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"When I paint flowers, I feel free to try out tones and values and worry less about destroying the canvas." — Auguste Renoir Sending you a bouquet from #Renoir—founding member of the #Impressionist movement—born February 25, 1841. See more by the artist: https://t.co/nQyLhadWe3 https://t.co/s9yl4yq2Pi

On this day in 1841, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born. “La Promenade” is among his first paintings to depict large-scale figures in an outdoor setting using the light, broken brushstrokes of the new Impressionist technique, which he had been developing closely with Claude Monet. https://t.co/3xrGWESmVZ

A Vincent van Gogh landscape that was produced while he was confined to an asylum in France is expected to sell for $45 million at Christie's https://t.co/RIRgy6alsB

In ‘Glass Microbiology,’ sculptures explore the science behind modeling viruses and bacteria https://t.co/1VHEN7pmX0 https://t.co/bmTpFDBXjl

Preparations for the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale, due to open 23 April, have been brought to halt by the Russian invasion. @UApavilion @la_Biennale https://t.co/QgTKCzsKHD

The MFA Boston and the Toledo Museum of Art have acquired works by Remedios Varo, a Surrealist artist whose star is rising in institutions across the country https://t.co/7fR6umt2ai

"As animators, we’re after the entertainment value, and I’m inclined to agree that we share that with the people who created a piece of porcelain or wove a tapestry in the 18th century." — Don Hahn, producer of "Beauty and the Beast" #InspiringWaltDisney https://t.co/Z52R3qK4lB

We're pleased to share with you three online exhibitions in Spanish: "Faces of Roman Egypt," "Contemporary voices in Asian American Photography," and "Jeanne (Spring)." Set your browser settings to Spanish when visiting the page and enjoy! https://t.co/4URqOLYXW1 https://t.co/9Mgdv4o6JD

Happy Birthday Haim Steinbach! 🎉 Haim's art explores the framing devices inherent in anthropology. His ‘Display #15 – Design for a Yogurt Bar’ was on view at White Cube Mason's Yard, from October 2017 to January 2018. #WhiteCube #HaimSteinbach https://t.co/FvGjqASxNn

Beautiful Longboard Session at Sunset in Portugal 🌅🛹 by valeriya_gogunskaya 🎵 Ludovico Einaudi - Experience https://t.co/j17te5KBT3

Ceramic enthusiasts, rejoice! See more than 150 works from the 1880s–1950s highlighting American ceramic styles, techniques, and materials in "Gifts from the Fire: American Ceramics from the Collection of Martin Eidelberg." #GiftsFromTheFire https://t.co/ChJsRodC47

More than 20 artists, including several winners of the Turner Prize, asked to pull out of a traveling show coming to Manchester's Whitworth Art Gallery, which reportedly asked its director to leave amid a controversy over a statement about Palestine https://t.co/fgQ4oaPIHE

French artist Ememem adds art in unexpected places by filling pavement cracks and holes with colorful mosaic art. https://t.co/dp25DCLPOW

The Palace of @CVersailles has acquired a previously unpublished portrait of a young Marie-Antoinette, and the @brooklynmuseum's recent acquisitions include a new stop-motion film by Kara Walker. https://t.co/qRBir6Z0qD

Find out more about this painting in the new online exhibit "Taking a Stroll in Renoir's 'The Promenade'." https://t.co/EgIf2Tg7ZE