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Pop quiz alert (no Googling!) Who created this painting, "Two Young Girls at the Piano"? https://t.co/SHCtEjHiaE

Happy Birthday Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens was a Flemish artist who lived in the 16th and 17th centuries. He was a master painter who blended dramatic movement with a dash of realism. He told telling thrilling stories on a grand scale to generate an influential Baroque style. https://t.co/5LYe09F7eH

Using long continuous strokes that mimic a Japanese sand garden, Thomas Yang’s new print is a zen meditation on cycling https://t.co/mkbITqPRUS https://t.co/q8D2ekMAeu

Happy birthday to artist #PeterPaulRubens! From 1629 until 1634, the artist painted the ceilings of the Banqueting House at the Palace of Whitehall. This oil sketch, "Mercury and a Sleeping Herdsman" (about 1632–33), combines two figure studies for the ceiling’s many panels. https://t.co/TE9d44Vgp3

A groundbreaking exhibition opening this week at the Met explores the overlooked role of women photographers in the history of Modern photography https://t.co/H8TJYFSEjN @metmuseum

And the answer is...Renoir! In the early 1890s the French government commissioned #Renoir to create a piece for the Musée du Luxembourg. Aware of how much scrutiny his painting would garner, he worked on it painstakingly, refining it over five canvases. https://t.co/kNxmpufBN2

A mesmerizing aerial timelapse by photographer Lior Patel captures the undulating patterns of sheep herding near Haifa https://t.co/UHyrilDNcc https://t.co/PVhClKUKTI

Curator's introduction: Jan Matejko's Copernicus Join Christopher Riopelle, The Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings, for an introduction to our exhibition, 'Conversations with God: Jan Matejko’s Copernicus' on 1 July. Book your free ticket here: https://t.co/ffauOb7tVq https://t.co/3u9lH5ikXQ

The Dutch government will initiate a grand inquiry into Nazi-looted art in its national holdings with the aim of returning as much of it as possible https://t.co/TFm2ScHGPz

His artworks featured expressive, voluptuously fleshy bodies, later earning their own adjective—Rubenesque! https://t.co/1vSeXK0eiA

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In his time Rubens was a multi-talented star. He was an international diplomat, savvy businessman, devout Catholic, fluent in 6 languages, & one of Europe's finest scholars. He even earned the position of court painter and was knighted - twice- by the kings of England and Spain. https://t.co/n4kmfYgC86

Two immersive Van Gogh experiences offer the post-pandemic escapism visitors crave. They have weirdly little to do with Van Gogh: https://t.co/KGXoLsihdz https://t.co/6RPNIdM7ui

Each individual flower in #Monet's famous "Water Lilies" canvases is a delicate—and distinct—creation. 👀 Take a look at this painting in full: https://t.co/O6NO4hw5Ju 🎟️ Reserve your June time slots for "Monet and Boston: Legacy Illuminated": https://t.co/BAUvLgmzjN https://t.co/lGeGsJ346b

'Spoon Archaeology' is a color-coded exhibition that casts plastic cutlery as artifacts of another era https://t.co/e4uyPr5j9m https://t.co/Ccoe3MeRCA