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Let Osumi Yukie—the first woman metalwork artist designated a Living National Treasure in Japan—transport you seaside with her uniquely formed flower container inspired by the ocean. 🌊 See it on view now in #ArtsOfJapan Learn more: https://t.co/zdFGv2UTYR © Osumi Yukie #WHM https://t.co/2WbhscTQP4

The Louvre Museum in Paris has placed its enormous collections of more than 480,000 items online for all to virtually explore for free. https://t.co/9MwGiGDm57

Purple appreciation post 💜 https://t.co/sRpvhlNdTP

In 1493 this manuscript was made for a young queen. Within it, fictitious heroines tell stories about love and betrayal. https://t.co/McuAAMFYZF

Artworks have occasionally been known to break the internet. https://t.co/ld5uoNAkna https://t.co/WfwL3Q3Lif

"You don’t need a degree and you don’t need to be very learned in symbolism to understand these images. You just need experience of life." See Dutch masterworks through the eyes of a poet, cinematographer, artist, and others on the #MetPrimer. https://t.co/pw4ECRQsGR

An unidentified dealer in Toledo, Spain, was trying to sell forged paintings for a combined $14.6 million before Spanish police seized works "attributed" to El Greco, Goya, and Modigliani: https://t.co/XITVncCS0D https://t.co/hnFm4grjaM

Seen @lilnasx's latest music video? Looks familiar to us. 🔥 https://t.co/G3v7fhxMQH

Poetic and generalized rather than botanically accurate, #JohnLaFarge's floral still lifes evoke a mood and express emotion. ⁣The artist, who is best known for his major projects in mural painting and stained glass, was born #OnThisDay in 1835. https://t.co/ebJChlMpkL

A simple flick of the switch can transform a home from dark and asleep to bright and full of life. This applies to art as well! https://t.co/nrUokJhMR5

Discover what's new on Artsy this week, fresh from our curators. https://t.co/CWnqdZ2Tef https://t.co/YSGyfNPCDO

This photographer risked melting his drone in order to capture this amazing footage of the erupting Geldingadalur volcano in Iceland. https://t.co/R1cWLCwpea

We asked John Cleese why he reinvented himself as an NFT artist: https://t.co/uIS6nZVhpg https://t.co/LgajcgQWA8

Collector Stefan Edlis had a penchant for mischievousness, and his holdings included works by Maurizio Cattelan, Jeff Koons, and many other giants of recent art history https://t.co/Q0PkXPsq7z

Tune in tomorrow to the Smithsonian's Viewfinder series for a free screening of "Ninna Nanna" by Margaret Salmon, which explores the relationships between 3 young Italian mothers and their infants. https://t.co/Sq5GgLDFlG