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The Unconscious by Gilbert Garcin #gilbertgarcin

Has someone ever got “under your skin”? In art, sometimes that’s a good thing. Here, Peter Paul Rubens evokes a technique known as écorché, literally meaning flayed in French. https://t.co/Mn8ijGUBdb

That arsenic was poisonous was certainly not a secret; every Victorian home had a bit of the powder lying around for rats and mice, and people likely knew tales of the “inheritance powder” being used for murder. https://t.co/iIsu0LD1Rz

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Details from Sue Williams: ‘Very Special Ops’, 2021.⁠⁠ ⁠ See the full painting in Selections: Gallery Artists, on view at the gallery through July 15th.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Make an appointment at the link in our bio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #Selections #GalleryArtists #RegenProjects #SueWilliams

Turner is lauded for laying much of the groundwork for the Impressionists, and later, the Abstract Expressionists. https://t.co/aZYEFsNFwu

Star studio museum curator Legacy Russell has been named director of pioneering art space the Kitchen in New York: https://t.co/HbZ1Dyj9nK https://t.co/m8lkskn343

This technique is used to build up a figure’s form, starting with the skeleton and muscles. It helps to reveal bodily proportions for a more realistic-looking figure in motion. https://t.co/Y5K5qHE7OF

(Re)discover galleries throughout the city of Zurich, including several solo shows with prominent Swiss artists. https://t.co/XaMXuhifnl https://t.co/Or1yysp3zd

Here are some of the defining artworks of the AIDS era that still have much to teach in today's ongoing pandemic https://t.co/CrHWjwrCqc

JR installed an optical illusion on the esplanade des Droits De L'homme at the Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower. https://t.co/nJnxFfENU0

Happy School Life ; ), Me, Digital, 2021

Buyer of $1.4 million Emily Mae Smith unmasked, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother spotted upstate, & more art-world gossip: https://t.co/zwqnAFksQd https://t.co/YAzhlMSjWP

The practice started in the Italian Renaissance after Pope Boniface VIII permitted dissections for observation purposes. It has been favored by many artists, including Leonardo da Vinci—whose detailed studies of cadavers still captivate viewers today. https://t.co/rETA9uF307

A star-studded exhibition backed by three European presidents (including Putin) celebrates the diversity of Europe’s contemporary art: https://t.co/oG0yYXCOX9 https://t.co/UOUn0Qp3Dh