Art Contents Archive

The Medici were history’s greatest patrons—and also tyrants. The Met’s new show tackles how art served power: https://t.co/EYolt3M6Vx https://t.co/db6vkUGZUJ

Pop quiz! What was this crawfish-and-crab-adorned pot used for? https://t.co/L1vAAacH9g

Russian-French artist Marc Chagall was born #OnThisDay 134 years ago in Vitebsk, Russia. 37 years later, he moved to Paris noting "My art is rooted in the soil of Vitebsk, yet it needed Paris just like a tree needs water." https://t.co/4RbMDXXdHH @operadeparis https://t.co/yCbJbDnDzy

This is the largest work of art at the Getty Center, located outside the galleries—the Central Garden, designed by artist Robert Irwin. The garden stretched Irwin’s understanding of what art could be; it is alive and changing with every passing moment. https://t.co/w5tVfoE1fW

Working across a wide array of mediums, each of these artists has managed to harness the visual and conceptual power of flowers in dynamic and unexpected ways. https://t.co/POK5kQAmD4

💥 Sneak peek 💥 #SonicCloisters 02 is coming. Tune in this Thursday, July 8 (9 pm ET) for a riveting performance by @Jlin_P—of the most acclaimed experimental electronic artists of the 2010s. Learn more: https://t.co/6nlsJq46qW #MetLiveArts https://t.co/pEUZIYAr32

Families living near Notre Dame are suing Paris for allegedly downplaying lead pollution that resulted from the 2019 blaze: https://t.co/uFWLo055hl https://t.co/9iRW2tpCdT

Two historians published this week their yearslong investigation into Leonardo da Vinci's family tree, identifying at least 14 living descendants. https://t.co/sqJvzypJf2

Sound waves from contemporary music become traditional Chinese landscapes in Du Kun’s scroll paintings https://t.co/lfCZ45RVDw https://t.co/PPwqyFYJU8

Sofia Cotrona delineates how all-women temporary exhibitions can be problematic, seeing how they achieve an ephemeral effect on the feminist fight for inclusion without any long-lasting impact. https://t.co/gpuOJrTswB

Apologize to the neighbors and turn it up: it's #NationalRockAndRollDay Revisit our exhibition "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll" for all your favorite music history moments and instruments. 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 https://t.co/5ocp9RhBlF

The late Samsung chairman’s multibillion-dollar art collection is getting its own dedicated museum in Seoul : https://t.co/jvgU7BzjX0 https://t.co/mGu9kOPDNT

9 Pioneering European women painters making history in the 18th and 19th centuries. https://t.co/nc1Lx6T0x2

Ellsworth Kelly’s rarely seen postcard collages are being shown together for the first time at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga https://t.co/0wwsLRUhFo

Hannah Baker explains how museum abolition can lend itself to the creation of more sustainable spaces that center the needs and voices of the community members they serve. https://t.co/dZAD8BPCoV