Art Contents Archive

Looking to infuse a little art into your Friday? ✨ We've got just the thing. Browse more than 650 18th- and 19th-century Japanese illustrated books through our #WatsonLibrary Digital Collections. https://t.co/TJ7mOL9OyR

For the first time in its 228-year history, the Louvre Museum in Paris will be directed by a woman. https://t.co/Q8XE9C4mlS

Beyond Banksy—meet the new vanguard of graffiti artists blurring the boundaries between fine art and street art. https://t.co/8fR9EYAfT4 https://t.co/YcVwJejfhJ

Round up 216 lizards in a psychedelic infinity puzzle from Nervous System https://t.co/iylturdxv7 https://t.co/9hYMwEf7SQ

Road trip! 🚗 Would you rather spend #MemorialDay weekend at Niagara Falls, Maine's Mount Desert Island, the White Mountains of New Hampshire or on Cape Ann in Massachusetts? https://t.co/4ZbOo0hgEG

"Patient hands making tiny stitches all in a row. Wise hands holding the knowledge of generations. Can you see her, this quiltmaker? She is walking now through a misty forest deep in the mountains of Hawai'i." — excerpt from "Lei Mamo" https://t.co/UfYa51Of9o

Hong Kong collectors finally started paying attention to local artists during lockdown. But will it last? https://t.co/pxxVYnczWy https://t.co/loLbxYRoMp

We’re exploring themes from the Getty Villa exhibition “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins,” and today’s theme is cylinder seals. The Mesopotamians were meticulous record keepers. Most official documents were written on clay tablets and needed to be signed and verified. But how? https://t.co/5wYxxBFqJk

The US government announced today that it had turned over two stolen ancient sandstone lintels from northeastern Thailand to that country after retrieving them from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, where they had been on display since 1996 https://t.co/nt5ORE0Xor

Cooking with LACMA: We're partnering with @jaccc_la for a cooking demonstration with Sonoko Sakai. Learn how to make chirashi zushi (scattered sushi) and explore the theme of childhood in the exhibition "Yoshitomo Nara." Watch on YouTube → https://t.co/OxSPx0FS4U https://t.co/y3qYJHfMxz

Ahh, the good life 😎 To Egyptians who lived during Late Antiquity, ideas about a conceptual "good life" intersected with issues of religion, identity, and the past. Explore these intersections in "The Good Life: Collecting Late Antique Art at The Met." https://t.co/hpBaas84gt

A new exhibition in Milan offers a thought-provoking reconsideration of Minimalism—see images here: https://t.co/CalpwK2KbT https://t.co/5CovSfbdyu

Tawanda Kanhema was determined to map the roads of Zimbabwe after learning that his home country was not on Google Maps Street View. https://t.co/RH9ZZkVBug

Bruno Braquehais's photos of the Paris Commune suggest a sympathy with his subjects. https://t.co/ST42QwKg44

First released in 1976, the newly remastered documentary "New Deal for Artists" looks at the history of the Works Progress Administration and its influence on U.S. art history https://t.co/xbkANs6qhw