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An activist design lab is commissioning artists to make vibrant posters encouraging everyone to get vaccinated. See images here: https://t.co/wFHlvwcXCs https://t.co/oF1jI2tUUH

6/6 See "Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits" on view through July 25. #BodmerPortraits https://t.co/Z6Z96srzUi

Nude figures resembling characters that border medieval manuscripts cavort, fight, and shriek across Heimer’s paintings. For the self-taught artist, who was adopted as an infant, the narratives they enact represent personal origin myths. https://t.co/Q3ikCJHSQR https://t.co/xjCBKi6Ph7

Ever wake up in the middle of the night and go, “Oh wow, what time is it?” Imagine it's the 18th century. How do you see the time?

“Knife-wielding spider god” is an early frontrunner for the most badass-sounding ancient diety of 2021. https://t.co/RWtsIVIQwb

How an artist named Mr. Doodle became a multimillion-dollar auction sensation with a bunch of squiggles and 'like'-able branding: https://t.co/A1ZY5VndvU https://t.co/3kdaQjyLD9

5/6 "Though Bodmer did not record the name of the woman in this painting, her descendants may use her teachings to this day, as in my own family. Though she is no longer with us, her knowledge could still be very much alive." https://t.co/gSXlCNnIwy

The data has spoken. Discover available works by the artists gaining traction among Artsy collectors, including those with breakout solo shows and major museum retrospectives. https://t.co/5QPbxp8G9J https://t.co/6ZmiWvXjSi

Even when it's cloudy, residents of Buenos Aires can find a piece of the blue sky in Fio Silva‘s colorful murals. https://t.co/XKAnzKkwg6

Chasing Ghosts: A short documentary debunks a long-held theory about what pollinates the ghost orchid https://t.co/VAgEdJUP45 https://t.co/Ll0FeQG6Hh

Actor Liev Schreiber tells us all about his art collection, and why he doesn't think about buying art as an investment: https://t.co/ekq8CqMpwa https://t.co/pn0WkEhAF5

1/6 During the early 1830s, a dynamic network of Native communities inhabited the Upper Plains region of North America. The Swiss draftsman #KarlBodmer was one of the first European artist-observers to create a visual record of these communities and their life ways.

Get to know Auguste Rodin, the famous sculptor of ‘The Thinker.’ https://t.co/W0CisTjP7b

This is a night clock. An oil lamp lights the clock from behind to illuminate the time. Problem is, someone would have to check in to make sure it was still lit. Bummer. https://t.co/zvLu0C4ZjZ

How galleries in New York made it through one of the darkest years on record is a story of quick pivots and adaptations https://t.co/gYQolrJIu6