center https://t.co/ej8sbvq2ai

"Alone, together": a now all-too-familiar phrase. Explore the twin themes of solitude and togetherness in Chinese art over more than 2,000 years in "Companions in Solitude: Reclusion and Communion in Chinese Art" through August 14. https://t.co/kqmMX3nPTN

A bored security guard uses a ballpoint pen to doodle eyes on Anna Leporskaya’s “Three Figures.” (Post-post-neo-dada Duchamp’s LHOOQ?) https://t.co/oQVhmLQwXZ

Paulina Díaz Ordaz, the granddaughter of former Mexican president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, in her lavish home—one foot atop a stuffed lion. For seven years, Mexican photographer Daniela Rossell made portraits of the women in her elite social circle for her series "Ricas y famosas" https://t.co/D8PNdYyL5n

Unique Scenes of drones Illuminating Night Landscapes https://t.co/7FgBubeZ1f https://t.co/9KHGcVdSCB https://t.co/UViAaM9cMH

We asked artists participating in Desert X AlUla how and why they created works for the challenging environment of Saudi Arabia https://t.co/psfjnQZkGV