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On April 13, 1870, The Met was founded with no art, staff, or building. How did we get here? Today on our 152nd birthday, explore the story of how a simple idea to bring art to all grew into the largest art museum in the United States. https://t.co/3zdFeAGnlb

Happy Provenance Day! Provenance is the record of ownership of an object. It helps us have a deeper understanding of an artwork—who was interested in it, how much it cost, where it was displayed, and all the people and places that can be connected by one object. https://t.co/4EoXhkj7fW

Venice Biennale 2022: Here are all the artists confirmed to represent their countries at the event (so far) [updated]: https://t.co/ieoYYJBp3y https://t.co/R9O7or7GbE

Le brin de l’aube by miryam_haddad #miryamhaddad

The work, "Beauty Examined" (1993), is expected to fetch a price between $8 million and $12 million. https://t.co/UulJcTu1l9

The Venice Biennale is back. But what does it mean for the gallerists representing the artists on show? https://t.co/tIVc9FL50p

Experience extraordinary recent gifts to the Museum that explore the flourishing of photography between World War II and the Vietnam war in "Cruel Radiance: Photography, 1940s–1960s." https://t.co/cDYZTAzdLZ

See a curator’s harrowing journey from war-torn Kyiv to Venice to install the art for Ukraine’s national pavilion: https://t.co/mggaPVCdSe https://t.co/LQ6LM9z3bm

The importance of provenance and why we study it: https://t.co/ESFZjB2olF

Silano’s new exhibition of photographic work, on view at both Fragment Gallery and Rubber Factory, examines the underbelly of white American queer desire. https://t.co/4RFOpAJKNV

LEGO released their new Back to the Future Time Machine set, a reproduction of Doc Brown's modified 1981 DeLorean. https://t.co/XqUBuzcwbz

Sotheby’s Hong Kong hopes to nab up to $20 million this month with a rare, wall-mounted Louise Bourgeois spider sculpture: https://t.co/szJChrMju5 https://t.co/q6obvon28p

In a neighborhood full of galleries founded by white men, Yin’s Make Room champions underrepresented artists within L.A.’s expanding contemporary art ecosystem. https://t.co/ovl9Z02tv2

Some of info can be recorded on a painting's back. The back of this painting contains labels tracking its movement between exhibitions and art dealers. It was housed at Downton Castle in England for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, passed down among family members. https://t.co/fUidNtQ1Mh

For her latest series, artist Golsa Golchini transforms her own hand into a work of art. https://t.co/hbibZ6O5WB