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Acala is a wrathful manifestation of Manjushri—the bodhisattva of supreme wisdom who is associated with magic, healing, and protection. Together with his consort, the pair visually expresses the bliss of enlightenment that can be achieved by joining wisdom and compassion. https://t.co/351BGqMImg

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was born this day in 1863. At age... 15: he began painting in Valencia, Spain 18: he studied Old Master paintings at @museodelprado in Madrid 22: he won a grant to study painting in Rome, where he excelled at depicting the effects of light https://t.co/HIYS5zUShd

Top five this week | Two Mexican activists infiltrated the Weltmuseum in Vienna last week, swapping its audio guides for their own hacked versions to protest the history and ownership of the headdress of Moctezuma https://t.co/gAimeM1mol

What's your favorite #ElizabethTaylor movie? Born #OnThisDay in 1932, she was photographed by #YousufKarsh in 1946! © Estate of Yousuf Karsh https://t.co/y8zCVkOjGl

Opera singer Peter Brathwaite started recreating historical portraits of Black subjects as a pandemic project. It became so much more: https://t.co/YFDEqfi4tI https://t.co/F2iUb0TPUU

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#DidYouKnow the @CityofBoston is making bus service FREE on Routes 23 & 28 starting March 1? These lines stop at Ruggles station, which is down the street from the MFA! 🎨: "Greyhound Scenicruiser" bus model (mid 1950s), designed by Raymond Loewy https://t.co/24d03rjAAJ

LIVE NOW—Tune in for Sunday at The Met. ✨ Join a panel of experts, including two Disney animation legends, as they reflect on their careers, the making of "Beauty and the Beast" (1991), and the impact of Disney on American culture. #InspiringWaltDisney https://t.co/bXTTgSZRdm

Artists Alexandra Sukhareva and Kirill Savchenkov, as well as curator Raimundas Malašauskas, have pulled out of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale amid war in Ukraine https://t.co/iwDv4Q3AkK

Iconic Paintings Reimagined in 3D https://t.co/qLRQ08MQif https://t.co/q6jO8hZwSm https://t.co/oONPvIKHsg

J. Paul Getty was "especially fascinated by his unique treatment of sunlight." The paintings seen here are a small portion of Getty's collection of Sorolla's works. Explore Sorolla's work at @museosorolla and https://t.co/sAEalAs8Da

It’s a rare find for the city, as mosaics of that scale were uncommon in cramped urban settings https://t.co/V4SSYKpFOC

Top five this week | Alistair Hudson has reportedly been asked to step down as director of the Whitworth after a controversial statement of solidarity with Palestine displayed in an exhibition last year sparked a furore https://t.co/KDiYtJFk4e

The iconic logo of Columbia Pictures helped define the identity of the American film industry. But do you know its origins? https://t.co/O6g5JczpU9

While “Blackalachia” was born out of circumstance, it flourished from a place of fearlessness, vulnerability, and opportunity. https://t.co/BnEbRLEHnh