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Way Back by Lindy Chambers #lindychambers

#MetKidsFunFact: This colorful fresco once decorated a wall in an ancient Roman villa, either in a dining room, called a triclinium, or a room for parties, called an oecus. 🎉 Learn more: https://t.co/ciwEMMhcYh https://t.co/eyr6i7KZ4l

“Are you not entertained?” https://t.co/5DEzQ0fkgg

Photographer Laura Rowe captured an electrifying image of storm clouds appearing ready to explode thanks to reflected light from the sunset. https://t.co/yzFOcej37C

The novelist and philanthropist Mackenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, will donate $2.74bn to 286 organisations, including at least 60 involved in the arts and culture https://t.co/rffFsf1QUi

Art Industry News: Thousands of people want Jeff Bezos to buy the Mona Lisa… and eat it? + other stories: https://t.co/H1ACU9DSDR https://t.co/bbGZo3RsZx

Picture perfect ✨ This handscroll is carefully crafted to emphasize the power and prestige of nine scholar-officials in Beijing. See it in "Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Up Close" before the exhibition closes on June 27. Learn more: https://t.co/ES3wTT8a6O https://t.co/fYnuLmZZKN

Lots going on here—an older bearded boxer flexes, his defeated challenger turns away, and a bull bleeds out in the background. This is not just any boxing match, but one well-known to ancient Romans, the fight of Dares and Entellus, as described in Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid https://t.co/OKiMIgepZQ

After cutting and stretching his canvas, Landon Metz works in total silence while meticulously applying dye with a foam brush to create biomorphic contours, at times repeated across several canvases made to stretch the length of a room. https://t.co/PXbgha7jme https://t.co/4g4sRaKBmH

As part of a $2.7 billion batch of grants, MacKenzie Scott has given funds to the Studio Museum in Harlem, Souls Grown Deep, United States Artists, and more https://t.co/l2aUedK4JI

"When I worked as a security guard at the Toledo Museum of Art there was no mechanism by which the frontline staff could help shape the museum's content." https://t.co/2UuWe47mqF

WATCH LIVE NOW—Join experts for a conversation on Karl Bodmer’s exceptionally detailed portraits of Omaha, Mandan, Hidatsa, Blackfoot, and other Plains nations peoples and the impact of the portraits on their communities. #BodmerPortraits 🎥 Tune in: https://t.co/YtNGtuEHda https://t.co/zhVF48gFzr

Houston artist Jamal Cyrus tells us about finding inspiration in the city’s under-researched art history and his studio rituals: https://t.co/XiZKGkZ2q8 https://t.co/mqAPms1pNo

This mosaic speaks to the popularity of Virgil, the culture of competitive sports, and the enduring appeal of violent spectacle. Want to learn more? Join us June 18 at 12pm for a conversation and closer look. Register for free: https://t.co/dGPEH3OnlE

A new report details the explorations of Māori sailors in Antarctic waters, predating European exploration by over a thousand years. https://t.co/GLtLJkEktG