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Anguish by August Friedrich Schenck #augustfriedrichalbrechtschenck

Explore the artistic sophistication and technical virtuosity of Chinese decorative arts from the 10th century to the early 20th century through 120 works by famous and unknown masters. ✨ #MetChineseMasters https://t.co/Uuc4PLmFSc

The divide between abstraction and figuration is a false, but helpful, dichotomy. https://t.co/EvYeYlLqkv

This Thursday, March 11, join Glenn Ligon and writer and critic Hilton Als for a discussion about the ways in which art can engage and rethink the most urgent issues of our time. Hosted by Princeton University Art Museum, the conversation will take place at 2:30 pm PT / 5:30 pm ET. Register at the link in our stories. Image: ‘Self-Portrait at Eleven Years Old,’ 2004. glennligon hilton.als princetonu_artmuseum #GlennLigon #HiltonAls

Why are there so few women artists before the 20th century? It wasn’t an absence of talent, ambition, or “genius.” It was often the impossibility for women artists to even participate. Three stories that show how women have been creators all along: https://t.co/iJBXsjyNDg

These meticulous digital works by Josh Dykgaaf layer petals, leaves, and other natural textures into fantastic creatures https://t.co/gKYqItnokQ https://t.co/ELK3FFVVfJ

caistudio : “In art and artistic expression, the things you're trying to relay, they can be full of conflict, and you do not necessarily have to use art to resolve all these conflicts. As long as you acknowledge these conflicts or address the conflict in your art, that is already meaningful." #caiguoqiang

#JFK is back in the @WhiteHouse! Recently, conservator Charlotte Ameringer inspected #JamieWyeth’s “Portrait of John F. Kennedy” (1967) before its journey to DC. Personally requested by @POTUS, the painting is now hanging in his private study off the Oval Office.⁣ https://t.co/dpJ6LcbS4o

A canopy bed perfect for cuffing season 💕 #DYK: The sculpted turtle doves that sit over the drapery of this 18th-century canopy bed suggest this design may have been meant for a newly wedded couple. 🕊️ Learn more: https://t.co/okN5avypHV https://t.co/nSZrkOAbMH

Six quirky houseplants made from collaged photos spring from a pop-up book by Daniel Gordon https://t.co/4L8okpYEEc https://t.co/358hGLxaZJ

Have you heard of the open-air school movement? "With the safety of school constantly on my mind, I was drawn to photographs of the Corona Avenue Elementary school, designed by modernist architect Richard Neutra." https://t.co/MNN20Tpou4

Street art trailblazer Lady Pink on painting unsung heroes of Graffiti and her new museum survey in Miami: https://t.co/4I2MAO31DF https://t.co/QReSJ7oDhB

The Rijksmuseum will put on permanent display works by Judith Leyster, Rachel Ruysch, and more to offer a "more complete picture" of Dutch art history https://t.co/3tNdsxT1aU

Art biennials are carbon catastrophes. Here's how the inaugural Helsinki Biennial is being designed as a climate neutral event: https://t.co/Y5262ImxV9 https://t.co/2SO9JsZr3J

Photographer Barbara Cole captures the hazy forms of flowers submerged in water. https://t.co/DXH1bNHEzH