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The Glitoris, 2017 by Alli Sebastian Wolf, scale model of a clitoris. There are 8000 nerve endings in the tip of the clitoris alone, which is double the amount in a penis and it is the only known body part that has the sole purpose of pleasure #WomensArt https://t.co/g3tKWuv49g

In the 1950s while working in the studio of Kaneshige Tōyō—the first Bizen potter named a Living National Treasure in Japan—#IsamuNoguchi made a mold of a "mask." This is the Bizen work made from that mold—a figure thinking and clenching a cigarette stub, likely a self-portrait. https://t.co/ib0XTGpLLb

See gilded manuscripts that span 1,500 years in a new London exhibition about gold and the written word: https://t.co/EfCzLSJIXC https://t.co/WFfYcFPUwJ

“Without doubt, it’s time we reconsidered muses, reclaiming them from reductive stereotypes, to illuminate their real, involved and diverse roles throughout art history.” https://t.co/UdBJvk0zzB

Live view of us getting ready to say goodbye to the Pearsons during tonight's #ThisIsUs finale 🥺 🖼️: "La Mélancolique" (1909), Jules Pascin https://t.co/eHUbCSH77T

Tradition South African Zulu basket created by master basket makers such as Laurentia Ndwandwe #WomensArt https://t.co/gdXJ9gl2F5

Acoustic guitars are split open, divided into pieces, and rearranged into bodily forms in #WillieCole’s “No Strings.” https://t.co/3Np60hsBNm https://t.co/ETQxeQDkJ1

See "Work (Mask)," a new acquisition, on view at The Met in Gallery 202 on the Great Hall Balcony. ⁣⁣#AAPIHeritageMonth © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum / Artists Rights Society https://t.co/OUqzoXBRlC

A Roman marble bust heading to auction could have ties to disgraced dealer Robin Symes, an antiquities expert says: https://t.co/xuKuO6IpfA https://t.co/1YVdXUlFAw

The Met and the WMF will collaborate on a digital project exploring historic sites in sub-Saharan Africa for the museum’s renovated African, ancient American and Oceanic art galleries https://t.co/aMvLiomPA1 @metmuseum @WorldMonuments

Shell, 2015 by Croatian artist Nadja Jovanovic #WomensArt https://t.co/jIozRTab1F

#Brancusi’s work provided Noguchi with a modernist context, but he was inspired by Kofun-period Haniwa figures—hand-built, unglazed ancient funerary objects. His 1952 Kamakura solo exhibition of groundbreaking sculptures influenced younger potters like the Sōdeisha members.⁣ https://t.co/rlfZBAqX41

Vincent Ledvina recently graduated with a degree in astrophysics, and he celebrated with a photo under a total lunar eclipse. https://t.co/djdLKA6tZS

🧢 🎩 tag your favorite neighbor. https://t.co/dCHeG5m4qg 🏛️ @ngadc https://t.co/QzP9APp3Bv

Art dealer Inigo Philbrick receives a seven-year sentence for an $86 million “Ponzi-like” fraud scheme. https://t.co/opeg7zQEOY